2nd-Hand Market

NOTE: This is exclusively a Mobile Feature

About
The 2nd-Hand Market is one 3 ways to purchase Aircrafts. The 2nd-Hand Market is unlocked when you reach 2 Bronze Stars. In short, its where you basically auction on planes that are being sold or that you can sell your aircraft to the market to make profits.. The highest bid on the aircraft you auctioned will win that auctioned plane.

' As of April 2021, the 2nd-Hand market has received a change to the system. All of the information below is new and is mostly from the 2nd-Hand market page in Airline Manager's Help page. Go check the link here '

Selling an Aircraft to the market
To sell your selected plane to the market, you sell the plane like normal. It gives you an option to sell it immediately, or sell it to the market. When you are listing an aircraft on auction, you are able to set a starting price and a "Buy it Now" price along with a minimum auction time of 2 hours. There is a limit of 10 aircraft listed for auction, in order to list more for auction, you need to wait until your previous auction is finished, hence the auction time that you've set on the aircraft.  Once you started an auction, it can't be canceled . Then the market will deduct a processing fee, deducted on the final price (on successful sales only).

If nobody bid on your aircraft and time runs out, your aircraft will be returned and no fee will be collected.

Investing a bid on an Aircraft in the market
To use the 2nd-Hand market to buy aircraft. You bid on the highest price on the selected aircraft. On the market, there is a list of aircraft that are currently available to bid on (you can use the search filters to desired preference). It displays the airplane model, category, current highest bid price and information on wear rate and age. It also displays how much time there is left. To bid, select an aircraft of your choice (thats currently held for auction), bid on the amount you want. ''When you're bidding, you are setting a "maximum bid" which will automatically bid by small increment. Maximum bids can be adjusted manually but cannot be decreased as long as it always goes up in value. The Buy it Now system allows you to buy an aircraft directly from the 2nd-Hand Market instantly when the maximum bid you set is equal to the Buy it Now price on the aircraft. There is a cap on the maximum amount you bid (which is the Buy it Now price of the aircraft). Which means that your bid cannot exceed the Buy it Now price of the aircraft. The total weekly expenditure limit is $200 Billion.''

After you've set your bid on an aircraft, wait until the time to auction is complete. It takes a while to process the sale to see who has the highest bidder (in which they will receive). Not everyone wins a bid on their first try. It takes a bit of effort to win your first bid. But, you can only bid on 20 aircraft per day, however.