VA News and Announcements

Platinum Airways, the very virtual Open Skies airline, says Oops … at the end of the year. Inspired by the recent unexpected diversion of a Dreamliner in Wichita, its final Destination of the Week series for 2013 remembers five flights that didn’t land at the filed airport. As 2013 is drawing to a close, Platinum Airways’ Destination of the Week series is joining the party. The December series, Oops …, is a cheeky one: inspired by the recent remarkable landing of a Dreamlifter at Jabara Airport (KAAO), a small airfield near Wichita instead of at its filed airport (McConnell AFB or KIAB), DOTW goes back in time and retrieves five similar incidents. The most recent one …

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Plusair 2013 'Take Me Home' Tour Probably the longest and most ambitious tour is set to begin…… Plusair Virtual Airline is delighted to announce the commencement of their 2013 ‘Take Me Home’ Tour for it’s registered pilots. Starting on November 27th, 2013 members of the Plusair Flying Club (part of Plusair Virtual Airline) will be departing from the Cessna factory at Independence Municipal, Kansas (KIDP) in their newly collected Cessna 172’s and flying them back to the U.K. to our general aviation home at Sherburn-In-Elmet (EGCJ). The journey will be split into three sectors - the first involving crossing North America two and a half times over a…

Hello pilots, Skywards Virtual was founded in the fall of 2013, are a group of aviation enthusiasts who wish to replicate the day-to-day real world flight ops of Emirates Airlines on the VATSIM network. We are open to pilots of all skill levels. In addition to regular passenger routes we have also included Emirates SkyCargo routes giving our pilots the option and flexibility to transport cargo around the world along with passengers. We also have recently have added all FlyDubai routes for short haul pilots. Online flying is encouraged for our pilots as we aim to represent and contribute to the VATSIM community. Our goal has a will always look Skyward into the future, w…

Emerald Virtual Airways is a fun, new airline to fly for. We have friendly staff and the most popular aircraft. Our fleet consists of Two Airbus A320-200s with CFM NEO engines, two Boeing 737-800s, and one Boeing 777-200LR. All of the aircraft have our newly updated livery, which is modern and professional. The website has been newly redesigned for a much cleaner look. We are also looking for qualified staff, so if you are interested, please contact me at [email protected]. Stop on by and check out our airline! Regards, Adam O'Connor Emerald Virtual Airways CEO [email protected]

Invictajet moves in on London Stansted invictajet.com A recent increase in activity at Invictajet - coupled with the closure of Ryanair Virtual - has assisted the airline in introducing new services from the London airport. The anglo-slovak carrier - with bases already at London Luton and Bratislava International - have announced their intention to begin operations from Stansted, in the hope of capitalising on the closure of a popular and active VA that was previously based at the airport. Initially, only a single leased Boeing 737-800 will operate to a number of winter ski and winter sun destinations until at least march next year, wh…

The timing was bad due to the disaster in this area, but we have opened the Philippine hub in Cebu. My wife is from the affected area so I postponed opening the hub until we made contact with her family, who are fine. Come on over to Empyral and fly out of our many hubs. We now have hubs in Madrid, Sao Paolo, Toronto, Miami, and Cebu! Our fleet consists of Boeing and Airbus aircraft plus the Dash 8 Q400. FSX, FS9, and X-Plane are supported by the VAFS network we are part of. Andrew Barter http://www.empyralva.com

Virtual United's Christmas in Chicago event is on December 15. We are joining the Chicago ARTCC for an afternoon of fun along with other surrounding ARTCCs. Pilots will be able to choose their departure airport and fly into the KORD airport for lots of fun and lots of prizes from our sponsors. Join us: http://virtualua.org Check out our video below for more information. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvoRGn1x2jQ

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, November 7th, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkJet laid out yesterday in an email to its crewmembers information on the new schedule, fleet and destination changes. Zeke Elias, SparkJet CEO said the following "It’s been a while, we know. We’ve been working very hard at adding more automation into the site, creating new schedules and introducing the B777-200LR into our fleet. None of the former an easy or non-time consuming process but now we are finally ready to announce that the Winter Schedule is complete and with it some changes to the fleet destinations. This schedule doesn’t only focus on our customers and the destinations they want to see served b…

Platinum Airways, the very virtual Open Skies airline, will be in the southern hemisphere in November on a whale watching tour. Destination of the Week will visit four major whale watching locations that include some surf. Platinum Airways’ November DOTW theme usually takes us to scenic autumn destinations in the northern hemisphere. This year will be different, as we’ll be focusing our attention on spring in the southern hemisphere. This is the time of year when whale watching is at its best down south. So with the sliders at maximum, we’ll be visiting four locations that have earned their reputation as great whale watching spots. The series kicks off at George (FAG…

Hello! This is our October Press Release (PR) for the Christmas in Chicago event, hosted by http://virtualua.org and the VATSIM Chicago ARTCC. Virtual United is back in the roll with our events. Our next major event takes place on December 15, 2013 from 2100z to 0100z (also known as 1500 central to 1900 central. We urge our pilots and the members of VATSIM to come together on the afternoon of December 15 for a nice holiday fly in to the KORD airport or Chicago O'Hare. The departure airport is your choice. Full ATC from the Chicago ARTCC on VATSIM will be provided for this event. They will staff all positions between Ground and Center. More information will be post…

Empyral announces the opening of the Miami passenger hub. Routes from KMIA are to the USA, Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The Cargo operations will commence from Miami before November 1 using the 777 and one other aircraft type that is to be decided upon over the next few days. Andrew Barter President Empyral Airlines http://www.empyralva.com

freshJet Launches Long-Haul Operations GLASGOW, UK - freshJet completed it's first ever long-haul service on 6th October 2013 when Airbus A330-300 G-FSZA operated flight FRX701 from Glasgow to Orlando in Florida, USA. The flight marks the first long-haul operation for the airline. freshJet placed an order for two A330-343X aircraft in May of this year to begin long-haul operations from the UK, with rumoured destinations in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The popular holiday destination of Orlando was selected to be the first long-haul destination, with plans to start flights to Cancun and Vancouver in the coming months. Long-haul flights will also be offered from Manc…

Shamrock Virtual Airlines is presently recruiting pilots for our Autumn / Winter operations.If you are an experienced flightsimmer,or are new to our hobby,you are welcome to apply.For those new to flight simulator,upon joining Shamrock Virtual,full training,and assistance will be given on all aspects,such as aircraft,charts,flight navigation,flying on the Vatsim / IVAO atc networks.Interested?Join us at www.shamrockvirtual.net

Virtual Norwegian is a virtual airline based on the real airline Norwegian Air Shuttle, one of Europe's largest low cost carriers. As a pilot in Virtual Norwegian, you get to choose among flights to over 100 destinations, operated from our hubs in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Spain, UK and our recently added hub in Bangkok. Make a short hop in Scandinavia, or perhaps a longer flight into the heart of Europe, or maybe even try a long haul flight from Scandinavia to either Bangkok or New York? Choose between several airframes, such as the Boeing 737-300/800, our brand new Boeing 787-8 or our historic MD80 or Fokker 50. Our schedules are updated weekly, and the ATS-rou…

Corporate Virtual is a dedicated, friendly Virtual Airline community covering all needs for the Virtual Pilot. Corporate Virtual is based on the three airline alliances which are Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld. We also operate low cost airlines such as Flybe, Ryanair, Jet2.com and easyJet, Germania, Thomas Cook, Thomson and Vueling. We add these airlines schedules into the database and allow pilots to fly charter flights for aircraft that are no longer used in that airline (historic fleet). We invite you to come and join us in the Virtual Skies of the world as we fly to destinations world wide such as aiports in North America, Carribean, Europe, Aisa, Russia, New…

If anyone is interested,feel free to have a look. http://emiratesvirtual.net/phpvms/index.php/

It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that Kim Stolt has been promoted to Chief Pilot and EVP of Training in addition to his other duties effective September 15. Kim flies jets for a living and is an FAA certified flight instructor. He has over 8,000 hours of flight time at WestWind. He has been involved in leadership at WestWind longer than I can remember. He is one of only a handful of pilots at WW that I consider to be qualified for this job. This promotion has been in the works for a few months, but we wanted to give Kim some time with his family over the summer months before taking on new responsibilities. Kim, replaces Ed Ward, Jr. who had held the pos…

Platinum Airways, the very virtual Open Skies airline, has announced its September Destination of the Week theme. Following its nine Great Gigs in the Sky during the summer holidays, Platinum Airways is taking its pilots to four leading Detox and Wellness centres in as many continents. Platinum Airways’ summer holidays have been particularly exhausting for its DOTW regulars, with thousands of miles covered to visit leading music festivals around the world. That led to the September theme: Detox. We are convinced that our pilots urgently need to recharge their batteries, and what better way to do that than to visit four leading detox and wellness centres. We took our g…

For our virtual airline, St Paul Airlines, we seek a free volunteer webmaster. Our website currently works fine but we need a responsible person to ensure the maintenance and any necessary trimmings. Our current webmaster has to leave this function for professional reasons, having not enough time anymore to devote to this task. The work load is very light as everything is already working fine. You can have a look at our website at: http://www.stpaulairlines.com/ Do not hesitate to contact me for any further information. Yoland – CEO St Paul Airlines virtual [email protected]

alMirath Arabian Airlines™ (VA) is now vHiring! Exciting vCareer™ opportunities in the company's Operations and Executive Department are currently open. Qualified applicants are strongly encouraged to apply. These opportunities will remain open until filled. Applications are reviewed on a first-come first-serve basis. alMirath Arabian Airlines™ (VA) is an equal opportunity [virtual] employer. All vCareer opportunities require the submission of a vResume. Please visit http://vcareers.arabianva.com for more information and to browse open positions. COMPANY INFORMATION alMirath Arabian Airlines™ (VA) was founded in 2001 and has been in operation for 13 years. Based in A…

Virtual Delta is a new virtual airline. Opened weeks ago. We have kind staff, a custom acars, awards system, and "We are building a better airline not just a bigger one." Website http://virtualdal.org/index.php/ Look us up on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/virtualdeltaairlines?ref=profile Happy Contrails.

Its been a long time since Hellenic Airways has published an update and many things have since changed. Our whole website has been amazingly upgraded and countless features have been added to make this great hobby even more enjoyable for hellenic airways pilots. I want to take this opportunity to introduce some of our new features to this community and i hope to welcome some of you guys soon as new crew members. First of all we have discontinued all Wet Lease operations and moved some of our aircraft back to greece where they have been integrated in the regular Hellenic Airways operations. After 2 years of wet lease flights in Asia, North America and Ocea…

Happy new year to u all.. Worldwide has updated there web page look with more to be done this year.. Also we will soon be launching 5 tours 4 with 50 legs & a world tour with 100 legs . So if your interested in joining us @ worldwide airlines here is our link: www.worldwidevirtual.net We look forward to u joining us at worldwide ... Here at worldwide virtual you can fly what you like, when you like and however you like, no rules, no restrictions, it's all about having fun that's our motto. Many other VA's tout all sorts of business regarding rules and regulation, here we abandon those limitations and give you the freedom to fly anything from a C…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, August 13th, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkJet Virtual laid out yesterday in an email to its crewmembers the upcoming plans for the rest of 2014. SparkJet is still continuing to develop a state-of-the-art training program and becoming an ATO partner with VATSIM while at the same time managing updates, retrofits and additions to the schedule. Zeke Elias, SparkJet CEO laid out the plans for the crewmembers as follows: We will introduce a new Winter Schedule in October, serving destinations for the snowbirds to go to the Caribbean and for the snow-lovers to travel to their frigid paradises. Expect new service to Jackson Hole, Wyoming (ICAO: KJAC) a…