As our short-term game world Junkers is running out today, we're diving right into the server's latest iteration: Junkers VI!
The new setup differs a bit from the last one, as it adds standard slots, realistic amounts of used aircraft at start and the option to create multiple holdings back into the mix.
Please note: As the changed coordinates of most airports are causing issues for players who need to change existing flights, we are using the opportunity of the Junkers relaunch to test run the solution we've been working on. For more details, check out the section below or have a look at our latest devlog entry!
To get started with your new airline and try everything for yourself, click here to join the new server: https://junkers.airlinesim.aero
Configuration
- Latest ORS version
- Only current aircraft types available
- Used aircraft at start
- Nighttime bans active
- Standard slots
- Multiple holdings per account allowed
- Increasing demand over time
- No IPOs possible
With a scheduled run-time of 8 months, you'll have access to the server until 27 January 2025.
Relaunch Voucher
Today, we're adding a discount voucher of 6%, which you can redeem during your next credit purchase by entering the code JUNKERS6! The voucher code will be valid today and tomorrow.
Fixed Arrival Times: Test Run on Junkers
The new flight planning interface that replaces relative speed overrides with fixed arrival times will first roll out to Junkers today so we can get some feedback from actual use and spot any major issues before rolling it out to all game worlds.
Here are the most important things to keep in mind:
- When scheduling new flights, everything should work pretty much as it has before.
- When working on existing flights, note that AirlineSim now defaults to the safe option, meaning any existing arrival times will be fixed by default and you need to uncheck the fixed arrival time checkboxes for AS to automatically compute new arrival times based on the aircraft’s speed.
- The utility buttons that previously allowed to set a minimum or maximum cruise speed have been replaced by such that allow to skip to the previous or next slot (meaning: current arrival time -/+ 5 minutes).
- As soon as you manually touch an arrival time, either by actually changing it by hand or using any of the utility buttons, the time for that day (or those days) will be automatically marked as “fixed”.
- Unchecking a “fixed arrival time” checkbox means that AS will immediately compute an arrival time based on the aircraft’s speed.
- Of course, any change will only become effective once the adjusted settings are saved.
- Scheduling hypothetical flights is still possible by marking a flight day’s arrival time as fixed in scheduling without assigning an aircraft. Note that in these cases, a default cruise speed of 800 km/h will be used for lack of a better alternative at this point.
Note that there’s a high chance of bugs hiding in this (new) code, especially when it comes to timezone and time settings shenanigans. Please keep an eye out for such issues and please let me know if you come across any!
In general, I would highly appreciate your feedback on this and how the feature could be further improved and/or be made more user-friendly.
Junkers V: Top Stats
Let's have a look at the previous server's stats! A complete overview is waiting for you on the AirlineSim forum as usual.
Top 3 Airlines - Passengers
- Kanatlar: 102,735,474 Passengers
- Airline deleted: 94,799,544 Passengers
- SilverWings: 68,067,616 Passengers
Top 3 Airlines - Cargo
- Trancon Airways: 25,733,316 Cargo Units
- Kanatlar: 20,008,382 Cargo Units
- Airline deleted: 12,150,086 Cargo Units
Top 3 Airlines - Transported Seat Kilometers
- Kanatlar: 257,232,381,150 SKT
- SilverWings: 169,258,481,355 SKT
- Trancon Airways: 156,243,749,703 SKT
Top 3 Airlines - Transported Freight Kilometers
- Trancon Airways: 86,578,466,824 FKT
- Kanatlar: 59,887,313,426 FKT
- Kai Tak Airways: 30,543,998,646 FKT
Top 3 Airlines - Flights Operated
- Airline deleted: 763,646 Flights
- Kanatlar: 661,452 Flights
- SilverWings: 478,583 Flights