Looking at US rankings (by profit) it seem overwhelmingly clear that 2 players have most of the airlines in the 1-10 spot. Similar logos, similar IATA codes — for instance —
Rank IATA Name/No.
4 P. PumpkinAir
13 .5 MidwestExpress
and
11 ZM ZmapperAirways
12 OW NSW Airlines
- are obviously run by the same person. In fact, it seems most of AAA alliance is run by the same person, and the same seems is true for WOW alliance. In all the 42 active players in SIM2, I would say that 60% of all those airlines are controlled by just two or perhaps three people.
Is this OK to do? It was my understanding this was cheating?
I have had many airlines on this game, but I play by the rules and only run one at a time. I think that those of us that do play fairly are getting the short end of the stick, and that the admins really ought' to consider that if they want us to start paying for premium game features.
The game is maxed out on most long haul routes, it's year 9, it's flooded with users that have 4 and 9 airlines...some even competing with each other on the same route!