Pocket Planes: Airline Tycoon

Name: Pocket Planes: Airline Tycoon
Author: NimbleBit LLC

2.17.3

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Manage your planes! Strategize and customize in Pocket Planes' exciting world!

Pocket Planes: Airline Tycoon, a route-based airline game

By Mei-Lin Chua

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Fleet choices from small prop planes up to jumbo jets
Routes linking more than 250 cities on a world map
Passengers and cargo carried on the same network
Route planning from major airports down to smaller ones
Strategy and route optimization across the whole airline

What kind of game this is

Pocket Planes is a business simulation in which you run an airline rather than fly a plane yourself. The developer, NimbleBit, also made Tiny Tower, and the listing frames this as a business manager game with a planning focus. It suits players who like making decisions about money, routes and equipment more than hands-on flight.

Progress comes from deciding which routes to open, which aircraft to put on them, and how the network grows across the map. The listing describes the game as a mix of strategy and route management.

Choosing and running your aircraft

The fleet ranges from small propeller aircraft to large jumbo jets. Each plane is a different tool for a different kind of route, so the mix you build shapes what your airline can serve.

The listing says you keep the fleet working by matching planes to routes and watching them carry passengers and cargo. It also mentions customizing parts of the airline, though it does not say how far that goes.

Planning routes across a world map

Routes connect more than 250 cities on a large world map. The listing covers both major airports and smaller airfields, so the planning involves choosing between busy hubs and quieter destinations.

The developer describes route choices as having direct business consequences, with the success of the airline depending on them. The stated aim is to build routes that make business sense.

Passengers and cargo on each flight

Each flight can carry both eager passengers and cargo. Because the two share the same network, the way you load and route a plane affects what it earns on a given trip.

The listing presents passenger and cargo transport as the core activity the fleet performs on the routes you set up.

What's new

Aug 11, 2026

+ New Plane skins!
+ Plane counts show when placing plane.
+ Fixed carrier weather layer bug.
+ Better night rendering for carriers.
+ Map plane visibility is now remembered.

About this APK

The build we hold is Pocket Planes: Airline Tycoon 2.17.3 (APKS split bundle) for Android 7.1 and up.

Version: 2.17.3; 140
Requires Android: 7.1+
Target Android: 16

Package ID: com.nimblebit.pocketplanes
Format: APKS split bundle
Malware scan: Google Play Protect
Permissions: 19 declared
Signed by: CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
Certificate SHA-256: 135feac2289f74c020f8fa65fc378abae02649d2ed056181c6ce90db839df0ca