General Pre-Release Discussion

Honestly, I’m placing my bets on the 12th or 15th because they probably won’t release an update on the weekend. If I were to choose one though I’d say the 15th because of the sheer size of the update.

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Wii mark it at my calendar

Would now be a good time to mention that European Cargo has gone into administration?

Heard about it but I believe they will release the A346F and make it in the game anyway.

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I’m glad they already got the model and singular airline modeled and shown off before it went into administration. Really would’ve struggled to see them go through the work for essentially a one off. Will be glad to commemorate these beauties at my airports though.

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Not dead yet but knowing the UK as a resident, basically a death sentence. Eastern and FlyBe both had the same treatment.

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Im looking forward to my ZRH being completely overrun with classic 747 Varients including Swissair

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I’m looking forward to having missing liveries added like A220’s from Bulgaria Air/ITA and Etihad A21NY as they’re regulars at ZRH

Hoping Chair, SWISS, Eidelweiss, Zimex and Air Baltic are all local contracts

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Yeah true, I won’t overrun it completely but I’ll have a few 747s

I’m looking forward for the local contracts too aswell

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not gonna lie I might keep the Swiss 747-200 around if it’s available

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I’m on the fence about the AirBaltic’s. I get the reasoning to having them there as they have been a regular fixture at the airport for a good while now, but its not really them if you get me. Its their aircraft and their crews, but ultimately they’re doing flights for Swiss. Just feel it would be a waste of a local spot if that’s the case.

Only one I fear we won’t get out of these is Zimex but I’d love to have small freighters about. In addition, Air Berlin and Belair would be good to see as they were a regular fixture at Zurich for many years until 2017 with dozens of their planes based there. Same with Germania Flug with them only having 3 planes based there but utilising Germania’s fleet for extra capacity leading to 10 or so aircraft on the ground at ZRH overnight. Condor does regular summer flights too out of the airport so I think they’d be a better fit than airBaltic.

Also forgot to add, Hello would be great as it would be one extra A320 livery and ofc opens the gate for a future MD-90 local at ZRH.

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I’d say overrun away, its your airport, have what fun you want with it :smiley:

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Yes I totally agree with that. Would be really awesome to get the possibility for buying Condor contracts to their seasonal routes out of ZRH (IBZ, PMI, HER, RHO, KGS and LCA).

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I’d love to have some Condor contracts mixed in, so hopefully the A320neo and A321neo liveries are included. It would be great if we got the other A320s as well. I’d be curious to see if the Condor Retro A320 will obtainable as regular contract in the levels, as that seems like it would be a good fit on a route to FRA.

One thing I do wonder is if the BA 763 will be available as a regular contract or as a level reward contract, from what I recall ZRH use to be one of their regular routes right up until their retirement. The Air Do 763s at NGO prove that short haul 767s can be done as regular contracts.

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Having had a look at Jetphotos of British Airways, it seems the regular is an A319/B735 in the late 2000s with A320s mixed in and the occasional A321. Then throughout the 2010s its the same slowly moving to more A320s towards the end of the decade, obviously without the B735’s as they were retired at the end of 2009. The 767 does show up many times at Zurich in 2017 though so I’d love to have it as an option.

These 2 fellas were a regular feature in 2012 with the Golden Dove showing up until 2017 regularly (Torch Relay),

Both would suit ZRH and LHR as specials as well as nearly all the playable airports in Europe.

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Pitchforks if we don’t get it, :slight_smile: ?

In all seriousness though, Zimex is high on my list. Having a few prop cargo planes running around the airport is something that I always like to focus my camera on while playing.

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More B Class variety is something I’m big on. Makes airports seem more alive as they flow in and out much quicker, if the stands can accommodate and the queues don’t backup.

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100%. I think it’s what keeps me coming back to SXM. B planes and the sheer variety of B contract options just shine at that airport.

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agreed, having the C208 as well in the future would bring some more variety as well for A class planes

side note: I wonder if the update is still geared up for the tentative 14 June release :relieved_face:

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C208s, BN2Ps, SH36s, and PC12s would be awesome for SXM particularly. Though the C408s would be great for US airports in particular for Fedex deliveries…

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