We are currently working on improving performance in areas affected by low bandwidth. We made some hardware changes today and needed a quick server reboot.

This is the first step in a series of planned enhancements, with further improvements to follow after we’ve monitored the results over a meaningful period.

➕ New Features & Improvements

🧑‍✈️ Career & UI Enhancements

• Added a Ranks menu to Onboarding and Freelance Career modes.
• Added a button to inject direct flight plans into the simulator from the flight tracking page.
• Added a warning in the aircraft list when engine or airframe TBO is exceeded.

🏭 Industries & Economy

• Added an alert on the Industries dashboard to warn before a factory is deconstructed due to inactivity.
• Added oil deposits in the North Sea region.
• Reduced the transport cost of fuel tanks.
• Factories are now archived when pausing your company and restored (or relocated) when resuming, depending on airport availability.

⚙️ Settings & Preferences

• You can now edit your airline code from the Preferences menu.
• Fixed an issue preventing VA 5-digit codes from being updated.
• Adjusted level mission generation to better match airport sizes.

🌍 Miscellaneous

• Increased sightseeing marker display range from 5 NM to 10 NM.

🛠️ Bug Fixes

✈️ Flights & Routes

• Fixed an issue where VA flight logs displayed flights unrelated to the VA.
• Fixed regular route flights not being paid correctly in rare cases.
• Resolved conflicts between regular routes and work orders by prioritizing work orders.
• Fixed OnAir not redirecting to the flight registration page at the end of a flight in some rare cases when using X-Plane.
• Fixed the “Generate jobs toward home” function from the VA console.
• Fixed custom route display message when no alternate airport was selected.

🧭 Interface & Menus

• Fixed menu customizations not being saved properly in some cases in the VA Management Console.
• Enhanced the Work Orders UI and added warnings for employees already assigned to another work order.
• Fixed Goods Inventory icons not displaying properly in some cases.
• Fixed the “Only show jobs using favorite airports” filter in the Logistics Center not working properly in some cases.

📦 Trading & Cargo

• Fixed trading goods weight not being accounted for properly in some rare cases.
• Fixed trading goods not being unloaded properly from the aircraft when starting maintenance.
• Fixed Airport Boosts not renewing properly in some rare cases.

👥 Employee Management

• Fixed the employee list not updating properly after hiring a freelance pilot.
• Employee bus transport fees are now correctly applied.

🗺️ Tours & Sightseeing

• Fixed sightseeing 3D markers not displaying in MSFS 2024.
• Fixed Tours not being displayed in the VA Management Console in some cases.

What’s next

We are currently advancing to the next phase of our industry roadmap and are excited to announce the upcoming release of new features, including some of the most requested enhancements:

• Reduced micromanagement for worker reliefs, streamlining operations and improving workforce efficiency.
• Upgraded encyclopedia functionality, now capable of generating detailed production line visualizations to support better planning of factories and production zones.