Features & Capabilities

Airline Executive is an airline management simulation without ads and without premium currency. Build an aviation empire across decades of history. Start your airline in any era from 1950 to 2020. Begin with propeller-driven aircraft in the golden age of aviation, enter the jet age with the first commercial jets, or jump into the modern era of widebody aircraft and low-cost carriers. Every era plays differently.

Choose your headquarters from over 2,000 real-world airports and plan your network. Analyze route demand, set frequencies, configure seating layouts, and monitor load factors as markets evolve. Your hub is the heart of your operation, and every route decision shapes your airline's future. Build your fleet from over 100 historically accurate aircraft types. Order new from the manufacturer and wait for delivery, lease to grow fast without the upfront cost, or find deals on the second-hand market. Each aircraft has specific engines, range, capacity, and operating costs that change how your airline performs. Time advances week by week. Set ticket prices, maintain your fleet through MRO providers, design cabin layouts with premium seating and amenities, manage cargo operations, and watch your airline grow from a small regional carrier into a global network.

FEATURES No ads, no premium currency. The game is entirely free for the first 5 in-game years or 25 aircraft. One-time purchase to unlock unlimited play. No timers, no energy systems, no pay-to-win. Historical depth. Start in the 1950s with DC-3s and Constellations, or in 2020 with A350s and 787s. Aircraft, engines, airports, and market conditions are all era-appropriate. Deep route planning. Connect airports across the globe. Analyze demand, set frequencies, choose aircraft, and configure seating. Build a hub-and-spoke network where connecting passengers multiply your revenue. Fleet management. Over 100 aircraft types with real specifications. Buy, lease, or find second-hand deals. Customize cabin layouts with economy, business, and first class seating, IFE systems, and premium amenities. Financial simulation. Manage cash flow, take loans, set ticket prices, and track revenue and expenses down to individual routes. Grow sustainably or gamble on rapid expansion. Cargo operations. Earn additional revenue from belly cargo on passenger flights, or operate dedicated freighters on high-demand freight routes. Competition. Compete against AI airlines modeled after real-world carriers, or turn competitors off entirely and build at your own pace.

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App
By:
Kjell Verschuren
Rating:
4.00
(22)
0.10
Version:
1.27 Last updated: 2026-06-01
Version code:
886165939
Creation date:
2026-03-25
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Size:
129.81MB
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User Reviews

The game has great potential! I would like to start off with saying there’s a bug that causes the game to crash when opening a saved game (Atleast for me). I absolutely love the map feature and maintence feature. That’s a cool addition because you can retrofit aircraft and add winglets / sharklets/ skimature winglets. For the dev thank youuuuuu for using irl aircraft and pictures of them and the name ! That makes a huge difference because it adds that whole new level of detail to the game. A few things I’d like to see is weather conditions and crew time outs or reroutes, when it comes to the inflight environment. Next I’d like to see kiosk options or ticket counter or both depending on what kind of carrier you wanna be. I want the game to give a feeling of control from check in to landing in ex- bag fees (how many bags allowed per pax) with a fee or not. On the map feature though can we see the aircraft in flight? That would be cool just so we can see our network in action. Could we also get relationship festures with manufacturers? If we pre order a aircraft can we get a discount as the launch customer but it can come with a risk of delays and set backs if we become a launch customer.
by ri*****, 2026-05-27

I’m obsessed with this game this is the best $5 I have ever spent. However the only critique I have is that we should be able to buy competitor airlines and it should be a never ending game !
by il*****, 2026-05-25

I know have about 512 aircraft with another 600 on order but now my phone is heating up, game won’t start up and is not loading
by Pa*****, 2026-05-16
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