Aerobiz Supersonic

The simulation includes numerous historical events, including:

• Summer Olympic Games accurate up to Sydney 2000. (Note, the 1976 Summer Olympics were in Montreal, although the game has them in Toronto as Montreal is not in the game. However, some events of these games were held in Toronto, and in other cities throughout Eastern Canada.)
• The downfall of colonialism
• The secession of Singapore from Malaysia
• The Rise of Fidel Castro (1959)
• Suez Crisis
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• Yom Kippur War
• An international oil crisis (1973)
• Iran–Iraq War
• Operation Desert Storm
• Perestroika
• Destruction of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany
• Fall of the Soviet Union
• Return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China
• Growth of the European Union

The simulation also includes hypothetical events, including:

• After 2000, the Summer Olympics start occurring in random selection of the game's major cities.
• Ukraine joining the European Union at JUL 1998.
• Belarus joining the European Union at JAN 1999.
• Switzerland joining the European Union at JUL 2003.
• Russia joining the European Union at OCT 2005.
• Civil war by random cities and random times (Although in the game, they often occur in Lima, Peru, which had a civil war in real time)
• The introduction and quick obsolescence of commercial supersonic aircraft (2007–2016)
• Global oil crisis in the mid-late 2010s
• The nations of the world asking the airlines for money to find alternatives to fossil fuels
• Volcanic eruption in New Zealand
• Floods in Thailand[1] and Vancouver, Canada[2] (both events corresponding with global climate change)
• Earthquake in Sao Paulo

From the beginning of the game until 1986, the Eastern Bloc countries are stuck with tense relations with Western Europe, North America, and countries in the British Commonwealth. In particular, their worst-possible relationship with the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan means airlines located in the Eastern Bloc cannot buy from the big American planemakers of the time, Boeing, Lockheed, and McDonnell-Douglas. However, they have normal-excellent relations with African countries, Middle Eastern countries, countries in Central America, South America, and some Asian countries. Furthermore, relations with France are decent enough that Eastern Bloc companies can buy from countries based there like Airbus and Sud Aviation, though at a markup. Airplanes from Eastern Bloc countries are, in general, represented as undersized and inefficient gas-guzzlers that can only do medium-range flights as their longest routes; however, their base cost is cheaper and they can perform certain specialty roles well.

After perestroika in 1986, airlines from these countries can purchase airplanes from the United States thanks to normalization of relations. These airplanes become even cheaper following the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989-1991. In the game's hypothetical then-future scenario (2000-2020) Russia enters the EU in 2005, making Airbus prices cheaper. Ilyushin and Tupolev airplanes remain very cheap and become more efficient than earlier models.

With normal-tense relations with Eastern European countries until around 1985, airlines that are headquartered in Western European countries must either purchase cheap airplanes from the "local" market or order slightly more expensive planes from the United States of America. After Perestroika, they can purchase from any plane manufacturing company. Joining the European Union in the mid-1990s makes airplanes cheaper or more expensive depending on relations with the United States prior to the founding of the EU.

North America's situation in the game is identical to the situation found by Western European countries. The only difference is that planes from American companies are cheaper than planes from Western European countries. Since North America has a higher tourism rating than Europe until the 1990s, North America–based airlines can afford more airplanes and routes for a better risk-profit potential than European-based airlines.

Normalized relations with both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. allows all planes to be purchased by airlines headquartered in the People's Republic of China regardless of the year. However, improving relations with either country will reduce the price of the airplanes - giving the player a choice of acquiring either inefficient Soviet-made planes or efficient American-made planes at bargain prices. Like the People's Republic of China, countries that are not strongly affiliated with either NATO or Warsaw Pact may purchase from any manufacturer as long as relations are not tense (red). Relations with the country must be at least normal (orange) in order to purchase airplanes from that country.