VA News and Announcements

Hi! We are Trans-Texas Virtual Airways, a professional virtual airline for pilots throughout VATSIM-supported flight simulators. We hub out of Houston Intercontinental and Dallas-Fort Worth, operating over 80 different routes, from Honolulu, to Reykjavik, to even Saint Maarten and beyond! We offer utmost realism to our pilots. We currently store liveries for the E-jets in XP11, and 737 liveries are underway! More features will be added to the airline as we just recently transitioned operations from the free online simulator GeoFS (geo-fs.com), so please bear with us! Check out our website at http://ttavirtual.com/vam to see who we really are, and join our Discord server a…

This month’s challenge takes us from Athens (LGAV) to Alexandros Papadiamantis Airport (LGSK) that is located on the Greek Island of Skiathos which has a narrow 5,341-foot runway due to the uneven terrain of the island and was built using reclaimed land making one island out of two. Local plane spotters call Alexandros Papadiamantis airport the Princess Juliana Airport of Greece due to its proximity to local roads and aircraft are required to make their approach over the sea and touchdown very close to the beach. Join Canadian Xpress today in order to participate as there are some great prizes to be won including: Any Aerosoft Download Product from: …

Welcome to Coastal International. We are a new virtual airline/club formed from the amalgamation of two long standing Clubs. Virtual International Flying Club formed in 2008, and Canadian Coastal Airways which was formed in 2014. With this amalgamation we hope to continue the promise and challenge of VIFC, “ For the enjoyment of virtual flight and the building of friendships”. Coastal International will continue the tradition of our two parent organizations in that we will continue to offer free flight, group flights and tours to our pilots. Fly where you want, when you want with any aircraft in your personal hangar. As a new organization using the latest version of vaBas…

American Virtual Airlines would like to extend an open invitation to anyone interested to join us on our Monday Night Group Flights. We rotate between the classic point to point flights and a time on target flight. Information on the next Monday event can be found at www.joinava.org in our events catalog. Please reach out to us via VATSIM message to let us know you are tagging along so we can say hi! About American Virtual Airlines: We were the first VATSIM affiliated VA beginning operations in 2001 and still fly exclusively on the VATSIM network. Today we fly out of American's 7 US hubs (DFW, LAX, PHX, ORD, JFK, CLT, MIA) as well as American's One World and code…

Flying American Virtual is back after completely doing their website from the ground up. Now running with iCrew v4 as our backend crew center, we offer exciting new features in the virtual airline community. Flying American Virtual simulates the operations of the real world American Airlines, and its One World Alliance partner airlines. Just some of the new features we offer: simBrief built into our dispatching system. Offering dispatches with crew names, including flight attendants, as well as direct download from our website into many different formats like pmdg, fsx/p3d, etc. And the option to download your release papers in PDF format for use on your tabl…

Join jetBlue Virtual for our second event of the year, "jetBlue Virtual's Montana Mountain Retreat". On Saturday April 27th from 23:00Z-02:00Z we will depart from Long Beach Airport (KLGB) and fly to Bozeman Yellowstone International airport (KBZN). Join us for an evening of fun! To enter to win a copy of the FeelThere Embraer E-Jets, you must be a registered jetBlue Virtual Pilot. We will pick the winner 1-2 days after the event. RSVP: https://flyjetbluevirtual.org/index.php/events/ jetBlue Virtual Registration: https://flyjetbluevirtual.org/index.php/apply/ Reply

Please join us on our next Fly-In which is also our first official VATSIM Fly-In Event!Our April Fly-In event will take place on Saturday April 27th 2019 at 1500z.We will be flying from FAOR (Johannesburg, RSA) to FALE (Durban, RSA).As this is an offical VATSIM Event (the first for Alliance), we expect to have full ATC coverage for the entire flight.This is open to ALL VATSIM Pilots, not just AXX Pilots, so we're hoping for a good turnout.DetailsWhen: Saturday April 27th 2019, 1500z (convert to your local time here)Area: South AfricaACARS Flight #: FLY194Flight Type: IFRDeparture Airport: FAOR (Johannesburg O.R. Tano Intl, South African Rep)Arrival Airport: FALE (Durban K…

Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, April 27th at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our April 2019 fly-in where we fly on the east coast of the United States from Newark (KEWR) to Washington (KCDA). The approach in to Reagan Washington National has the visually outstanding River approach, that takes you down the Potomac River, around the Pentagon to Runway 19. If the winds support Runway 19, we suggest you give it a try. This is an open invitation to all pilots no matter what your flying experience to attend this Canadian Xpress event that will be flown on the VATSIM network. One lu…

This month, your mission is to fly to Tioman Island in the South China Sea. Tioman Island Airport has a 3200-foot runway that requires pilots to flight directly towards a mountain before making a quick 90-degree turn to final. Because of the surrounding mountains, it’s a one-way approach with no missed option. So, you need to get it right the first time. Join Canadian Xpress today in order to participate as there are some great prizes to be won including: Any Aerosoft Download Product from: The April 2019 Challenge is open to all Canadian Xpress pilots from April 6th until April 29th, 2019 so join Canadian Xpress today by visiting http://Canadian…

Eastern Airlines Virtual (EAV) is hiring and in the process of accepting applications from virtual pilots wanting to become a part of something bigger. Eastern offers many benefits for potential pilots such as: * Eastern is one of the oldest virtual airlines in existence with over 20 in service. * No hourly or minimum requirements to fly larger aircraft which means that you can fly any assigned aircraft in the fleet. With over 33 planes from the traditional Eastern turboprop models in the iconic hockey stick livery to the modern jets with the newest designs. * Pilot's choice of 7 hubs across the United States from the traditional Eastern Airlines hubs in Atlanta to the no…

Ten years ago, a small group of dedicated flight simulator enthusiasts, found themselves looking for a new place to call home. Lots of ideas went back and forth and four months later with the simple slogan Fly Virtually Anywhere!™, Canadian Xpress® was born. Looking back, had anyone told the five founding members Marc Wheeler (CXA001), Paul Mercier (CXA052), John Sousa (CXA004), Dave Weese (CXA007) and Robert Versluys (CXA328) that Canadian Xpress® would still be going strong after 10 years, we would not have believed it. To celebrate our 10 years of operation, Canadian Xpress® is going on a tour that consists of 22 legs where we are going to visit the home town…

Greetings fellow virtual pilots! It is with pleasure that I announce a recruitment drive for Capitol Logistics, a virtual airline organized for the purpose of simulating real-world cargo operations of an FAA Part 121 certified all cargo carrier. Capitol Logistics is an airline that focuses our operations to emulate real-world operations, striving to be a realistic and rewarding experience, all while maintaining the flexibility required by our hobby to ensure fun for all pilots of varying skills levels, and levels of interest. Capitol Logistics has been in existence for almost one year, founded for initial development in January 2018. Since then thru nothing more than…

ANNOUNCING HEATHROW ARRIVALS!! Over a period of time our management team has been asked why we never had Heathrow in our base schedules. The answer was it has been the Airwego Group policy historically to concentrate on more regional airports as our bases. However we have listened to those voices and are proud to announce that effective immediately we will commence cargo operations from EGLL Heathrow. If successful and well used we shall in the future be considering passenger operations as well. For now we are stationing a mixed fleet of Boeing 757F, 747F and 777F at Heathrow serving initially 20 no. destinations both on the European continent and w…

JetBlue Virtual will be hosting it's first ever event, A Night in NYC. The event is taking place on March 16th, 2019, and we are starting in Orlando, and heading over to LaGuardia. The event is scheduled to run from 2100Z-2330Z (5-7:30 PM EDT) We are expecting FULL staffing in Orlando and LaGuardia. Details All pilots are welcome to the event, and to fly with us. Pilots flying JetBlue will be spawning at airside 1 in Orlando, and flying our published route: MCOY2 GUANO FEMON Q87 JROSS FLO J207 RDU J55 HPW J191 PXT KORRY4 We ask that anyone who is interested, to signup at our site here: https://flyjetbluevirtual.org/index.php/events Also, we will b…

This month, we are going to fly the busiest flight route in Canada. The Montreal / Toronto corridor is the busiest travel route in Canada. Over 10,000 people travel between these 2 cities every day over land and air. Canada’s 2 major airlines WestJet and Air Canada each operate hourly flights and on busier days a flight departs every 30 minutes. WestJet uses its fleet of Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s on this route and Air Canada uses the Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s. However, is not out of the ordinary to see Boeing 777s running this route a few times a week as well. On average 160 flights a day operate between these two cities. Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pil…

This month, we are returning to December 2015 and one of the most popular events we have done. We are running shuttle flights between Saint Maarten and the islands of Saba and Saint Bart’s. Two of the most dangerous airports in the world with either the Canadian Xpress freeware or payware Dehavilland Dash 6-Q300. Join Canadian Xpress today in order to participate as there are some great prizes to be won including: Any Aerosoft Download Product from: The March 2019 Challenge is open to all Canadian Xpress pilots from March 3rd until March 29th, 2019 so join Canadian Xpress today by visiting http://CanadianXpress.ca . *Canadian Xpres…

American Virtual is pleased to announce that we now have all 13 One World Alliance member airline schedules in our database. You now have over 22,000 routes to choose from. You can now fly anything from an ERJ145 up to the Queen of the Skies. We were also just added as a VATSIM airline. Come give us a try at American Virtual Zac Pennebaker [email protected]

Hello everyone our Rules 1. Minimum Requirements: The pilot must be in possession of Flight Simulator 2004, FSX, FSX:SE, Prepar3D or X-Plane. The pilot must be over the age of 16. The pilot must submit their real identity. ( No nicknames or callsigns are permitted ) The ability to show professionalism within the organization and when conducting Online Operations As English is the international language of the aviation industry, we require applicants to harbour a reasonable level of written and spoken English. 2. Operational Issues: Availability to complete your first flight within 30 days All aircraft must be back to origin after 6 hours for domest…

Hello everyone, The new American Virtual is up and running. We’re a new VA simulating the real world operations of American Airlines. Are you looking for a fresh, new, modern VA experience? We’re proud to offer you Fully automated ACARS system Over 8500 real routes, which are as up-to-date as of February 2019. Monthly updated schedules! No more flying with VA’s who haven’t updated their database since 2011. Brand new awards system. We’re working towards becoming an official VATSIM airline. We will also have online events frequently. Currently accepting pilot applications through the join link on the website. Also, looking for a …

Over the last 10 years, Canadian Xpress has visited some of the most amazing airports around the world and Paro is no exception. This flight is one of the most enjoyable and challenging fly-in events we have ever done. This month we are Returning to an event from November of 2012 and revisiting Paro, Bhutan. Paro Airport is the only international airport in Bhutan. The airport is located 4 miles from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu. With surrounding peaks as high as 18,000 ft it is considered one of the world's most challenging airports. As of October 2009, only eight pilots in the world were certified to land at the airport. Flights at…

Eastern Airlines Virtual is pleased to announce that they have reached the 200,000 flights as a VA milestone! Eastern Airlines Virtual is one of the oldest VAs in existence with nearly 20 years service and continues to be one of the top performing VAs. If you have the desire to become a part of the Eastern family click the link below. You will soon see that “we earn our wings everyday”. Eastern Airlines Virtual offers many benefits including: - 7 hubs spread across the United States, from traditional Eastern Airlines hub in Atlanta to non-traditional Eastern hubs in Washington DC, Dallas, and Chicago. - Fleet Hanger with 37 Aircraft ranging from modern aircraft in new liv…

It’s time for a little fun. Let’s leave those little hills of 6,000 feet behind and head for some real skiing at 9,000 feet. This month, you are the charter pilot for those looking to get away from the boring little ski areas at Lake Tahoe (KTVL) and head for the bigger mountains around Telluride (KTEX) with either the Canadian Xpress freeware or payware Beechcraft 1900D, Beechcraft Duke, Cessna Citation X, Pilatus PC-12, Pilatus PC-24 or Embraer Phenom 300 which are available to all pilots regardless of rank but only for the challenge. Join Canadian Xpress today in order to participate as there are some great prizes to be won including: Any Aerosoft Downlo…

Hi everyone. JetBlue Virtual is finally open! You join at our site: https://flyjetbluevirtual.org and go to 'BlueCrew' and make your account there! We also have some staff positions open that we need filling! You can find that here: https://flyjetbluevirtual.org/index.php/staff & make sure to read our SOP which details each position here: https://files.flyjetbluevirtual.org/documents/SOP.pdf

From the staff of the International Humanitarian Air Service: To start, we wish the Avsim community a Happy New Year! We are very excited and we hope everyone has another great year of flying ahead of them! We are welcoming new pilots into IHAS! The International Humanitarian Air Service is a Virtual Airline for aviation enthusiasts. The only virtual airline that seeks to provide global aid throughout the virtual skies, IHAS models the theme of a non-for-profit humanitarian air service, as well as the workings of the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service, and flies into various locations around the world that, in real life, are in desperate need of some form of…

Hey there! Do you fly warbirds occasionally? I'm not talkin' those hi-tech F-24 Super Duper computer powered universe destroyers! Do you enjoy the classics such as the P-51, B-29, or just about any WW2 aircraft? We'd love to have you over here at HVAF. HVAF stands for Historical Virtual Airforce. We are a group of simmers who enjoy 'keepin' them flyin' in a virtual sense. We offer a different approach to warbird flying, including the use of the VAM system so all our pilots needs are taken care of. I'd love to have you on my wing here at the Air Combat Command but maybe you'd be more interested in slowing things down in a B-24. We've got whatever wing you're interested in.…