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A route links two stands you rent at different airports. Once it exists, it generates cargo and passengers between those airports on its own, without you having to visit the airport. Routes are how pilots and companies turn a stand into a steady supply of jobs.
Creating a route
From the Routes screen, or from a stand's page, choose:
- the origin stand and the destination stand (they must be at different airports);
- a route ICAO: three uppercase letters followed by four digits, for example ABC1234. For a company route, the three letters must be the company's ICAO code;
- the status it starts with (active or paused);
- optionally, start with a boost to get jobs immediately. See Route boost.
The creation price depends on the distance between the two stands:
- P$ 600 per nautical mile when paying with Pilops Coins, or
- Pp$ 4 per nautical mile when paying with Pilop Points.
The origin stand must have a free route slot (4, 6 or 10 depending on its size), and you cannot create a second route between the same two airports in the same direction. A company route can only be created inside the company's operating area. See Hubs and operating area.
How routes generate jobs
Pilops periodically generates jobs for every active route, within the weight and passenger capacity of the origin stand. Those jobs stay available for three to seven days.
Route jobs are reserved for the route's owner. They show up in the Cargo step of your own flights from that airport or, for a company route, of any flight made with a company aircraft. Other pilots do not see them.
Pausing, editing and deleting
A route can be active or paused. A paused route stops generating jobs but keeps its slot on the stand and its ICAO. You can change the ICAO and the status after creation.
Deleting a route frees the slot on the stand. Routes are also deleted automatically when their origin stand expires. See Stands.
Statistics
Each route page shows what it has produced so far: cargo and passengers carried, revenue and the jobs currently waiting. Use it to decide which routes deserve a boost and which ones to pause.