FLY THE LINE – SHORT HAUL EDITION 

(for MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020, X-Plane 12, X-Plane 11, P3D v6, P3D v5, P3D v4, Flight Simulator X)

Fly the Line is the ultimate career-driven experience for flight simulator enthusiasts, now arriving in your favourite sim platforms!

Take your place in the cockpit as a short-haul airline pilot and begin your journey from Junior First Officer to Fleet Captain. With every flight you’ll build your aviation legacy - navigating realistic schedules, managing tight turn-arounds and handling unexpected diversions, all while flying the aircraft of your choice.

As you complete flights, you’ll earn cash, XP and skill points that can be used to unlock new abilities, improve your lifestyle and enhance your well-being. These elements don’t just add depth - they directly impact your performance and progression, making every decision matter.

Getting started is simple. Choose your airline, select your home base, generate your route network and you’re ready to fly. A user-friendly interface and in-app tutorials ensure a smooth onboarding experience, whether you're on the cusp of becoming a Fleet Captain or just starting out as a Junior First Officer.

Whether you're dreaming of joining a major airline or building your own virtual fleet, Fly the Line gives you the tools, freedom and realism to shape your own aviation story via three distinct and engaging game modes: 

Career Mode

• Begin your journey as a Junior First Officer, full of ambition but short on cash.
• Choose your airline’s hub and let Fly The Line generate a realistic route network, complete with accurate flight numbers and timings.
• Receive a weekly schedule (roster) with your upcoming flights – use rest days to skip unwanted flights.
• Earn cash, XP and skill points by flying well and earning promotions - the better your performance, the greater your rewards.
• Spend your earnings to upgrade your lifestyle, which directly impacts your well-being and job performance.
• Fly any aircraft in your flight sim hangar (up to 16 aircraft profiles can be created!)

Free Play Mode

• Enjoy all the functionality of Career Mode with unlimited resources from day one.
• Instantly unlock all items and upgrades, and accelerate your path to Fleet Captain with extra starting cash and skill points.
• Perfect for players who want freedom and flexibility without the grind.

Schedule Mode

• Strip away the career mechanics and focus purely on realistic, schedule-based flying - no deadlines, no quotas, just immersive flying on your terms.
• Real world airline schedules, flight tracking and logbook features.
• Choose a real-world airline and fly routes based on its actual schedules.
• Includes flight tracking and logbook features, offering the realism of a virtual airline without the strict guidelines.

In-app tutorials are provided and a Quick Start Guide is available here. We have also posted some FAQs which you might find helpful.

Fly the Line is packed with immersive features to deliver a deep, rewarding airline pilot experience:

Profile and personalisation

• Create up to eight unique pilot profiles, each with their own airline and career path.
• Customise your experience with imported profile pictures and airline logos, or choose from a selection of realistic defaults.

Route generation and scheduling

• Generate hundreds of realistic routes with an intuitive schedule generator based on real-world data from your chosen base airport.
• Fly two- or four-sector daily schedules, or mix and match to suit your flying style.
• Choose from short 30-minute hops to longer flights of up to 5.5 hours.

Game modes for every pilot (click here for a PDF with more detailed information on the three Game Modes)

• Career Mode: Start from the bottom and work your way up, balancing your job performance and lifestyle to climb the ranks.
• Free Play Mode: Enjoy the full experience with everything unlocked - unlimited cash, skill points and rest days from day one.
• Schedule Mode: Focus purely on Fly The Line’s schedule generation with no career mechanics - your own offline virtual airline, with no strings attached.

Progression and lifestyle

• Earn XP and level up to unlock new opportunities and promotions.
• Manage your work/life balance by completing downtime activities that boost well-being and job performance.
• Unlock over 30 pilot skills through a detailed skill tree system.
• Spend your earnings on household items, vehicles, home upgrades or even a sim pit to enhance your lifestyle.
• Watch your purchases appear in real time in your fully 3D home and garage.

Side activities and immersion

• Take on side hustle jobs to earn extra income.
• Fly sightseeing trips to global points of interest or complete land-away missions for bonus cash.
• Experience random diversions for added realism and unpredictability.

Flight tracking and feedback

• Log every flight with a detailed flight logbook and performance stats.
• Get in-depth feedback on your flying, including landing sink rates, touchdown accuracy and more to help you improve.

Why choose Fly The Line?

• Compatible with all major Flight Simulators: MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020, X-Plane 12, X-Plane 11, P3D V5, P3D V4, and FSX.
• Stand-alone app, with easy to use interface and in-app tutorials.
• Fast and simple installation via a single installer.
• Fly your favourite aircraft from day one – use any aircraft in your flight sim hangar, no unlocking required.
• Fly for your favourite airline or create your own.
• Choose from a selection of realistic avatar profile pictures, or upload your own profile picture and airline logo!
• Create up to eight profiles, each with its own game modes, schedules and progression.
• Create up to sixteen aircraft profiles that can be shared amongst your profiles.
• Route Generator creates a realistic route network from your chosen hub airport, including realistic flight numbers and timings.
• Schedule Builder provides a weekly roster of the flights you are expected to fly – two- or four-sector days depending on user preference.
• Three independent and engaging game modes: Career Mode, Free-Play Mode and Schedule Mode.
• Diversions for unpredictable, non-linear sectors.
• Comprehensive logbook allowing you to track and measure all flights.
• Data insights to help you improve your flying.
• Adds purpose and progression to flight sim specifically aimed at short-haul operations.