I write this from the love I have for this Sim for many years, with which I truly connected with the world of aviation and which ultimately inspired me to pursue a career as a commercial pilot.
Latin America along with other regions such as Africa, Southeast Asia, and parts of the Middle East continues to be poorly represented in the current aircraft and livery selection, (I don’t want to include the editing of airports as such, since we know that these are edited by players and not by the IF staff, but perhaps more opportunities could be given to subscribers from these regions who wish to become editors) despite the fact that many of these areas have rapidly growing aviation markets and millions of active users who engage with flight simulators every day.
To illustrate this, take the example of two of the most important carriers in my country, Mexico: Volaris and VivaAerobus. These airlines are major low-cost operators with extensive route networks that span not only Mexico, but also North, Central, and South America. Their fleets are large and modern, consisting of A320 and A321Neo’s, along with a significant number of A320 and A321ceo’s aircraft, which they operate daily on hundreds of flights. Yet in the simulator, their presence is limited to outdated and underwhelming models like a lone A319 (that don’t exist in the fleet anymore) or a generic A320.
This issue isn’t unique to Mexican carriers. The same pattern applies across many active and highly relevant airlines in underrepresented regions. Let’s say Azul, Avianca, AeroPeru (in LatinAmerica’s case) Meanwhile, the simulator often gives priority to special liveries or aircraft from defunct airlines, most of which are based in the U.S. or Europe. This creates a frustrating imbalance, where the aviation ecosystems of entire regions are either ignored or outdated, while historical or niche content from Western markets continues to be added and celebrated.
For many of us in Latin America and similar regions, we subscribe to the simulator not just for the aircraft, but for the chance to fly in the skies we know with the airlines that actually operate here. When those carriers are misrepresented or absent, it feels like our part of the world is invisible within the global aviation experience. It’s more than disappointing — it’s disheartening.
Overall, it feels like a missed opportunity — not just in terms of aircraft variety, but in connecting with and respecting a global community of aviation enthusiasts.
It’s not just my opinion, but that of many users I’ve had the pleasure of talking to, as well as the opinion of many social media groups of people who come together to fly as friends. Or people here in the community trying to be represented.
These regions represent untapped markets, full of passionate users who are ready and willing to support the platform. Giving more attention and representation to these areas could not only improve the simulator’s global appeal, but also encourage many more users from these nations to subscribe and engage with the experience long-term.
This is not to be taken as a complaint or demand, but as constructive criticism to improve the simulator that has given us so many fun a happy hours of flying and exploring.
