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Behind the scenes of SkyChart: Airline Executive
Riyadh airport history, from a walled town of 27,000 to King Khalid International, and how SkyChart models a city rich in money and poor in visitors.
Anchorage airport history, from Alaska Railroad tent camp to the great-circle refueling crossroads, and how SkyChart models a city that mattered for where it sat, not who lived there.
Frankfurt airport history, from Zeppelin port to Lufthansa's home base, and how SkyChart models a small city with outsized economic pull.
Sydney airport history, the 1947 Kangaroo Route, and why only 6 of SkyChart's 201 aircraft can fly Sydney to London without stopping.
Tokyo airport history runs from a 300-meter strip at Haneda in 1931 to the twelve-year fight over Narita, and the split still shapes flying to Tokyo.
Buenos Aires airport history and why flying to Argentina's capital demanded aviation's longest ranges. A city spotlight from the airline sim SkyChart.
Bangkok airport history spans a century, from Don Muang's 1914 airfield to Suvarnabhumi. Here's why the city became aviation's favorite gateway to Asia.
In 2008 oil hit $147 a barrel and 25 airlines folded in six months. Here is how the financial crisis hit airlines, and how SkyChart models a fuel shock.
Cairo airport history reaches back to the 1930s, when the city became the hub linking Africa, Europe, and Asia. Here is why it still matters.
Atlanta airport history: a former auto racetrack grew into the world's busiest airport. Why hub-and-spoke routing rules in SkyChart's airline sim.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner's range and fuel efficiency opened thin long-haul routes that skip the hub. Here's the history and how it plays in SkyChart.
How Dubai went from a flying-boat stop on the creek to the busiest international airport on Earth, and how to build that rise in SkyChart.
Casey Jones Labs launches the SkyChart: Airline Executive demo on Steam alongside the v0.3 / v0.4 Aerobiz Depth Pass patch, after topping PeerPush as #1 Product of the Day.
Amsterdam Schiphol airport history: built three meters below sea level on a drained lake, now a top European airline hub. SkyChart spotlight.
How Istanbul went from a 1933 grass airfield to the world's most connected international hub, and what that means for route planning in SkyChart.
Why the Concorde was retired in 2003: the economics that killed supersonic air travel, and how SkyChart's Concordia models the same trap.
The Airbus A300B4 was the first widebody twinjet. We dig into its strategic role for any airline tycoon game player drafting a 1970s fleet.
How SFO went from a 1927 dairy farm to the United States' busiest transpacific hub, and how it shapes route building in SkyChart.
From Aeroflot's split into 400 'Babyflot' carriers to the polar routes that opened in 1998, the Soviet dissolution reshaped global aviation.
Why Lockheed's L-1011 TriStar lost the 1970s widebody war to the DC-10, plus passenger range, capacity, and SkyChart strategy.
From Kai Tak's checkerboard approach to Chek Lap Kok, how Hong Kong's airport history shapes hub strategy in SkyChart's 496-city airline tycoon.
The Boeing 747 debut in 1969 reshaped commercial aviation for decades. See how wide-body economics play out in SkyChart: Airline Executive.
The jet that shrank the world in 1958. How the Bering 707-120's 9,300 km range and 160 seats rewrote airline strategy in SkyChart.
How a 730 sq km island engineered the world's best airport hub, and why Singapore is the linchpin of any Asia strategy in SkyChart.
The 1978 Airline Deregulation Act ended 40 years of government route control, birthing hub-and-spoke and the modern airline industry. Here is the impact.
How the Bering 314 Clipper brought luxury transoceanic flight to the 1930s, and what it means for your airline in SkyChart.
Abu Dhabi had no real airport until 1981. Thirty years later, Etihad flew nonstop everywhere. How the UAE capital became a long-haul aviation powerhouse.
The 1973 OPEC oil embargo quadrupled jet fuel prices overnight. Here's how it nearly broke airlines, and how it plays out in SkyChart.
SkyChart v0.2.36 to v0.2.39 patch notes: 15-chapter tutorial, livery paint shop, controller overhaul, historical simulation improvements, real aircraft ranges, accessibility updates, and bug fixes.
From 9 FPS to 60, from 150 cities to 496, from 33 aircraft to 66. Casey recaps the massive overhaul between v0.2.17 and v0.2.32. Controller support, accessibility, economic warfare, and a macaw who won't stop filing patch notes.
The first dev blog from Casey Jones Labs on how SkyChart went from nostalgia project to a 90-year airline management simulation with 150 cities, 33 aircraft, and AI rivals that actually fight back.
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