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[G.J.]

The U.S. I personally find to be moderate difficulty - just use the LCC method. Customers will be attracted by the price and that is where your money will come from. That being said, the U.S. is a major host for spam lines, so you have to know how to defeat them, and depending on who you're up against, that can be a challenge. I've had 2 airlines suddenly drop into a financial crisis in America as well, so you really have to know how to micromanage or your company will die.

[Avelo]

The U.S. I personally find to be moderate difficulty - just use the LCC method. Customers will be attracted by the price and that is where your money will come from. That being said, the U.S. is a major host for spam lines, so you have to know how to defeat them, and depending on who you're up against, that can be a challenge. I've had 2 airlines suddenly drop into a financial crisis in America as well, so you really have to know how to micromanage or your company will die.

That's why I always avoid the US altogether. And I hate adopting the LCC business model in AE. For as long as I'm here, I'll never even try one or the other, whether it's running an airline in the US or an LCC.

[PingPong]

Liechtenstein. They don't have an airport!

They do have a heliport but it isn't very useful as the nation is surrounded by high mountains on nearly all sides.

[PingPong]

Actually, I can beat that:

Andorra (3 Heliports)
Monaco (1 Heliport)
Liechtenstein (1 Heliport)
San Marino (1 Heliport)
Vatican City (1 Heliport)
Tokelau - Territory (None)
Pitcairn - Territory (None)
South Ossetia - State-ish (None)
SADR - State-ish (None)
State of Palestine - State-ish-but-less-ish-than-others (4 Nonoperational Airports)

[mastacheifa118]

If they were to build an airport in the Vatican, it might as well be a RC port. Even still, that might be too big.

[colombian_aviator]

If you could only do domestic flights in the country in which your hq airport is... I would say Malta haha.

 

 

And since it would be better to say "by region" I would say south america in which I think doing international medium range flights is the only way to make a profit until you can get your hands on mexico and some part of the us, and its still a pretty long distance

[Pasti]

If you could only do domestic flights in the country in which your hq airport is... I would say Malta haha.


And since it would be better to say "by region" I would say south america in which I think doing international medium range flights is the only way to make a profit until you can get your hands on mexico and some part of the us, and its still a pretty long distance

Maltese person here.

Domestic flights are indeed possible and have been done both in game and in IRL. There's a heliport in Xewkija on the island of Gozo that is capable of serving passengers and is used for medical emergencies and people with helicopters.

[Marb1]

If you could only do domestic flights in the country in which your hq airport is... I would say Malta haha.

 

 

And since it would be better to say "by region" I would say south america in which I think doing international medium range flights is the only way to make a profit until you can get your hands on mexico and some part of the us, and its still a pretty long distance

TBH, you should have said Hong Kong! Only 2 airports (one of which is actually a HELIPAD!)

[KMRobinson318]

Australia is another one that gets swamped by spamliners, as I'm now discovering...

[Marb1]

That's why I always avoid the US altogether. And I hate adopting the LCC business model in AE. For as long as I'm here, I'll never even try one or the other, whether it's running an airline in the US or an LCC.

My airline Classicale is both...

[windairlines2018]

Sadly, most of Africa would be hard to make a go. Zaire, Congo, Rwanda, Mozambique, Chad and the list goes on.. under represented, poor nations that just don't have a lot people wanting to take flights into or out of.. a sad proposition to be sure. Too bad for that because there are some awesome cultures, places and areas that would be worth exploring.

[Max Devo]

South Ossetia - State-ish (None)
SADR - State-ish (None)
State of Palestine - State-ish-but-less-ish-than-others (4 Nonoperational Airports)

 

Another state-ish: Transnistria. They have a non-operational airport in Tiraspol (LU0T).

 

Also for all the people saying North Korea: No, it is not the worst country to operate out of. It is possible to make work. It's a matter of playing your cards right. I've run four iterations of Air Koryo from there, each more successful than the last.

[KSmashMC]

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

[DeltaIVSSBN]

"They say Ukraine is hard"

 

http://ae31.airline-...e3r2&player=479

[og EKPO]

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

[Nami Nicole]

Philippines - 1 Major Airport, 2 Secondary Airports, many Regional Airports.

However, once a competitor outruns you at MNL, you lose.

 

South Korea - too many competitors.

[Avelo]

Philippines - 1 Major Airport, 2 Secondary Airports, many Regional Airports.
However, once a competitor outruns you at MNL, you lose.

South Korea - too many competitors.

Same thing in real life. South Korea already has too many airlines for a country of its size, and its aviation market is shrinking like Japan.

[SvensonNL1]

Netherlands ... Amsterdam Airport. Almost every airline has AMS as destination. Result: at least 1 or 2 competitors on all routes! Mostly LCC like Easyjet, Ryanair or a fantasy airline who ruin the game.

[Aviator48]

Philippines - 1 Major Airport, 2 Secondary Airports, many Regional Airports.

However, once a competitor outruns you at MNL, you lose.

 

South Korea - too many competitors.

 

Agree with you for the Philippines, however, if you use your Philippine-China routes correctly, your profit is pretty decent.

[KJS607]

USA: If you're joining late in the game, FORGET ABOUT IT. Unless you find a few airports with massive holes (once we were a quarter way down the game, and I found TPA had one route out of it, same thing happened in another game with PDX), there's not a chance you're going to survive. America is spamline territory.

 

Wrong.

 

Tell that to RedJet, which joined 48 years into the game (R0) and is absolutely booming with 500+ aircraft and a solid market share comparable to airlines established from the start after 8 years of in-game ops.

 

Just use DC-9's.