[-] Aviation Stock Market

[Rhodian]

I would like to see the introduction of an aviation stock market.

Each player will have the ability to give a proportion of his airlines' shares to the market.
Other players will have the ability to buy these shares and get a profit from dividends at the end of the year.

This way the first company will have a new way of financing, and players in small countries will be able to share the profits from a company operating in Heathrow ect.

[Mort]

Has been requested multiple times before if you have a search.

Has been closed each time as outside the scope of the simulation

[gazzz0x2z]

out of scope, and more dangerous, another tool for the big players to crush the not-that-big players.

[DanDan]

there is a rule against cash-transfers from one company to another. this feature would be counter-productive in that regard

[Rhodian]

Each company will be able to trade via the stock market up to 49% of the company shares (Company choise).
This way, a big company will not be able to buy a smaller one, and if a company goes bankrupt, the value of the stock goes to zero and the investors lose money. (or maybe the central bank will buy the shares back at 10% of the last value).

Also it is not a cash transfer since a company which chooses to go public is actually giving a proportion of its future profits into other companies (investors).

[Tha_Ape]

Also it is not a cash transfer since a company which chooses to go public is actually giving a proportion of its future profits into other companies (investors).

It IS a cash transfer. It's not a donation, but anyway. Since bought airline will receive said amount of money upon purchase. Yes, they will have to refund it, but what? My airline is currently listed at 9.5bn, so I'd effectively get a loan of roughly 4.25bn. Hell, I could do a lot with that amount of money...

[Sami]

An open thread exists of this already. Please do a search first.

[FlyZef]

Maybe not a tradeable stock market, instead you can buy shares direct with an airline based on their valuation?  IE I want to buy 10% of my alliance partner to help fund their growth/keep them alive and then I either profit or lose out if they dont make $

[sanabas]

that's just transferring money to other airline in trouble.