What am I missing here? I started on day one, and purchased 2 737-200Adv, because they were relatively cheap way to grow my fleet quickly. I thought I was doing good, because on the second day, I still had some cash and purchased a 3rd bird. I've been trying to accumulate cash via income and loans as aggresively as I can, to build my fleet, and so far have 6 airplanes. I look at other airlines that have started the same day as me, and have 25+ aircraft, mostly if not all of the large to very large classification. Am I missing something here?
Okay, I have 48 planes and a lot more on order. The thing your missing is long haul, and Salt Lake City is not long haul. At all, so that is where you missed the boat.
It's not important to be the fastest one. Be patient and enjoy the game and some day later, when you have more experience, you will grow automatically faster because you know what do to and when.