Royal Star Airlines

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Royal Star Airlines
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Headquarters: Xi'an
Nationality: The Arch Imperium of The Xheng Dynasty
Specialty: Air Flights
Storefront: None

The largest civilian airliner held by the government, the Xheng Dynasty as well as public shareholders throughout the Arch-Imperium. Royal Star Airlines also has a local monopoly in regards to domestic flights as only National Airlines have the right to fly domestic routes. Royal Star Airlines features a proud fleet of 300 airplanes and more than 1000 helicopter based flights throughout the Arch-Imperium.

Royal Star Airlines is a subsidiary of Arch-Imperium Corporate powerhouse, Royal Star Enterprises.

Fleet

Airbus A300

  • 2 engine, twin aisle,
  • 250-361 passengers

50 in the Royal Star Airline Fleet.

Airbus A310

  • 2 engine, twin aisle, modified A300
  • 200-280 passengers

40 in the Royal Star Airline Fleet.

Airbus A320

  • 2 engine, single aisle
  • 180 passengers

80 in the Royal Star Airline Fleet.

Airbus A320

  • 2 engine, single aisle, lengthened 6.94m from A320
  • 220 passengers

50 in the Royal Star Airline Fleet.

Airbus A330

  • 2 engine, twin aisle
  • 253-440 passengers

60 in the Royal Star Airline Fleet.

Airbus A340

  • 4 engine, twin aisle
  • 261-440 passengers

150 in the Royal Star Airline Fleet.

Airbus A350

  • 2 engine, twin aisle
  • 250-300 passengers

70 in the Royal Star Airline Fleet.

Airbus A380

  • 4 engine, twin aisle, double deck
  • 555-840 passengers

50 in the Royal Star Airline Fleet.

The Airbus line of aircraft were privately designed, but Royal Star Airlines completely owns all ownership of designs and production of the aircraft, effectively owning Airbus itself. As a result, Royal Star has a huge inventory of aircraft potential for the airline market internationally. The Airbus line is effectively de-facto the official aircraft class of the entire nation.

The Sonic Dream Cruiser

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The Sonic Dream Cruiser
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Determined to end Boeing's monopoly on the sonic jetliner civilian design, Royal Star Enterprises today revealed plans to develope the Sonic Dreamcruiser. Royal Star Airlines currently already offers a wide range of aircraft, including the highly successful A380's. However the Sonic Dreamcruiser will take on another dimension of air travel traffic.

Instead of the A380's massive capacity, requiring a hub and spoke model of operation, the Sonic Dream Cruiser was designed for rapid point-to-point connections for only 250 passengers. With delta wings and flying just short of the speed of sound at 0.95 Mach (about 1010 km/h or 627 mph at altitude), the Sonic Dream Cruiser promised 20% faster speed than conventional airplanes without the noise pollution caused by supersonic Concorde's sonic boom. The aircraft would have flown at altitudes in excess of 40,000 feet, and would have possessed a range somewhere between 6,000 and 10,000 nautical miles.

Royal Star Airlines has never purchased one of Boeing's own Sonic Cruisers, instead relying on internal domestic developed technologies to make the design even possible, the first designs estimate the Sonic Dream Cruiser would burn 15-20% more fuel than conventional aircraft. However, it was estimated the aircraft would burn roughly the same amount of fuel as a conventional aircraft flying the same route due to the faster travel-time. At 250 feet in length, with a wingspan of 164.9 feet, the design of the Sonic Dream Cruiser is substantially smaller than the massive A380's and is meant for more direct fast flights for smaller passenger complements while the more conventional fleet was used for regular flights.

The design of the craft, no doubt resembles that of Boeing's craft due to their efficient design. Wind tunnel perfection inevitably lead to this single form of wing design and effective flight aerodynamis were perfected.

It is anticipated that the new Sonic Dream Cruiser would take a number of years to fully develope into a test prototype then a successful design shall flourish from there.

This move was finalized by the Royal Star Airlines board of directors in direct reprisal for Venice Boeing's refusal to sell shares to Royal Star Enterprises. The result is the lighting of the flames of competition. A partnership with incoming aircraft manufacturer Qairbus would be a possibility.

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