The most recent round of The Modern Times game has ended, with the runtime from game year 2003 to 2035.

Thanks to all players who participated, and special mention to all 16 airline CEOs who managed their airline all the way from day 1 to the end of the simulation.

The next Modern Times game opens tomorrow, Friday 8th. You can already pre-register for this new game here: https://www.airwaysim.com/game/#game503

Check also the final statistics of this game from the Game Area or from Forums.

A new Beginner's World #2 scenario is now open!

Join here: https://www.airwaysim.com/game/#game504

AirwaySim has always two concurrent Beginner's World scenarios running (BW#1 and BW#2). They both use the same settings and same time frame.

Our beginner game series is aimed for all newbies and other players wishing to test different playing styles in an easier environment. Duration of one scenario is always approximately 60 real days. The scenario runs for ~10 game years with a speed of 25 minutes per day, and all of AirwaySim's main features are included in these scenarios.

When a BW scenario ends, a new one will start within a few days. The two scenarios are running in parallel so that there is always one BW scenario start every month.

Small updates for better game balance have been made, such as:

• Dornier 328JET separated to its own fleet group
• Salary calculation rules updated. The salaries are now based on the cost/salary levels of each base country instead of the HQ country.

Check out the full details from the Changelog.

We have slightly updated the Terms of Service of AirwaySim. These changes are made to clarify important areas of account use, data protection, and fair play.

Key changes are:

• New Defininions section added for clarify the terms used.
• Added a clearer mention of cases when using multiple accounts within the same household.
• Clarified the restrictions on re-using or re-publishing the simulation data (not allowed without permission).
• Anti-cheat policy explained more clearly to include attempts to bypass rules via technical or indirect methods.
• Forum access rules clarified, including the right to revoke forum access in case of problems, regardless of game status.
• Various minor wording and grammar fixes for clarity and consistency.
• Added also the "last updated" date to terms.

The terms can be viewed at all times from www.airwaysim.com/Terms

Thank you for the attention, and have fun with the simulation!

Some tweaks to the new fleet commonality system have been made to better allow aircraft brokering by adding "Idle Fleet Types" rule

• A fleet type is considered idle (and exempt from commonality costs) if both of the following conditions are met: a) No aircraft of the fleet type are assigned to any active routes AND b) The oldest aircraft in the fleet type was delivered no more than 45 game days ago.
• This grace period ensures flexibility for airlines adding or returning fleet types (e.g. from leases from other players) without incurring immediate costs.
• This change is now "live" in all games apart from "Airline Generations" and "History and the Future". The change will apply to these two games next week - please check your idle fleets before that.

Full details available in the Changelog.