Don't rush to upgrade your fleet. There are many buildings you should have in place before you can support the next type of plane. Of course the runway needs to be long enough, but there are other buildings and items you should have as well. And if you are asking about the expense of some of the higher end planes, you probably are not at a point in the game where you can afford them.
- Is your runway, operative hangar and repair base at a high enough level to service the new aircraft?
- Do you have the buildings required to produce the items needed for the flights (e.g. flight catering facility, laundry, etc)?
- Do you have repair items for the aircraft? You can find a list of repair items for each aircraft here https://www.airportcitygame.com/wiki/aircraft_repair_items/
- Do you have enough passenger buildings to support constantly flying the larger aircraft?
The requirements for these buildings can be found here
- Airport Buildings
- Industries
FOR PLANES:
| Plane | Available at Game Level | Other Buildings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swallow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Swift | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Owl | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Hawk | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Raven | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Eagle | 25 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Jumbo | 31 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
| Giant | 41 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |
| Falcon | 51 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
| Thunderbird | 61 | 9 | 9 | 6 | |
| Condor | 71 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
These are the buildings you should have in place BEFORE you purchase that next level plane.
Other Considerations:
- Produce 100 of each item from the buildings before purchasing the plane because you will go through the items quickly.
- Gather 100 of each non-producible item before upgrading (e.g. 100 earplugs before buying falcon).
- If you don't do the first two, your planes will set on the runway a lot rather than fly
- Make sure you have lots of repair items for the planes. They break down a lot unless you have a gold subscription https://www.airportcitygame.com/wiki/aircraft_repair_items/
- Purchase two of the plane type when you upgrade. Once you purchase that plane, your alliance mission will change to include that plane type and it will be difficult to complete the mission with only one plane.
FOR HELICOPTERS:
In addition to the following, you will need special buildings that produce a special kind of passenger called Tourists. They are buildings in the store with this icon.
| Helicopter | Other Buildings | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparrow | 1 | 1 | |
| Crossbill | 2 | 2 | |
| Gold Finch | 3 | 3 |
Other Considerations
- Your terminal H should be big enough to hold passengers for your flights. Terminal H level 1 holds only 10 passengers. Goldfinch fly 9 passengers so you will have a hard time filling multiple helicopters. To fly lots of helicopters you would need lots of fast producing tourist buildings.
- Each helicopter requires its own helicopter pad. So if you have 3 helicopters, you will need 3 helicopter pads including the space and the electricity for them.
- Item production in the mechanical plant and hi tech plants are bottlenecks. You will be unable to fly 6 goldfinch (or even 2 goldfinch if you are also flying a crossbill) and keep up with production on items for the flights. So mix up your fleet.
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