Air Hauler 2
puts you in complete control of your own freight and passenger company - take
charge of operations both in the boardroom and in the cockpit. You can also 'go
global' and create your own Virtual Airline and recruit other AH2 pilots to fly
for you with attractive payouts, or you can join another pilot’s booming
airline and fly for that alongside your own company.
The limitless possibilities and flexibility of Air Hauler 2 will let you
immerse yourself totally in every operational detail of your company - each
crucial flight will have an effect on the reputation and reach of your
expanding empire.
The level of complexity is up to you - simply fly jobs between bases and buy or
lease aircraft, or carve out a career in the air freight or airline industry by
hiring AI pilots and risking everything on loans to fill up your dream hangar.
Air Hauler 2 tracks all your financial activity, whether you're buying aircraft
or air bases, fuel or repairs, or paying for landing fees or even loans and
leases. Take out insurance if you think the part-time pilots you've hired might
let you down when you can least afford it.
As the pilot charged with delivering the goods or passengers on time, you can
decide to fly a job in multiple legs or stop anywhere enroute for refuelling or
maintenance. Create your regular passenger routes and look out for special
humanitarian missions. Contend with real-world weather conditions if you want
the extra challenge and keep a watchful eye on your fuel economy.
Trade commodities for delivery on your cargo routes, and open manufacturing
plants and factories at your bases to create parts for manufacture into more
precious commodities. Travel around the world to meet new contacts and fly
missions for them individually to boost your company’s reputation and income!
If your management skills are needed in the boardroom, recruit other pilots to
fly jobs for you and keep track of them all with the AI pilot system. Detailed
Map views showing all the airports in X-Plane will help you keep tabs on
available jobs and the locations of your bases and fleet, and you can also view
the live locations of other online Air Hauler 2 pilots.
Expand your company into an online Virtual Airline where other pilots can fly
passenger routes and cargo jobs for your new venture – select jobs from a
global shared job board and allow users to help you manage your virtual airline
and fly, expand and maintain your fleet!
Air Hauler 2 puts you in charge every step of the way - from landings to
leases, flight plans to finances, and repairs to recruitment!
See the Detailed
Description section below for all the features. You can take a look at the
manual here or check in
on the Air
Hauler 2 forum!
If you'd like to see
Duncan Murray, the Developer of Air Hauler 2, run through the main features and
capabilities of this addictive flying and management sim, check out his recent Twitch stream or
visit YouTube!
AIR HAULER 2 FEATURES
Cargo jobs – a wide variety of job types, from flying high-tech
electronic equipment to potatoes and fruit, with differing rates of pay, from
hundreds to hundreds of thousands!
Passenger operations – fly single passenger jobs between any airport you
choose, or set up a schedule and routes for your airline to fly. You can let
your AI pilots fly these routes or you can fly any of them at any time.
Missions - take missions from new contacts you meet as you travel to new
airports and destinations.
Virtual Airlines – create your own Virtual Airline and recruit other AH2
pilots from around the world to fly passenger and cargo jobs! Advertise
your airline on the Air Hauler 2 Hiring Bulletin Board. Accept and fly jobs
from the Global Job Board and compete with other airlines for the best hauls.
Humanitarian missions - respond to real-world disasters by manufacturing
and delivering relief supplies to local airports.
AI pilot skills tree system – AI pilots can be ‘trained’ in over 18
different skills which bring benefits to your company. As the AI pilots
improve, they ‘level up’ in rank which gives them more skill points to spend.
There is a skill tree which has five different tracks with individual skills in
each and these can be unlocked by spending points. So, for example, an AI pilot
who has five points in ‘Bungee Warrior’ will be subject to less in-flight cargo
damage as a result of rough handling than one who has less (or no) points in
that skill. Other examples are ‘Rocketman’, which provides a more efficient
cruise (lower fuel costs), and ‘Short Stripper’ which lowers the runway landing
requirements for AI pilots.
Take missions from clients at airports – supply them with rare
commodities or perform photo recon flights or private charter flights.
Commodity trading – buy and sell commodities rather than just move them
for clients. Make your own fortune trading between airports!
Upgrade your bases – upgrade them with fuel depots and commodity storage
facilities, allowing you to hedge fuel prices and store commodities long term.
Factories and production – build factories at your bases and use them to
produce desirable commodities which can’t be bought on the open market.
Find aircraft parts from vendors – find these at larger airports and use
them to repair your fleet or build new aircraft yourself rather than buying
them!
Type rating system – get qualified on aircraft before you or your AI
pilots can fly them.
Buy and fly aircraft in your personal fleet – you can also transfer
money from your company into your own personal account.
Buy new aircraft direct from the manufacturer, or buy second hand – have
the aircraft shipped to you or go and collect them yourself and fly them home.
Map views with great circle routes – several map tile choices are
available.
