Wiki / Fleet
Fleet.
Getting aircraft, fitting cabins, keeping them airworthy, and covering breakdowns.
Choosing an aircraft
How to match a type to the routes you actually intend to fly, and the traps in buying more aeroplane than the network needs.
Leasing, buying & ordering
How to get aircraft: leasing real tails from lessors or the factory, buying used with open records, or ordering new.
Cabins
How seat classes, floor space, and cabin layouts decide what each aircraft can sell.
Maintenance & heavy checks
How aircraft condition, the maintenance spend slider, and automatic heavy checks keep your fleet flying.
Reserves & substitution
How holding a spare aircraft rescues broken rotations, and what happens to passengers when the replacement is smaller.
Operations control
How to read the live fleet board: rotations, delays, cancellations, hangar windows, and the disruptions rail.