Capt.L1011

Good.Luck!.A.friend.of.mine.flew.them.and.says.it's.a.fabulous.airline.

If.demand.was.realistic.then.demand.is.not.irrelevant.

That's.the.whole.point.of.the.post.

Just.saw.this.and.they.are.excellent.suggestions.so.I.thought.your.post.deserved.a."bump". 

......and.it.appears.my.spacebar.randomly.stopped.working.in.this.forum...notsurewhatsupwiththatbutitsnotthefirsttime....

So as much as I don't like what the Emperor is doing you can't really fault him for doing what the game allows him to do.

The OBVIOUS solution is to alter the parameters and not allow more than one airline per player. In addition put a limit on the number of hubs an airline can have based on the size of the country the airline is in. A huge country like USA or China limit to 3-5 or so. Small countries you get 1.

Different players like different parameters probably. I would be nice if AE offered more of a variety of limitations.

As mentioned, go for lower cost airports early, such as less than 75000 or so. Return gates you are not using at your home airport. Then Issue a Bond so you have some capital to "live off" while you get things going. Use one aircraft type early on as having several can punish you on maintenance. I did this in my current game and it's off to a good start. One 5million bond was more than enough. Running DC-6 aircraft.