
SA abstracts a lot of the operational aspects but actually provides a wealth of information, overlays, and feedback so you get really detailed view of how your airport is doing. The ACEO UI is relatively clunky and confusing. Also the way that 'rooms' have no innate requirement for walls yet it is impossible to alter a room's size or shape without first removing it. Particularly in the way objects can alter the scope or operation of a zone. The way ACEO handles 'rooms', 'zones' and objects is odd. The ACEO tutorial is often confusing and there's little in-game help to refer back to.ĪCEO has some good customisation options with colours, labelling and so on BUT it often looks and feels very "flat". Having played both, though I haven't yet completed an Airport CEO airport:ĪCEO has a more 'realistic' contracts, franchise and services model so more operational management is required BUT the amount of economic and operational information and feedback you get is quite inadequate.ĪCEO gives you 'real' locations and names to flights and people BUT I still don't really care about them.ĪCEO offers more complete and 'accurate' baggage handling and security options BUT the way some parts of it work are not at all clear and community generated explanations and guidance can be the only source of help.

I certainly wouldn't say they are " copy's of one another".
