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The Corsair TUI B744 has made its second ever appearance at SXM again, catch it well you can!

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I honestly wish this would get used a lot more than it does. There’s so many liveries that barely get used for events but it forever feels as if we get the same ones.

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I wish that this year, there will be some A388 events

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https://fb.watch/D67i8DOPwq/?

Would love this viewpoint whenever SXM gets an update

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THANK YOU
Hopefully CAP will come in the future

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I’m wondering if F planes will still be available at SXM with the future remodel as they can’t land there IRL and parking won’t really accommodate them if modelled correctly

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What future remodel? They have announced no such thing

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Don’t they say they would eventually remodel all current airports

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Fair enough I guess but that’s gonna be years out probably. Plus several airports are definitely ahead of SXM, which has a high quality of design already.

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I have mixed feelings about this. In the past the devs have said that they want the fully modeled airports that they add to be able to accept all sizes of planes, and I appreciate that it gives the most variety and options for players to experience airports in the way that they enjoy the most. But I do wonder if it results in demand inflation to make up for these needs and if it overall detracts from the strategy of choosing where certain fleet planes go. I also think SXM already has enough strategy surrounding this due to the significant runway backtrack that does punish excessive use of E and F planes compared to B757s and smaller.

That said I do agree with @Thatflyerguy . I think other airports are significantly higher priority than SXM, and if its something that comes I hope they wait until we have an FBO / general aviation feature in game and perhaps a way to deal with some of the stands that can’t accept all B aircraft and currently are just cosmetic on the tarmac.

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Let’s see what the dev’s plans are
Personally I don’t think that should be a reason to not give SXM an earlier chance to be updated

And who knows, SXM might not even need a complete remodel, just added stands and modified taxi paths

And might not even take that long now that they have extra team members and that they hope to get airports out a bit faster

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The reason not to prioritize SXM now is opportunity cost. The dev team is only so large and they only have so much time. I would hope that the lean towards some of these:

  • IAD – this airport is one of the most popular to play, but also has some of the most glaring issues that could be fixed by things such as overlapping stands, especially in the domestic concourse.
  • SAN – this airport has numerous issues including improper placement of the cargo terminal and now that the first phase of T1 is completed, could really use a revamp to match the modern vision for the airport.
  • LEJ – this airport is super dated with its features, and could use pretty much all of the new features added in recent updates.
  • PRG and NGO – both of these airports also feel totally dated visually (especially NGO) and feature wise and could be massively improved with new features.

I just think the benefit of remodeling SXM now is quite small, and that time would be better used for other options that give a larger boost now.

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Well like Charlie said, everything could be worked on at once, it’s just a matter of what they see fit to release in what order, but mind you, PRG and IAD had a remodel not too long ago, just before the current mechanics of the game

So it could be they just need correct stand/bridge placements and small updates to what is currently the layout of the airports

But again we’ll see,
I still think SXM gets too much hate just because some players don’t enjoy the game itself but just wanna farm for silver planes and Wollars

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I agree with you that the SXM hate is totally unjustified. It’s one of, if not my absolute favorite airport in the game because of how unique it and its liveries are. And for building my own fleet it encourages me to use some planes I don’t use at other airports. I won’t be complaining if a remodel is released sooner or later, I just don’t see it as a high priority atm.

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I get your point of view… we shall see