I joined Airway Sim #2 yesterday since I knew the demo I was playing would be ending pretty soon. I started the game but it was really hard. There were too many airlines. What can be done about this?
Well, surely you cannot expect to be able to order dozens of planes within the first 24hrs of your play?
Also when choosing an airport, try not to choose the big airports (unless you're there at the very start) as they get saturated very easily.
When on the airport select screen, check to see there are none or only one other competitor, and then check the market share chart to see if they're big or not. No harm in starting at a mid-large airport if the only other compeititor is fairly small himself.