D-CHECKS

If you keep your planes flying a lot they will need a D-Check at 5,000 flying hours. A D-Check is very extensive and expensive, but very important! Neglecting to perform D-Checks may result in an incident or even a crash. 

D-Check Progress and time remaining

D-Checks take your airplane off the line for 74 hours. Thats over three days out-of-service But after 5,000 hours of flying both the plane and you need to take a break. 

Up to this point in the game I am willing to bet you have not had an airplane crash. Even skipping C-Checks does not result in a crash (correct me if I am wrong). So store up your cash and preform the maintenance as it presents itself. 

When you preform your first D-Check you will get the "D-Check" Achievement. The D-Check Achievement I earned today is pictured below.

In summary; you may be playing way to much if you have planes getting D-Checks. 

As far as I know you cannot see how many hours your plane has flown. One reason you may want to know is so that at 4,999 hours you could sell your plane and get a new one. That's okay with me because it's likely that you would loose money in the transaction. Selling a high hour plane for a low price and buying a low hour plane for a high price is not a wealth building business model. 

Link here If you would like see all the Airline Manager strategy: Facebook Airline Manager Resource Page

Airline Manager Airline Level

Airline Level explained: 

Progression thru the levels is accomplished by tracking game activity. The primary measure of game activity is Starting Routes and Repairing Damage. I am currently at level 48 and 18% of the way to level 49.

Airline Manager Level

Once I reach level 50 I will unlock the Achievement Badge for Level 50. Once at Level 100 I will receive Achievement badge for level 100. Currently there are no additional Level Badges beyond Level 100.

Airline Manager Level Achievement Badges

Airline Manager Overview

Airline Manager Overview

04/21/2014

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Reputation is a key feature in the Overview window.

Total Flights: This is a running total of how many flights you have compleeted.
Pax of all time: "Pax" is an abbreviation common in the airline business. Short for Passengers.
Cargo: If this is active it will tell you cargo totals transported.
Reputation: This can change for a few reasons. I go into detail below.
Pax Bonus: Earn faster by adding In Flight Entertainment to your planes when you buy them.

Reputation should be maintained at 100%

If you see your airline reputation fall below 100% then check on a few things.
Check the STAFF tab. Is there a strike? Try increasing salary so employee satisfaction is 80% or greater.
Check MAINTENANCE for any aircraft damage. Fix any damage As soon as possible. If planes require C-Checks then give them C-Checks the next time they land. If your planes need D-Checks give them D-Checks immediately.

Stock

 
Your company progress is tracked by your stock value. As your company value increases so does your stock price. Expand your airline in all direction to raise your stock value. Add airplanes, routes, employees, save fuel money. Be sure to buy your friends stock when it is available and encourage them to keep their stock prices up so that your investment in their airline grows.

Stocks are also the social element in the game. Since this game is on facebook it's cool that there is a communication element. As a share holder you may get messages from the companies (people) you are invested with.

Advertising

Advertising increases overall revenue. Use your advertising dollars to maximize the income from your flights. I recommend buying Billboards on 20 international airports advertising. There is great success that has been proven by this method.

You can have 100% of your seats full on a flight that is showing only 90% demand. Keeping your seats full will always help your bottom line.

Advertising has been updated. There are more options and the cost of advertising now fluctuates. Similar to the way fuel prices change over time you can try to buy advertising when the prices are low.













     Newspaper Advertising

     1 tv commercial
     Internet: in major search engines
     Internet: in major social networks
     Bus and Taxi posters
     10 tv commercials + newspaper advertising
     Cross country newspaper advertising
     Billboards on major streets
     Billboards on 1 major airport
     Billboards on 20 international airports



The graph represents the prices up till this very hour. With every price change, the graph will update. The numbers represents hours (1 through 24)
The graph is meant to give an idea of the prices of the current day

You also have many options for the type of advertising you use for your route.
This is a list and description of your advertising options.

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Achievement status

Acheivements 

Achievement status.

You can set goals to obtain any of the Achievements that are available in the game. If you are able to focus your efforts then you will be able to reach each of the achievements that are available. 

I am currently very near reaching the 200+ Airbus Acheivement. But it may be a while till I change my fleet and reach the 200+ Antonov achievement. 

But with time you can and will be able to knock them out one by one.

Earned when you have chosen a hub

Received when your airline has more than 5 active routes

Received when your airline has a logo

Achievement received when you invested more than 10,000 stocks

When you advance to AM Trusted

Achievement received when you invested more than 100,000 stocks

Received when there is more than 800,000 stocks sold in your company

Earned when you have transported more than 100,000 passengers

When you have a holding of more than 8500 catering meals

When you have bought 15000 meals in one purchase

When you have bought 30000 meals in one purchase

Received when you have more than 150 active routes

Received when your company value is larger than $ 500,000,000

Earned when you have transported more than 500,000 passengers

Earned when you have transported more than 1,000,000 passengers

Earned when you have had more than 5,000,000 passengers

Achievement received when you have more than 1,000 employees

Earned when you have more than 100 active routes

Earned when you have more than 200 active routes

Earned when you have more than 300 active routes

Earned when you have 400 routes

When you have 500 pax points or more

Earned when your airline owns 1 or more Boeing 747

When cleaning have received a raise 10 times

When crew have received a raise 10 times

When mechanics have received a raise 10 times

When pilots have received a raise 10 times

Earned when your airline has an A380 in its fleet

Received when you company value is larger than $ 100,000,000

Received when your company value is larger than $ 1,000,000,000

When you have more than $ 1,000,000,000 in your account

Earned when your airline has a Concorde in its fleet

Earned when you have more than 500 aircraft in your fleet

Earned when you have more than 850,000,000 lbs of fuel

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