kellykeli

Terminals reduce gate cost significantly at most airports, and you're gonna have to build terminals in the future anyway if you keep expanding.

Starting ops at a second airport would help make your airline more resistant to competition and you can reuse gates at destinations that you have left over.

Either way would help you make more money, it depends on if you think you can make more money at a different airport vs expanding ops at your current home airport. If the second airport somewhat comparable in passenger numbers to your home base then starting ops at a second airport would probably make more profit, but ultimately you're gonna have to build terminals soon anyway.

+100 this

I agree with everything except buying other airlines. Spamline players make tons of alts to flood their markets.

I've played a game in R5 as an airline based out of SA recently. Can confirm that it is entirely possible to be a competitive airline based in SA.

I cannot help but notice that the website performance was really great when the world started, and it's declined as the airlines grew... perhaps each world is ran as a separate process, and performance suffers as the number of flights grows?