Effects of time

[cowpatz]

Just wondering what effects the passage of time has on the game so that I can plan for it.
Does it have any effect on:
1. The fare price that can be charged Ie. inflation and still maintain load factors.
2. Gate rental.
3. I assume as new aircraft types come into existance that the price is set accordingly.
4. Any other effects?

Cheers

[Air Elbonia]

1. inflation no, but competition tends to creep in more when time passes [as they get the money to buy the planes to do so]
2. no, except players renting them up.
3. aircraft come in on the 1st of the year, and are phased out at the same time.  [for when a plane is phased out, see the withdrawn information].
4. not exceptionally, there's a weak base demand mod new this age that's based on the game year [demand slightly increments up from year to year].  also, fuel prices change on the year change, but... they seem to be a little low at the moment. definitely need to reevaluate/update the fuel usage formulas.

i may be forgetting other things.