Buy Aircraft

Buying aircraft can be done in four ways. Some are more convenient than others, but you'll find that buying aircraft in Airline Mogul is quite easy once you know the ways.

Buying New Aircraft

The Aircraft Market is the place you will spend a lot of time in. From here, you can buy brand-new airplanes directly from the manufacturer. It's a very easy way to buy new planes, but you will have to deal with the delivery times for each aircraft. Delivery times can vary from 24 game days for small airplanes, up to 268 days for large aircraft like the Boeing 747-400.

Choose the Aircraft

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Aircraft Listing

To buy a new plane, first you need to navigate to the Aircraft page. Then select a manufacturer under the "Purchase Aircraft" section. You can also select "All" to see a listing of all available aircraft for purchase. There is a similar drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the View Aircraft page.

After you have clicked Select, you will see a list of all planes made by that manufacturer. Planes are sorted by name first, but you can sort using different data by clicking on anyone of the gray headers (for instance Seats). The different characteristics are explained here.

Once you've found the desired aircraft, click Buy next to that aircraft's data. This will navigate you to the next page, where you can select which engines you want.

Select Engines

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Selecting an Engine

Some planes have different choices of engines. This page will tell you if there are any choices, and will allow you to make the final decision. Once again, the page shows you the details of the airplane, but this time, watch out for any differences between various engines, as some engine choices may offer better range, speed, or fuel usage--thus, may be more expensive than others.

If there is only one engine choice available, then there will be no drop-down menu in the Engines row.

Select Quantity

When you have selected the engine of your choice, select the quantity of planes you want to order. You can buy 1-100 plane(s) per order. The Total Cost will update every time you change the engine (if possible) or quantity. It will also tell you how many game days it will be before your planes are delivered.

If you are satisfied with your order, click on Proceed. Warning! Once you click the button, you cannot cancel it!

If you have sufficient funds for the order, you will receive the following:

Withdrawn

This column shows when the aircraft will be withdrawn from production. After that year, you cannot order the airplane anymore. For instance, when the withdrawn-date says 2000, you can order the plane until the end of December 24th 2000. The airplane will be delivered as normal. After December 24th 2000, you cannot order the airplane anymore.

Buying Used Planes In-game

Airline Mogul also has a used market, where airlines can sell their old or redundant airplanes. You can navigate there by going to Aircraft Market. The Used Market lists all planes in two categories: Buy and Lease. Planes are sorted by name, but here too, you can sort by different data.

If you've found a plane you like, you can buy or lease it by clicking Buy next to the aircraft. The specified amount of money will be deducted from your bank account, and transferred to the original owner of the aircraft.

With used aircraft, you won't have to put up with a delivery time. However, there may be a premium mark-up to the price above the original new price of the aircraft.

Buying Planes via the Forum

The Airline Mogul Forum has a section dedicated to buying and selling aircraft: the Aircraft Market. Here, you can view topics from other airlines asking for, or offering, aircraft, or you can create one yourself. Depending on your world's activity, you may or may not get any responses.

Buying Planes from Official Brokers

Airline Mogul has five official brokers, all of which have their own thread in another section of the forum: the Brokers Market. You can view their prices, or negotiate your own, by replying in the thread or through any other means of communication. The brokers will take your orders, and supply you with the airplanes you want, for a lower price than normal. In some cases, you'll still have to wait for your planes to be delivered by the manufacturer.

You can also request new planes from brokers via the new Brokerage System.The workings of the brokerage system can be found here.