Airline Tycoon : First Class

You are the manager of an airline, competing against three other tycoons. As in any tycoon game, your purpose is simply to hoard massive quantities of cash by making your business profitable. For that you must schedule your flights, buy new airplanes, manage personal finances, keep your customers happy, and keep your planes in good shape.
It seems like a lot to do, but it all combines together quite well. The main part of the game consists of selecting different charter flights and assigning them to your available planes. Certain gigs give you more money than others, and the more money you get, the sooner you can expand your fleet. However you must match your charter flights to an appropriate plane. You simply cannot have a 1960s biplane carrying 300 people all the way to China. Once you agree to take on a certain flight you must carry it out. Failure to do so may result in a nasty fine. To make things slightly more interesting you may also transport cargo.

Unfortunately, for 90% of the playing time you are either collecting charter flights over the phone or at your local travel agency, and then running back to your office to assign them to your plane flight schedule. Once you have enough money you may start renting routes, which means you no longer have to leave your office, as the computer will automatically create flight schedules for you. By that time, any challenge in the game is over with, and you can just sit back and be bored while massive amounts of wealth accumulate in your bank account.

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