Problem is you're spending money not only on initial startup, but also bleeding cash by paying all those retail workers and chefs and sales reps. Road loops for dropoff/pickup/garbage/etc. Extra restrooms (keep only the ones inside security to start) In looking at your airport, here are the things I think you can skip at the beginning: The TLDR version is: you're spending way too much on startup costs. Originally posted by two cents on your efforts: I just don't get enough money in to be able to sustain the costs of running and expanding. So, I don't know what it is that I'm doing wrong. But the interest is lethal, you end up paying several k per day in interests, and I have nowhere near enough income to counter that.

Considering that after building the basic stuff and runway you are left with 100-200k, I find it impossible to expand without using loans. I use the grants as a guide to what I should be building next, but as always, Foundations are waaaaaaay too expensive, and so are Floors.Īdding a usable space with a cheap floor is around 100-150k in costs.

This requires a more efficient airport than the one you start with. But I end up having many flights leaving late and not fully boarded. I also tried reducing the time between flights, from 2 hours default to 1:30hs. I even attempted to rush a second gate, but it also means adding the Tower in order to get more than 10 flights per day, which is not cheap. I've tried many different approaches, using the prebuilt airport and building from scratch. Still, nowhere near enough for construction costs, even less when you take into account salaries and stock costs for stores and the kitchen. I can get night flights in by adding lights to the runway, which means 3 extra flights per day, some 3/4 k more per day. Is there any other strong income besides runway and terminal rental costs? 6 Flights in per day will get you around $10.000 per day, which is nowhere near enough to expand the airport. I think Foundations are too expensive, and at the same time, there is definitely something I'm not taking into account in order to get money flowing in. So, after building 7 different airports, I always find myself going bankrupt before the first 2 weeks finish.

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