The original Airline Tycoon was created for Windows, but the later Deluxe version was also ported to Linux,[1] Mac OS X, MorphOS, ZETA, iOS and Android.

The names of the four tycoons are: Tina Cortez (Sunshine Airways), Siggi Sorglos (Falcon Lines), Igor Tuppolevsky (Phoenix Travel) and Mario Zucchero (Honey Airlines).

The graphics are bright and decidedly tongue in cheek: the tycoon Igor Tuppolevsky has a set of Russian dolls on his desk—and an open tin of caviar, while Tina Cortez has a picture of a matador and a bull's head.

Features added in First Class include ten brand new missions, multiplayer mode with up to 4 players, new MIDI music, cargo transportation and more.

It included all of previous versions, the only new part of the game was twenty new airports and possibility of accepting cargo from remote estates.

Linux,[1] Mac OS X and ZETA versions released in Autumn 2005 and Winter 2006 by RuneSoft are available in English, German and French.

The second one, titled Falcon Lines DLC, released on June 14, adds another character and airline company, another two additional campaign missions, the Last-Minute Counter as a new airport area and the ability to open branch offices anywhere throughout the world.