# Airlines Manager: Plane Tycoon

> Manage your airplane fleet!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id823481079](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id823481079)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id823481079`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Playrion
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (21,786 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.01.0001
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-19
- **First published:** 2014-05-05
- **Size:** 506 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airlines-manager-plane-tycoon/id823481079)
- **Website:** [http://www.airlines-manager.com/#s=49&utm\_source=AM2\_Mobile&utm\_medium=cpc&utm\_campaign=iOSv15&utm\_content=iOS](http://www.airlines-manager.com/#s=49&utm_source=AM2_Mobile&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=iOSv15&utm_content=iOS)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://centrals.airlines-manager.com/privacy-policy.php?locale=en](https://centrals.airlines-manager.com/privacy-policy.php?locale=en)

## Description

Airlines Manager: Plane Tycoon delivers a deep, realistic aviation sim where you build and run your own airline. Manage 2700 airports, 200+ aircraft, paint unique liveries, and watch flights in real time on a dynamic world map, with monthly challenges and updates inspired by real-world aviation news.

Choose PRO (real-time) or TYCOON (fast mode), unlock 500+ R&D items, tailor your strategy with 200 services, and trade planes on a second-hand market. With IATA-backed data for authenticity, 8 languages, and a global community of over 15 million players, Airlines Manager offers a free-to-play aviation empire experience.

## Rankings

- #11,285 — Overall
- #3 — manage
- #7 — airline
- #20 — plan
- #22 — manager
- #74 — management

## Review summary

Airlines Manager: Plane Tycoon is a fun, deep airline sim with strong customization through liveries, but is hampered by ads, monetization pressure, and stability issues. Repeated bugs (logins, rewards, crashes), painter/tool migration problems, and missing Simplified Chinese support reduce the experience for many players. Despite solid core gameplay and long-term appeal, these recurring concerns impact overall satisfaction.

### Pros

- Fun, fast-paced and engaging airline-management gameplay that is generally not overrun by pay-to-win mechanics.
- In-game customization via the Airline Painter for creating and applying liveries adds a strong creative element.
- Deep strategy with a variety of aircraft types and growth opportunities for an airline.
- Long-term enjoyment and a sense of ongoing progression, with some players reporting years of play and continued interest.

### Cons

- Pervasive ads and long ad loops disrupt gameplay; users want a way to remove ads or a cheaper ad-free option.
- Monetization and pay-to-win concerns; many reviews feel success increasingly depends on spending real money.
- Frequent bugs and stability issues (login problems, reward collection errors, crashes/crashes, and freezes) that hamper play.
- Painter/tool changes causing data-loss or migration issues (removal/rework of Airlines Painter and lost liveries/saved work).
- Lack of Simplified Chinese language support; several reviews call for Chinese localization to improve accessibility.

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