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[Niskan]

How about North Korea ?

[AlextheAviator]

i would say one of the worst is greenland since even if you fly out from the biggest airport in the country you still get really low demand and the only way you can make a small profit is flying international and domestic is pretty much impossible to get a profit from since most airports does not get any demand

[Planespotterindia]

Tonga or Bhutan

[AlextheAviator]

It’s Nauru actually. It’s TINY. Like one ultra small airport

well as of writing this comment i have set up a small airline in nauru and i make a small profit and yes the demand is fairly bad but still for now im not bankrupt

[itznordic]

Might be Denmark or Iceland both only has around 2 airports with Pretty good demand

[Boeing 777-236ER]

Might be Denmark or Iceland both only has around 2 airports with Pretty good demand

 

Iceland in most games is swarmed with competition, Denmark is alright 

 

How about North Korea ?

North Korea is actually really OP, no one flies there even though the only political restriction is to the US. From Pyongyang there is good demand 

 

 

[iheartplanes]

south africa is not bad, i got a good airline from there... i would say greenland and pacific

[Planespotterindia]

Tonga, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Belize, Monaco, East Timor or Laos

[Planespotterindia]

well as of writing this comment i have set up a small airline in nauru and i make a small profit and yes the demand is fairly bad but still for now im not bankrupt

Yes true but I used to fly from Delhi-Nauru on 767-200ER  there were just about 8 people travelling but you could why to China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Pacific Islands  

[Planespotterindia]

Perhaps South Georgia & the Sandwich Islands would pose a challenge. No airport exists for these territories of the UK.

No i mean you could take a boat to Falkland islands which still has little demand to S. America and Africa plus I used to Fly the 787-8 from Delhi and Bangkok so little demand is there and it would also be St Helena and Ascension Islands which don't have demand demand to Africa and Europe is very little and demand to Delhi is barely 2

[da_Master_Airliner]

Liechtenstein?

[Alexandre Lefayede]

French Polynesia, it's far from other countries, not easy before 70's in 1955-2025 game.

[ZEEM101]

Tanzania was challenging but fun, I struggled with Niger.
Struggled with flights on A319 or bigger there

[da_Master_Airliner]

Liechtenstein?

[Avelo]

Liechtenstein?

Can't use that country as your answer. Liechtenstein doesn't have its own airport.

[767holic]

I'd like to add after tried it again on this year :

1. Timor Leste (East Timor), it is possible to operate and survive, BUT :

• You need to be patient and see your airline grow VERY slowly.
• Complete monopoly of routes is required. One competitor enters especially at vital routes (such as DPS-DIL) and during early stages, game over.
• Unless to DPS, don't try fly to big airports in early game as the gate leasing cost may overwhelm the potential profits.
• You need to have a bigger airline in Indonesia inside your alliance which makes every city in Indonesia is a hub, so you can connect from DIL to many cities in Indonesia using CN235s and gain benefits from connecting pax. Note that Indonesian airline should not take a competition with you especially in the DPS-DIL route (if it does, game over)
• Don't expect to grow big and fast there. At Rdelta, i took a ATP as starting aircraft and then stay for several years until i can afford to buy the ATP and finally buying CN235's. 
• Try avoid leasing at all costs, better wait until there is enough money to buy in cash
• I only managed to get 20 airplanes at peak : 5 A319LR an 15 CN235. The valuation is only around 850 million.

2. Suriname. At start it will be hard and slow just like Timor Leste but once you able to obtain jets able to fly far enough to Amsterdam and gain enough money, it will be easier. I managed to grew up to 50 airplanes consisting of 30 A319LR, 15 CN235 and 5 C208B.

3. Brunei. It is easier than Suriname but can be tricky to start. Prefering real-world routes and making a lot of 3-1x weekly flight is a key to success.

3. Singapore is a bit harder for me as i have airlines in Malaysia and Indonesia as well and i comply with the rules of not serving the same routes with my other airline so i unable to take advantage of huge demands in SIN-Indonesia and SIN-Malaysia routes. 

4. Maldives just same with Brunei i guess, but at least there are several profitable domestic route pairs is possible. Some of them has huge demands.

5. Russia could be hard if you start on cities other than Moscow and St. Petersburg. I started my airline in Novosibirsk and avoiding Moscow for some time, it is quite hard until finally i dared to fly from Moscow too.

[andrepoiy]

Tuvalu and Nauru would be incredibly difficult to operate out of

[EstebanP]

I once tried to make it work in Turkmenistan... and the result was not good. You need to do a lot of micromanaging for it to work. Uruguay, Paraguay and even Argentina are also quite complex, since the market is reduced to Brazil and Chile. Beyond that you will have to acquire medium-range aircraft, and not to mention if you want to reach North America or Europe.