Oct 20, 2025
Small Improvements
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the Agreements tab from loading if an agreement involved an aircraft that was for sale.
We've made the platform more robust by introducing new safeguards against accidental duplicate actions. This helps prevent issues like unintentionally chartering a flight twice or submitting the same form multiple times if you double-click.
This behind-the-scenes improvement ensures that your requests are processed cleanly and only once, making for a smoother and more reliable experience, especially during periods of high server load or with a slow connection. Your actions are now better protected from unintended errors.
To better reflect their role in the game, we've renamed the FBO (Fixed-Base Operator) building type to Passenger Services.
This is purely a name change to provide more clarity. All of your existing FBOs have been automatically renamed, and their functionality—extending your route network and enabling final-leg charters—remains exactly the same. You'll see this new name reflected across the platform, from the building purchase screen to your airport management panels.
We've fixed an issue that made it difficult to cancel agreements with an upfront payment. Previously, the system didn't count your initial payment towards the minimum term requirement.
Now, upfront payments correctly count as the first paid cycle. This means you can cancel these agreements as soon as the minimum term is met, without having to wait for an extra billing cycle to complete. We've also added a new badge to your finance screen to make it clear which recurring payments are charged upfront.
We've tweaked how aircraft slot grace periods are displayed and made it easier to recover your aircraft, ensuring you're never locked out of accessing your own assets.
Previously, it was difficult to tell when an aircraft's grace period in a slot was about to end or what happened after it expired. We've introduced a new set of clear, color-coded badges to give you at-a-glance status information.
When an aircraft is on an active grace period, you'll see an orange badge with a countdown timer. This shows you exactly how long you have until the aircraft is automatically moved to storage.
If the grace period ends and there's no available hangar or stand space, the aircraft will remain in the slot. This is now indicated by a red badge, letting you know that the slot is blocked because there was nowhere for the aircraft to go. This helps you quickly identify and resolve storage conflicts at your airports.
Losing access to a partner's facilities no longer means losing access to your aircraft. If a partnership ends or facility access changes while your aircraft is parked in a location you can no longer use, you can now always open the agreement panel to retrieve it.
This ensures you can always manage and move your assets, even if they are located in a hangar or stand that has become restricted. You will have just enough access to view the facility and remove your aircraft, guaranteeing you never get locked out.
We’ve completely overhauled the underlying query system for the job market, making it significantly faster to find and filter flights.
Previously, if you had contracts with multiple companies, the job search could become slow as the system checked every possible flight against your pilot constraints. We've rebuilt this logic from the ground up to be far more efficient. The system now intelligently filters jobs based on the companies you can fly for before evaluating complex aircraft and route constraints, dramatically reducing the processing load.
You'll notice the biggest improvements when searching broad areas or when you hold many active pilot contracts. The job list and map view now populate much more quickly, getting you in the air faster.
We've resolved an issue that could sometimes cause the Live Flight Map to appear empty when you first opened it.
This was caused by a race condition where the map would occasionally try to draw aircraft before their data had been fully loaded. The map now waits for all data to be ready and displays a clear loading indicator, ensuring you always see a complete picture of active flights.
You can now clearly see which aircraft are occupying temporary slots directly from the Operations Cockpit, thanks to new slot status badges.
A new badge with a Gantt Chart icon now appears next to aircraft that are temporarily stored in a slot. These badges work just like those for stands and hangars - click them to view the associated agreement and owner information.
This visual cue gives you quicker insight into how your aircraft are positioned and helps you avoid surprises when managing limited capacity.
We've adjusted the Operations Centre (OC) requirements for international slot agreements to make them more flexible and accessible.
Previously, some agreements required you to have an OC at the specific airport where the agreement was signed. Now, these agreements only require you to have a suitably-sized OC anywhere within the same country. This means a single Operations Centre in the United Kingdom, for example, can now support international slot agreements at both London Heathrow and Manchester without needing a separate building at each.
In addition, the minimum OC size required for some international slot agreements has been reduced. For example, some agreements that previously required a 'Large' OC now only require a 'Medium' one. These changes should make it easier and more cost-effective to expand your international route network.
The live flight map has been updated to include Air Traffic Control-style data blocks for each aircraft. This provides more information at a glance, showing the aircraft's callsign and tail number directly on the map for easier identification and tracking.
The standard weight for passengers has been updated to 100kg. This change accounts for the average weight of a passenger plus their baggage, providing a more realistic figure for weight and balance calculations in your flight planning.