Last updated on December 7th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
AirTycoon Online 3 – Simulation Game Review
AirTycoon Online 3 is a Simulation/Strategy game from TRADEGAME Lab Inc., first launched in 21st December 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 214+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes AirTycoon Online 3 Stand Out
Air Tycoon Online 3 – The world best online airline management simulation game.
Compete with world-wide players and be the top airliner in the world.
[Game Introduction]
AirTycoon Online which was much loved by worldwide management simulation game players has been fully upgraded into ATO3 with great quality 3D graphics and upgraded UI.
[Game Features]
-Turn-based online airline management simulation game
-Gorgeous 3D graphics
-Realistic game background based on Historical real time
-About 170 real airplane models released as time goes by
-Manage an airline in 500 airports all over the world
-Take over other players' companies
-Detailed management report and report history.
-Accident events due to the increment weather and some engine failures.
-Airliner Alliance and Code-shares
-Communication with worldwide players
[Major Differences from Previous Versions]
Introduced Hub Concept
- Headquarters is located in the city you selected when you started the game
- When starting the route, the departure airport must be the airport of the city where the head office or branch office is located.
Name value by city
- Increase name value through advertising investment by city
- Establishment of branches when the name value is 50 or more
Etc
- 2D / 3D map select option
- Increase the number of slots
- Introduction of in-flight service set
- Up to 25 slot request at a time
Additional aircraft
- B747SP, B707-320B, A319neo, A320neo, A321neo, B787-10, B737-10, E175-E2, E190-E2, E195-E2, Caravelle1, Caravelle10B, Caravelle12, DC-8-61F, DC-8-62F , DC-8-72F
[Useful game tips]
-Open a new route between the cities with high business/tour level while being less(or no) competitive.
-Make all of your flight schedules as the same as 'Available Schedule by Planes'
-Raise the fare when the occupancy is 100%
-Down the fare when the occupancy is lower than 70%
-Close your existing route resolutely and open another new route if the route is so competitive and you do not get enough profits from.
-Set up a fuel tank to save your fuel expenses.
-Build a maintenance depot and a VIP lounge at your hub city to maximize your profits.
-Manage all of your flight routes strategically by using your unmatched business skills.
-Provide your passengers unrivaled comfortability by adjusting your plane seats better and supplying a high quality of cabin service.
-Take advantage of a 'Code Share' function on competition routes.
-Generate stable revenue by purchasing or building your own airports.
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This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, AirTycoon Online 3 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 29th May 2023
Recent improvements include:
iPhone full screen support
Some Bugs fixed
Download & Availability
AirTycoon Online 3 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get AirTycoon Online 3 on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We literally love this game. We dont really know how to describe this game besides a time passing game. What we mean is that you buy planes and set prices, then you wait for time to pass to see how efficient your decisions are. We love that its actually free. Obviously you can get an edge if you spend $, but this is the first game that we play that f2p players actually have a shot on the leaderboards. We did go through some complications where our game data was LOST :(. Communication with support was efficient. They responded in a day (Im assuming bc of the time difference) regardless they helped us out with our unfortunate situation. They are super helpful. We highly recommend this game.
Decent game regarding the management and operation of an Airline. We love the game and how it works; but there are issues which need to be tackled. Here is the list: 1. Information About What Things Are The game does not do a very good job at providing information about what the different symbols mean. This leads to alot of confusion for new players as they try to figure things out. 2. Competition The game prevents you from seeing information on other user's airlines until turn 120. The whole point of a competitive game is competition and being able to compete with it. You should definitely be allowed to see other airline information by at least turn 10. There is no such thing as Abnormal competition. 3. Bugs The game is very well polished, at first glance. When you try to play out the entire game you realize there are bugs everywhere. For example, enabling the 2D map makes every ScreenGUI freak out and toggle their visibility resulting in a broken experience. This can thankfully be taken care of by setting the map mod to 3D again. 4. Financial Information The game tries to provide you with as much information regarding your company finances as it can but it doesn't. Your financial information is scattered across multiple menus and trying to better compare expenses to income is impossible. 5. Satisfying customers with Cargo This task is impossible. You're literally fighting a losing battle. 6. Setting the Fares for each route When creating a new route you set the fare. The fare will be anything from 0.60-1.40. What on earth this is we couldn't tell you. Oh also your unable to compete with other airlines with prices as you have no idea what their prices are for the same route. 7. City "Score" When viewing each city you see the cities score. This score is 2 different things, a suitcase with a staircase and a globe with a staircase. What each of those mean we couldn't tell you. The game should provide more information on what it is. 8. Hub Cities You should not have to make a stop over route using a hub city. A hub city should be a city you can start with and nothing more. 9. Cargo Routes our word is it difficult to make an Airline that uses mainly cargo. Why? Because all of the cargo plane travel significantly less then passenger planes. 10. Satisfaction How the game calculates this is completely unknown to the player. You can give a plane a satisfaction ratting of 102.3% and service satisfaction of 100% but the route satisfaction will be stuck at 32% or some low rating like that. There is more problems and the developers should really look into fixing it.
We dont know why people dont like this version of ATO, its a better upgrade then any other ATO. Some things we like about we, New airplanes, better graphics, nicer airports. Theres no reason why you should hate this game. Overall, we didnt come cross any bugs. Do recommend it if you like to manage your airline.
Outstanding game but there needs to be a update of new planes but still keep the old planes and add the Concorde and some stuff like.
Every time we get a passed turn 99% of the time we cant see the aviation news because the aviation news button isnt there.
If your online it still takes away money which is unfair because when youre at school or if someone took your device you would lose the cash , we lost 1million because of that.
Great game overall, but there are some features lacking in the game. First, its really hard for free to play people like ourselves to get started and even grow, there should be like some sort of loan system where you can take out a loan and pay it off over time, and restrictions of course so people dont spam loans. There should also be some sort of feature where you can have branched airlines, for example, if you are operating out of New York, your main airline could, well be your main airline, but you could also make a smaller airline subsidized by your main, so if you want a regional one you could operate it under the main one but manage it from a different tab so its easier to manage routes etc. It would also be fun if there was a game mode where its extended so you start out in the 1930s (example) so we can create an airline in the golden age of aviation. Another suggestion would be in the livery department, we feel like there should be more livery styles and customizations, for example like a metallic color (similar to Americans old livery) there should also be more logos to choose from. We feel like there should also be some sort of restrictions on how many credits players can purchase during a game, because the top airlines are obviously paid and theyre taking over routes and cities which makes the game really unplayable for people who are just playing causally. Overall, pretty decent game but needs work. Keep it up! :).
This game at its core is an interactive, dynamic, and competitive airline simulation game. However, the constant issues with server availability and lack of response to the issue would warrant us to encourage other avgeeks to seek other airline simulation games. This problem isnt new to the developers as this issue continues to plague this game 4+ years into its launch. Unfortunately the developers fail to address this issue. Therefore, at times this game is unplayable and with the time and money youll invest in this platform, we encourage you to seek other gaming options.
Its a nice game.But we want to choose more newer planes like a 747 or a 737 planes like that.
This is a great concept but the interfaces are very confusing and a bit over complicated.
The game has a lot of arbitrary rules that dont make sense. The game only gives alerts on sales and a lot of the bots are added by the server to populate. They eventually leave half way through.its terrible, boring, outdated and has too many glitches and exploits.
We cant find our plane(s) same as the previous airtycoons and how do we find our plane(s).
This could be a fun game but the nickel and dime you with their algorithms. You can have a route with 100 percent satisfaction with low usage, while your competitor will have an old plane low satisfaction and a higher usage. We think they set up dummy players to push down your flight revenue so that you have to spend more money to be competitive. It is really frustrating and we think its a little scammy sometimes too.
This game was fun when it first came out, but the newer updates have made it impossible to get anywhere unless you spend a lot of money. So, now we wouldnt recommend downloading it.
We speak English for fear that you can't understand Chinese. The Taiwan issue is China's internal affairs. No matter how the situation on the island of Taiwan changes, the basic fact that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is a part of China will not change. The Chinese government's position of adhering to the one-China principle and opposing "Taiwan independence" will not change, and the general consensus of the international community to adhere to the one-China principle will not change. The revival of the Chinese nation and the reunification of both sides of the Straits are historical inevitability. Moving against the trend, the road will come to an end; splitting China is doomed to be infamous for ten thousand years.
Overall the game is fine. But we paid for in game currency and it gave us 190 or so out of the 4000 we paid for. We wouldnt trust this app if we were you.
There are some bugs which you wont find any answer on web or any where else. We have spent our time to reach to level 5 and now we have owned 75% of total Slots in our hub and system just tells us that you can not purchase more than 75% . So what does it mean ? What should we do.
When we started to play we did not know how to fly so make it easy.
This is not really a good game BC u cant make ur own logo and whats the point of people taking the name u want.
Nothing but a money grab. If you dont spend, you will not enjoy, no fun here, just developers greed.
We liked this companys ship game so we downloaded this game. Their ship game is much better than this game, and this is light-years behind airlines manager. Please make major changes.
Ive tried our luck at this game many times and Ive gone bankrupt after 3 turns EVERY SINGLE ONE. We tell you, this game is impossible! There are too many players that pay for money and benefits, so it is impossible to compete with them because they have almost every possible route. We dont like this game, it is very pay to win. We can never even get past 1970 when the channel we join starts in 1969. Please make the game easier for us. In ATO2 you could use 1.00 fare level and make a fair profit. In this you only make 10-80k with 1.00 fare level! Please fix. ATO2 is much better. Use that instead. Also, could the developer make an easier version that there is no competition with other players? We would like that much more. Thank you, dont download.
So we log In and our progress is restarted You know how long we spent time on that game and our dad literally payed for it This game is just cash grab.
After playing one season on here its a huge let down. We definitely will not be playing a second. First off we must say hats off to these guys so a free game. The developers did a great job updating the game artistically but when it comes to the game mechanics its a big let down. Air tycoon online by far is much better than airtycoon3 when it comes to functionality, spend your time there its much more rewarding. On air tycoon 3 you are only allowed to operate flights out of hubs cities and not the smaller cities. In AT Online you could turn any city into a hub for you airline. Not in this new version… For example you could operate a route from JFK to MCO (Orlando) or open another route JFK to IND (Indianapolis). You wouldnt be allowed to operate a route from IND to MCO because they are not deemed hub cities. For the whole game youre competing with players in all of the major hub cities and can never open a hub in a small city. On a lot of routes youll have 4-5 players operating on it (with mostly all players losing money). For some unknown reason certain players get a leg up. You could put a new aircraft on a route with the same price and those players will still have higher occupancy. This is one of countless flaws. Im very disappointed and expected a much better product especially after such a good product with AT Online. New aircraft have also been added and thats another benefit of this new update.
Why cant we seem to open our routes.
Without a doubt, It Is best airline managing game. Huge Improvement over the previous AT ONLINE 2. We request 1 missing feature this Ive been waiting for this game to add since years. Just Like In real life SkyTrax Airline rating Best Costumer Rating Airline, This should be added. In other words, ranking should not only be Value, Number of Passengers and cargo, Costumer satisfaction should ranking should really be added, and when an airline Is the ranked the best In terms of costumer satisfaction, more and more passengers would be a attracted. + number of stars for each airline depending on costumer satisfaction. Example : A 5 star airline, A 4 star airline. Because we always try to keep our airline costumer satisfaction no less than 70% which Is very good, and Id love to be rewarded for Costumer satisfaction ranking and a 5 star airline award. Please take this feedback, this Costumer rating Is very Important for us. We also demand a winglet paint can be applied on the livery + Airline Name on the livery and bigger logos on the tail, In other words, more advanced Livery/ Airplane Paint making. + Fix A380 Number of seats. 700 Seats Is Inaccurate, In real life Just like the previous AT Online 2, An Airbus A380 could up to 800 Passengers In a very dense configuration.
Is a so good game but y Want more planes md 83 Dc 9 32 Boeing 720 Fokker 27 and 50 md 88 Boeing 737 200 adv convair 990 vc 10 Hawker Trident md 80 a320 100 a321 100 saab 340 atr 42 atr 72 cessna cavaran Embraer 145 and Antonov 24 for passengers more cities for hub and new cities caracas medellin Saint Louis oakland Quebec otawwa montreal etc…wlingets or sharklets more decorations options and fix bugs.
Its a very entertaining game, you dont have to purchase anything to complete the full game! Excellent.
As you get into the game(1990)and onward,it becomes really hard to replace planes if your a big company.You have to use actual money to keep up with aging.And its near impossible to get 1st in a channel with out spending lots of money.
Its much better than the previous version. But there is one thing we think you did really bad: REMOVING THE LANDING SIMULATION! PLEASE PUT BACK THE LANDING SIMULATION.
When we first played this game, it was ok but one problem, you had 2 billion dollars instead of 6 billion dollars, this caused us a huge problem since we could survive to 1971, we were kind of angry but im trying to survive but seems impossible, please fix this.
This thing completely stunk and sucked!!!!! It wouldnt even load. What a ripoff. Apple, you should take it down.
If you don't spend money your airline will go into debt and you will never get good. That is why this game is a waste of time and storage.
Had it awhile now its currently 2019 in game! Neat strategy game.
The game is good overall but we dont like how you can only go From your main hub to places and thats sad because other wise it would be perfect.
Its really good! However we think it would be interesting if a stock market was added that would allow you to start with 100% of your companys stocks, and the ability to sell it to other players for cash. Just an idea- great game already.
The game is good but l do not know how to restart the game.
In many ways, this game is a huge improvement from its predecessor, Air Tycoon Online 2. The graphics and organization are much better, along with a better selection of aircraft. However, there is one thing that we dont think was done well here. You can only make routes out of your hub city, until your name value increases enough in another city. This takes an incredibly long time unless youre willing to pour in most of your in game money into advertising, which just isnt financially attractive. If the hub restriction was removed, we would have only a few minor complaints, about this game, such as a clearly pay-to-win setup, where you have no realistic chance of doing well if you dont spend an absurd amount of real money in the game. That said, it is still enjoyable without purchasing anything inside the app.
It's a great game, the idea of caravelle and the 747 SP was incredible. However, there are some points to be improved, for example, to put this system of hubs in all cities of the game (more realistic), the desing of the A319Neo, A320Neo and A321Neo are wrong, the landing gear of some airplanes are strangely disproportionate in relation to the airplane, as in the 737, and could have the option to paint only the winglet or sharklet of the aircrafts.
2hourly turn make this game too boring can not get inspired 15or 30minutes is adequate.
We got the app, watched the tutorial, and followed all of the directions Of the game, but when we tried to make a new route, we didnt know how to! It wouldnt tell us how to, and there was no way for us to see how to make a new route! We deleted the app 20 minutes after we got it. Im sure that there is a way to make a new route but it is not obvious and in the tutorial it does not tell you how to create a new route. We hope that in the future it will. Other than that, the game was great and we enjoyed playing it as long as we could which was only about 10 minutes. The rest of the time we tried to create a new route but it was to no avail.
Great potential, poor performance. We bought some extra credits and basically abandoned the game because it froze and crashed. No easy way to contact service.
Can't believe why such a metropolis as Prague can't be chosen as a hub city. Big disappointment, deleted immediately.
Its a cool realistic airline game but it has a slow timeline and we keep loseing money whatever we do we cant stop loseing money but there are some good thing lots of plane good detail and pretty realistic we didnt know if we should have gave it a 4 star or 3.
Fokker was founded in February 22 1912.
It take 62 years to make one turn. We aint got time for that by time we get to the year 2000 Im going to be 20,999 years old by then. Way too slow! At least 30 minutes a turn.
First when you play the game, you think of a fun and way better interesting airline simulation game but actually its not. First off it took us half an hour trying to find a name for our airline cuz all the names were taken, there arent even good logos or you cant really make a good livery, then you find out that multiple cities and countries arent even there. We havent even started the game and it is that bad. Yes theres a lot more aircraft but we would not recommend this game and dont believe there ad that says,best airline simulation game cuz its fake. We recommend AirTycoon 2 online or Airline Empires online.
When are you going to release an offline version? Most of the online players are obnoxious. We want to be able to play the damned game without waiting and waiting for our turn.
This game is a great game but we think they should have something that censors spam 5 stars for game -4 stars since Junso Airlines smurfjsy sent us the f word on channel 272.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3.0
- Size: 399.33 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [TRADEGAME Lab Inc.]()
Last updated: 29th May 2023 | Genre: Simulation, Strategy | Developer: TRADEGAME Lab Inc.