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[Yuxi]

Four game worlds will be open late Friday and will be paused until the time starts moving on Sunday afternoon.

There will be two types of games: open worlds (odd-numbered) and realistic worlds (even-numbered):

Open Worlds

• no restrictions or penalties on flights or hubs outside of one's home country
• higher gate lease limits (up to 40% of airport, or 75% if it's your hub)

Worlds (each limited to 200 airlines, more will be opened if the first two fill up)

• AE1 (1980-2000) (Starting A/C: DHC-7 or F-27)
  
• AE3 (1990-2010) (Starting A/C: ATR-42-400 or Q200 Q300)

Realistic Worlds

• Runway slots replace the gate system (for future additions)
• Restrictions on flights to foreign countries (traffic rights)
• More taxes and route startup fees

Worlds (each limited to 200 airlines, more will be opened if the first two fill up)

• AE2 (1985-2005) (Starting A/C: ATR-42-300 or Q100)
• AE4 (1995-2015) (Starting A/C: CRJ-100 or Saab 2000)

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Additions and Changes Since the Beta (for all worlds)

• The starting aircraft is now leased, not owned. Starting cash is still $5 million.
• Aircraft now have 140 weekly flying hours available (20 hours a day) instead of 160.
• Airlines cannot pay for aircraft lease charges if cash is negative. After three consecutive warnings for nonpayment, the aircraft will be seized by the lessor.
• If you do not have enough cash to take delivery of purchased aircraft, the delivery will be delayed for a week (repeat if still not enough cash).
• Employee salaries have been increased for more realism.

[Spenser]

What will be the starting aircraft?

[sviridovt]

Wait but if you can't take delivery of a plane with negative balance is it lost after a few tries

[Conor]

Wait but if you can't take delivery of a plane with negative balance is it lost after a few tries

If you have negative profit when your aircraft is due to be delivered it will be deferred a week
If you have negative funds and you cannot afford to pay your leasing charge yu will get a warning if you get 3 consecutive warnings the plane will be seized

[Yuxi]

Wait but if you can't take delivery of a plane with negative balance is it lost after a few tries

No, it will just keep piling up.

[sviridovt]

Okay, Also a few more questions:
1. For how long is the lease of starting aircraft
2. is the aircraft seized when lease expires (its not doing that now)
3. are you allowed to start multiple airlines

[Yuxi]

Okay, Also a few more questions:
1. For how long is the lease of starting aircraft
2. is the aircraft seized when lease expires (its not doing that now)
3. are you allowed to start multiple airlines

1. 3 years
2. The aircraft should go back to the lessor when the lease expires like on the beta server.
3. yes

[sviridovt]

2. The aircraft should go back to the lessor when the lease expires like on the beta server.

actually no, it just turns the termination fee to negative

[Conor]

actually no, it just turns the termination fee to negative

you should report that in the bug section then

[Yuxi]

actually no, it just turns the termination fee to negative

I just tested this in AE1, it works fine.

[sviridovt]

I just tested this in AE1, it works fine.

really, then there should be a better lease system which could warn me before lease expires

[Yuxi]

really, then there should be a better lease system which could warn me before lease expires

It's highlighted in red on your aircraft page for 6 months before it expires.

[flightsimer]

i thought multiple airlines were not going to be allowed? heck i could create 50 airlines and rule on world...

also whats going to happen to the old sim 1?

[sviridovt]

It's highlighted in red on your aircraft page for 6 months before it expires.

Yeah but it doesn't help if you have 500+ planes, I think there should be some sort of message on main screen to warn you that the lease will expire soon

[un1]

Yeah but it doesn't help if you have 500+ planes, I think there should be some sort of message on main screen to warn you that the lease will expire soon

You can blame me for removing that.. there isnt room for it anymore.

[sviridovt]

You can blame me for removing that.. there isnt room for it anymore.

can you add it to the tabs on the main screen

[Conor]

can you add it to the tabs on the main screen

there isnt room for it anymore.

[sviridovt]

there is room on tabs, maybe not below it but in tabs

[9M-TKS]

So what will the starting ac be for AE4? And yes, could there be a tab for viewing your airline info? Eg ac leases expiring soon, most profitable ac etc