STAR BACK ON TOP, WINS 1ST SEASON

Star Alliance finally is back on the top of the alliance rank. It also is the 1st alliance to win a season.

The probable reason of Star's return to the top is the fall of Grizzly Group. Grizzles, for a few time, reached the $110 mark, but they, right after, started to fall and came to the $108 mark, while Star holded the $109 mark. 

What’s happening to all these alliances?

With the Info, The AM4 Herald

Lately there have been several high-profile failures among the top alliances, the latest being Bharat. This has caused major disruption in AM4. Let’s look at the history of Alliance failures, and see what the future holds.

The major alliance collapse was Oneworld, which went down after it’s Admin was inactive for several days, back in April. Oneworld used to be the 3rd largest alliance in AM4, as well as the second oldest.

After it’s collapse, Oneworld members created AirLink, which is right now at 17th place.

Then, on the 11th of July, Sun Alliance which was then the 30th largest alliance, collapsed, plunging over 200 ranks in 2 days. The cause of its catastrophic failure is unknown.

4 days later, both Signature and TurkishAirlines collapsed. The last things seen on Signature’s Alliance discerption was ‘Don’t join us’.

And today, Bharat Alliance has gone down. It’s members have founded a new Alliance called ‘Lotus Alliance’.

The majority of these collapses have occurred because of inactive admins. However, out of the ashes have risen new, and stronger Alliances, which have learned from there predecessors mistakes. All the best for the new alliances.

BHARAT DOWN OVER 400 RANKS

Updated 20:10 GMT

The AM4 Times just got the info that Bharat alliance fell over 400 ranks. Only 1 member is left.

The former members of Bharat created another alliance: Lotus Alliance. The AM4 Times hopes that this new alliance will be successful.

When asked about the reasons of Bharat's fall, Neon Indian Airline said:

"The reason is a bit complicated. The alliance had already been deteriorating slowly since the Bharat Alliance founder,BlowAir,started becoming inactive around 2 months back. At that point alliance had started to deteriorate due to increasing inactive member and less new recruits joining. We had no way of getting in touch with BlowAir or calling him. So the three admins, Vidas,308 and 003 had to step in and stop any further deterioration of Bharat Alliance as a team and they were able to stay in touch with each other and make agreed discussions through Discord. They agreed to kick only inactive members but the kicked inactive players would be welcomed back when they came back.

I was only a new member when the deterioration had began. But these three admins were actually doing a good job to start getting Bharat Alliance back on track and accepting new friendly recruits. It was starting to turn around and we had stopped losing rank so fast. To accommodate new recruits,they had to remove inactive airlines. One of them was a former admin,Squeazy. He had already been warned multiple times about his inactivity and weak contribution and he was also not connected to other admins on Discord. So he had to be booted unfortunately.

Just when Bharat Alliance had stopped losing it's own rank so fast,BlowAir had suddenly came online,kicked the three admins without demoting or even a word of reason.

And then BlowAir simply accepted Squeazy back in and promoted him to admin when even some members and I don't know him or see him active alot. I suspected Squeazy had been in touch with BlowAir. So naturally I questioned the logic and reasoning behind BlowAir's actions. Squeazy only gave a short answer that he was kicked by alliance and he was a cofounder of Bharat Alliance. But he would not even accept responsibility for his own actions or reply when I questioned him about his inactivity and lack of team effort. Admins on discord vented their frustration at BlowAir & Squeazy and made some theory on creating a new alliance where there would be no inefficient leadership and a strong team that helps each other out. After me questioning Sqeazy & BlowAir in Bharat Alliance chat,I had to go offline for an hour for personal work. When I came back online,I noticed that all our discord chat had became a bit of chaos and I learnt that BlowAir had kicked everyone including myself without explaining why. Some loyal airlines had decided not to deal with Bharat Alliance again and agreed to create a new and better alliance and help it grow. So,I was chosen to be the founder and CEO of our alliance with my team of admins behind me to run Lotus Alliance. Hence, Bharat Alliance had fallen into ruin and Lotus Alliance grew from the ashes. That's the whole story. Hope you and your readers enjoyed this story,Mr. WorldAir."

When asked if he believed Lotus would grow, he said:

"Well, Mr. WorldAir, every alliance or airline

has the potential to grow,if played right. Did you know that the Lotus is considered as a symbol of self-enlightment,regeneration and rebirth?

We are just a new alliance honestly,but most of our members are already dedicated to produce the best results and grow."

F-WORD SAID? RUMOR SAYS AIRLINES CURSED OTHER TOP AIRLINES

According to the DEPART! magazine, some airlines cursed other airlines, saying the F-word and threatening even other TOP 10 Airlines. According to the magazine, these airlines do include VaioAir and CallumAir. If you have any kind of confirmation of this history, or you're a witness, contact us, to complement this story.

PLAYERS DO EXPERIENCE LOGIN ISSUES, FIXED BY THE DEV

On 18-19 July 2020, players from all kinds of phones started to experience log in issues. Many iOS players and a few Android players reported this. The issue affected mainly the iOS AM4 App and browsers, not the Android App. 

In just a few time, Dev fixed this. Thank you!

TURKISH MEMBER SAYS ADMIN LEFT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE AN ADMIN ANYMORE

A TurkishAirlines member, sezerair, said that the situation inside TurkishAirlines is caotic. According to him, an admin decided to don't be an admin anymore and left. Read his full report:

"Hi,

I have no idea what is going on. I have asked one of the admin what's going on all he Said was too tired been an admin and that's why he left. That's all i know..."

HUB SERIES REVEALS LAUCHING DATE OF E11

The Which is the Best Hub? series revealed in a topic the lauching date and time of Episode 11, that will be the world episode. According to the series, it will be 23 July 2020, 18:30 GMT. However, they said that the date might be changed and the episode might be launched later than expected (delayed). 

What's interesting is that the episode is going out 8 days and 1 hour after Episode 10, Canada and Caribbean. Let's excitedly wait for it. 

EP10 OUT

The Which is the Best Hub? series recently published it's 10th Episode. Published at 17:30 GMT of 15 July, 5 people searched for 17 airports, in a long search of a month and a day. Credits were also given to Panthera Leo Air, Peach Aviation and S7 Brazilian Airlines, due to their efforts to help developing the series. The best airport of this episode was Havana Int, in Cuba. You can check the Episode at "Which is the Best Hub? - E10: Canada & Central America". 

TURKISH GOES DOWN AMONG WITH SUN AND SIGNATURE, 4 ALLIANCES CONDEMNED BY MASSIVE LEAVING

Among with Signature and Sun Alliance, TurkishAirlines also went down due to massive leaving. It used to be a TOP 10, but due to offline admins, there was a massive leaving, and the alliance was almost killed. It’s the 4th alliance to suffer of massive leaving, and also due to offline admins.

SIGNATURE DOWN, ADMIN 6 DAYS OFFLINE, SAME FATE AS ONEWORLD

Signature, a former TOP 10 alliance, fell by over 100 ranks today. The informed reason is probably because its admin, Signature (hence the alliance name) is already offline for 6 days. Due to this, since no one can remove an admin, everyone decided to leave the alliance, causing a sudden decrease of it in the rank and it’s replacement by other alliance in the TOP 10. An interesting fact is that the same thing happened to OneWorld. The admin was offline for long, and, since no one could remove him, everyone left. At the moment of writing, Signature’s description is that:
"Don’t join us!
R.I.P ⚰️"
No one knows what is going to happen next. But something will.

SUN ALLIANCE GOES DOWN

The Times just got the info that Sun Alliance, created by P Express, collapsed. On 11 July, it was at rank 30. On 13 July, it’s 297. The reason is yet unknown, but even it’s creator left. It is the greatest rank decrease in one day, of over 250 ranks down.

$100!

After a month and a day of fight with Star Alliance for the top, Grizzly Group is the first alliance to reach the $100 mark. This fact was confirmed a few hours ago, with Grizzly's Value beign of $100.7017.

According to analysis of the boards, Grizzly reached such historic mark about 23:00 GMT of yesterday, 11 July, but we don't have an exact hour yet.

Generation Airways (Metro Alliance) said "congrats" to Grizzly Group in a topic, called "Congrats!":
Congratulations to Grizzly Group for hitting $100 SV! You've earned it!
Global Alliance Airways, a Grizzly member, said:
Thank you! We pushed hard when we got close to it, and we added some great player's to our alliance. However you can not forget about Star Alliance, as they have been nipping at our heels of and on for some time. While we were the first, Star will be there shortly and we will keep a seat open at the bar for them.

The Bear., Grizzly's admin, said:
A very warm thank you for your congratulations. Even it is just a snapshot in time, it is a proud moment for all members of the Grizzlies indeed 🥂

Looking at the good and fair ongoing competition with the Stars at the sunny top of the ranking list, I have to quote Heraklit of Ephesus, 535-475 BC...

Nothing is more constant than change"

Grizzly 1st to reach $100 SV

With the Info, The AM4 Herald

AM4’s largest alliance, Grizzly Group, is celebrating having become the alliance to $100 in share value.
Global Alliance Airways, a member airline of Grizzly Group, said, “We have been pushing very hard for this. Several great players helped us achieve our goal (sic)”
He added that, despite having fallen behind, Star Alliance still posed a threat, however they would still keep good relations.

Star recovers and gets it's $90 again, but it's much behind Grizzly

We saw, since 11 June, a kind of "revolution" in the Alliance rank. But, on 9 July (today), we can check that Star Alliance is much behind Grizzly. Check below. 

Information of 9 July 2020, 21:52 GMT

Alliance	Value	Place
Grizzly Group	$97.13	1st
Star Alliance	$91.60	2nd

FlyBhutan takes delivery of their first dreamliner

With the Info, The AM4 Herald

In an extensive interview conducted by the AM4 Herald, we discussed among many things, FlyBhutan’s entering of the widebody market, as it takes delivery of their first 787.

AM4H: Okey, what’s your fleet plan?

FB: Well, I'm thinking of keeping the A220s as they're quite fuel efficient and work well with my base in Paro. They will remain the work horse of the airline.
As you've seen, I've just started taking on my first 787-10 dreamliner (it arrives in 2h30). (FlyBhutan already operates 3 of these aircraft.)
The reason I chose this aircraft is because it will be used for high demand medium haul routes to West Africa and Australia. I'm launching the first route to the Rwandan capital of Kigali and hoping to bring on a further 19 in the next weeks to come.
The aircraft has a great capacity and it was chosen over cheaper similar sized aircraft because of it's efficiency, speed and range. Also it has way better customer satisfaction in the real world than the IL96-400 for example.
The range is needed as I will be also starting flights to Europe next month.
Further along the line, I hope to invest in the A330-800neo and A330-900neo to get that added efficiency and range to touch into the north american market too.
So far, I haven't got any plans to launch cargo operations, but I will be evaluating it when my fleet limit for passenger flights is reached.

AM4H: Anything else?

FB: Yes, my bases are Paro for short haul and my main focus area and Kathmandu is for long haul flights as Paro has a restricted runway and I don't want to use aircraft with unrealistic runway requirements just so I can fly directly from Paro.
Also concerning the fleet, as efficiency and greeness is important to me as is time, I will be looking into upgrading the whole final fleet with 10% less fuel burn, 10% less CO2 emission and the 10% speed increase.

SK Global Airlines reveals Covid-19 fleet shake up

With the Info, The AM4 Herald

SK Global Airlines has said that, due to the Corona-crisis, it will be canceling many of its outstanding aircraft orders, in order to preserve cash. It also said that orders for aircraft including the MD80, and the A220 would be delayed.

NO ONE WITH $90

Just now, 23:11 GMT of July 2, the Times confirmed that Grizzly Group's value is of $89.84. Earlier this day, it's value was around $91. This means that absolutely no alliance have the $90 Mark. 

STAR ON 2ND PLACE AGAIN

Star Alliance lost it's $90 Mark and its 1st Place, again, to Grizzly Group. Apparently, one player left the alliance, that now register $87.30 on it's value, much behind Grizzly's $91.72.