I played one of em on a friend's PC in the early 90's. I think it might've been MS Flight 5.0 tho. Here's a compliation video of the series.
The only one I've been really into was the free-to-play MS Flight from 2012. I liked the gameloop in that one, with accepting missions at airports. And the whole thing being limited to 1 island meant you got the fun, challenging parts of the flying experience (taking off and landing) without too much of the boring in-between part (actually flying). That's why I'm a bit sceptical of this new game. Sure, it looks pretty, but what do you actually do in it? Just fly? If so, no thanks.