Airport Space Allocation

Every other day on Discord, in the Facebook Group, or even the Reddit Community, there would be people banging their heads just to ask for more space. And this group of people will make all sorts of comments to say how important the extra space is. And the developers will just reply with the following:

> We know that you want a second terminal, or at least more space, and that this need has increased with the LHs. We're working on it, and it will be our next major update. However, there are technical issues to make sure that this increase in space doesn't increase lag or the weight of the application so that all mobiles (including older models) can still play the game in optimal conditions. This work, which we've already started, will take some time, a least a few months, but we'll be posting regular updates to keep you informed of our progress! Stay tuned!
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> ASFC Developers, Facebook Comment

Most people who want such space probably have been putting down every single shop possible, cramping their airport to the maximum, and then when new airlines come with new shops, they are stuck with no space in their airport. But think of it for a short while. Does it make any realistic sense? Is your airport a shopping center, or a place for people to take planes off to another place?

Is this the kind of crammed airport you want to visit?
## Why you should make a clean airport

1. Did you know that signage of the airport is a criteria for pax? If you checked the Pax Needs or the Airline Profile page, you might have seen that there is a Terminal Quality tab for each airline. Under that there is a requirement for signage. So, you need to allocate space to put signage so pax knows where to go!
2. When you are arranging new shops in the airport, you want to know how many of each shop you have. Having a crammed airport means it is difficult to find space to put in new shops.
3. The pax needs space to walk to the shop of their choice. If you make it crammed and hard for them to find how to move, sometimes they will be stuck in circles. This is commonly known as a *path-finding bug*, and while the developers try their best to fix instances of it, most of the time, it is caused by an overly congested airport. Giving some space would fix it, and allows the pax to move more quickly between the shops of their choice!
4. Many times, when you have lots of shops, you are basically wasting costs. Most of them don't even have any pax visiting them, and they are just empty stores which brings in negative profits. This is not good especially for players who are squeezing out every single dollar to save for an upgrade that they need to progress.

## Tips for making a clean airport

1. Make sure to check your Pax Needs. Know what kind of stores your pax requires.
2. Limit the number of airlines you are operating. A good number is around 2-4 airlines. This way, you do not need to keep the specialized shop of every single airline available.
3. The golden rule for pax is that for every need they have, they will first look at the shop of their airline that fulfills this need. If they still require the need, or do not have a specific shop from their airline for that need, they would move on to any generic shop, **preferring shops with higher attractiveness stat**. As such, if the airlines you are running have a specific shop for each of their need, you probably do not need much of the generic shops.

## Conclusion

Hopefully the reasoning and tips above would help you find the best way to deal with the space constrains you are facing in your airport. Remember that you are operating an airport, which should be clean and neat, not a shopping center (Wrong game, perhaps?) And it is very possible to have a clean airport if you control your airport operations nicely.

Who does not like an empty airport? And reduces so much cost that this player has 800 million in cash!?