So, to fly multi-player, both players have to fly the same airplane?
Not at all.
It's only required if you want to see the other persons plane correctly.
For this tour, we all have a similar plane,
with our own custom paint jobs,
and then we also all have a copy of the other members paint scheme for that plane,
so that when we fly, we see each others plane as it should look.
You can fly in whatever plane you choose,
and if someone else doesn't have it, FS will pick one in your hangar to display. Usually the same one you are flying.
So you could conceivably be flying a 747, and show up as a Cessna.
That's the beauty of using the default planes online, everyone has them. ;)
This goes for all versions of MSFS.
