
Early Access
Not really. Last updated 6 months ago, with about 2 updates per month, and nothing new since.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
Build your airline empire. Earn Elite Operator Status, unlock the Gold A380, and roll collectible aircraft — from aviation legends to the downright impossible. Includes 373+ aircraft types and 4,878 airports in early access.
Mar 27, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 22540538
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Mar 4, 2026 · Patch note
Patch Notes — March 4, 2026 (opens in new tab)
Big one today. Several fixes targeting issues reported by players over the past week, plus a quality-of-life improvement to crew messaging. Appreciate the detailed reports — they make a difference. Crew Salaries Found a unit conversion issue where crew salary calculations were running about 100x higher than intended, plus a secondary billing overlap in simu…
Mar 4, 2026 · Patch note
Patch Notes — March 4, 2026 (opens in new tab)
Three fixes targeting issues reported by players this week. Appreciate the reports — keep them coming. Crew Salaries Found a unit conversion issue where crew salary calculations were running about 100x higher than intended, plus a secondary billing overlap in simulation mode. If you were going bankrupt on Day 2-3 despite running a reasonable operation, this…
Feb 27, 2026 · Patch note
Airline Ops — Patch Notes (Feb 27, 2026) (opens in new tab)
Thanks for the bug reports — I hear you, and I've been digging into the issues you've flagged. This patch targets several of the most-reported problems. Some of these are complex interconnected systems, so I'm being upfront: I believe these changes address the root causes, but I'm continuing to monitor. Please report anything that still looks off in the Dis…
Feb 23, 2026 · Patch note
Small HotFix (opens in new tab)
- Fixed Contracts in Fuel Aquisiotion from duplication
Airline Ops last shipped a public branch build 6 months ago (Mar 27, 2026).
It got about 2 updates per month over the last year and is rarely updated (16/100). 2 of the last 9 months had at least one update day. Not enough of a cadence to call it regular.
Yes, it looks that way. There have been no builds or patch notes in over 180 days, or none on record at all.
Airline Ops: 22 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 2 days. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds. The Early Access release on 2026-02-03 falls inside this window.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 19 |
| March 2026 | 2 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |