VA News and Announcements

Virtual United Airlines (virtualua.org) is a non-profit volunteer hobby organization for simulation pilots, and an environment in which the individuals can experience, learn, and have fun while conducting basic and advanced piloting skills using flight simulator software. vUAL prefers not to call itself a "virtual airline," but rather a virtual organization. While simulating real world operations in flight simulator is a goal, vUAL wants to promote and teach all forms of aviation. vUAL would like to be a learning tool, where flight simulator users can come to experience a new level of both real and virtual aviation. At this time we are hiring for our last few staff p…

Hello simmer, We are proud to announce the release of our newly redesigned website & system. It has been crafted to reflect what our members told us they need now but also builds upon site design capable of addressing future needs. You will notice a new streamlined menus, simple navigation and access to the information you need, any time of day. We use the phpvms to re-create the real world Flydubai Airline schedules (with an establish communication to the RL Flydubai Team) which operates services across Middle East, Asia and Europe. Using our modern airline fleet and SkyJetline system, booking mode with the timetable & callsign restriction, build-in forum …

Welcome to Jet2 Virtual Jet2 Virtual is a Virtual Airline for the users of Flight Simulator 2004 and FSX. We provide a realistic environment recreating the operations of our real world counterpart Jet2.com. Jet2Virtual was designed to facilitate pilots to experience the corporate environment of commercial business in the airline industry, without the risk of financial loss, but with a great, fun and learning atmosphere. Jet2 Virtual also provides an outlet for those who are interested in aviation but unable to fly themselves due to financial, health or other reasons. You can see our custom built state of the art website below. We have a growing presence on both IVAO a…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeke Elias announced today in an email to the crew members that SparkJet is only weeks away from achieving VATSIM partnership which is a huge step that will set the mark for many new SparkJet future endeavors. This partnership will benefit crew members because SparkJet will now be recognized as a top virtual airline operating on an excellent and professional network. In order to celebrate our upcoming VATSIM partnership and increase participation SparkJet management would like to encourage you to come join us today and fly some SparkJet metal around the world from our bases in KFLL and KABQ. For even further encou…

MANCHESTER, UK - freshJet are proud to finally reveal our new livery, fresh from the paint shop at Manchester Airport, UK, painted on one of our Airbus A320 aircraft. This is the first time that the livery, announced in late 2012, has been revealed to the public. The new paint scheme is to be painted across the fleet of Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft. All aircraft are expected to be repainted by early May, in time for the introduction of the summer schedules. The summer schedules will feature new destinations for the airline as we expand further throughout Europe. CEO Iain Robb had this to say: "I am delighted to finally reveal the long-awaited new livery and cannot wai…

Promo Video: http://www.youtube.com/embed/kfoT2-gmAcE (Recommend watching in HD) Cathay Pacific Virtual Wants You! Cathay Pacific Virtual is a dynamic virtual airline based in the Island Nation of Hong Kong. We replicate the operations of the real world Cathay Pacific and Cathay Pacific Cargo, flying the A330, A340, B777 and B747, we can cater to every sim pilots long haul dreams. We have short range to ultra long range flights available in some of the most popular planes available. We are currently seeking applicants who wish to be trained on our fleet of A330 aircraft. Applicants will have to spend 10 hours flying time after joining on the A330 before being able…

Hi everybody ! I'm creating a new virtual airline, Starduck Airlines, based in Vancouver, Canada. I hopeyou will contact me at : ren seignement star @ gmail . com ( without spaces ) All informations on http://starduckairlines.e-monsite.com See you soon and thanks for reading !!

Braniff Virtual simulates the operations of Braniff from the 1950's through the demise of the airline in 1982. If you have an interest in classic aircraft, classic navigation techniques, or the real world Braniff, we would be delighted for the opportunity to get to know you. We enjoy a friendly atmosphere, automated ACARS support, and we are a member of vaCentral. We offer scheduled online VATSIM events as well as offline/online tour events that give you the opportunity to earn extra hours for your logbook. The aircraft that we support are DC-4, Dc-6, DC-8, Dc-9, B727, B707, B737-200, B747, Concorde, BAC 111 and the A320. Contact Chris at [email protected]…

Platinum Airways celebrates spring with Flower Power Platinum Airways has revealed the theme of its next Destination of the Week series. As the northern hemisphere is (finally) climbing out of its long and severe winter, we thought that there was no better way to celebrate the rebirth of nature than by having a Flower Power month. Flower Power will take us to some of the world’s leading flower shows and events. Spring has been a distant season in the northern hemisphere so far, and Platinum Airways is giving its pilots a boost by visiting four leading flower shows around the globe. We kick off with the Philadelphia International Flower Show and Philadelphia …

SparkJet Virtual begins ferrying new aircraft, announces new Focus Cities! FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, March 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkJet's CEO Zeke Elias announced yesterday in an email to the employees that SparkJet had decided on new focus cities and had started the ferrying of aircraft to the airline current hubs. The new focus cities are strategically located and enable SparkJet to reach millions of new potential consumers, initially the first base to open will be Kansas City International Airport, Kansas (ICAO: KMCI) and will have a B738/B772 pilot and Flight Attendant base, the next move will be to open two international focus cities, one in Calgary Internat…

Our promotional video for 2013 is now online. We have worked hard to illustrate the beauty of virtual aviation, and now the promotional video is complete. An almost 5 minute long video is accompanied by Above & Beyond's inspiring instrumental single "Sun In Your Eyes". The film illustrates clips of our fleet at different airports, and when it's in air in some of the most beautiful European locations we cover; Canary Islands, Bergen, Innsbruck, Croatia and many more. Feel inspired or interested to take your virtual career a step further? Don't let it waste - join us at http://flyeurova.com today!

ok i wasent sure where to post this so im gonna leave it here I have created a new Virtual airline. i am looking for pilots and hireing staff we only fly on ivao i do not like vatsim anymore i ran into some disputes with them do not ask plz. anyways if you are intrested we can be found at northstarvirtual.webnode.com please dont let the fact that this is a free domain scare you i just cannot affor my own domain at the moment but we will be moving to our own in the future if intresed you know where to find us Best Regards NSA1 Brandon Ward

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Mar. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkJet 's executives announced yesterday in an email to its employees of a fleet restructuring to occur in the upcoming weeks. Zeke Elias, SparkJet's CEO explained in the email that due to the JS41 and the ATR resulting uneconomical for SparkJet they would be replaced with the Embraer 135 and Embraer 170 respectively, and once the aicraft were ferried in they would enter service. The email also talked about the replacement of all A320's at the Albuquerque, NM (ICAO:KABQ) hub for B737-800's and managed to surprise the employees when they read that SparkJet would be adding the B757-200ER to the fleet to replace two A3…

I'm pleased to announce the VRTS - Virtual Remote Training System: the most complete VA training system to date! The Virtual Remote Training System, or VRTS, is a complete training system built especially for virtual airlines. The VRTS runs separately from the main website, but is heavily linked to it. It uses the VA's user accounts and trainees won't even notice that the VRTS is a separate system. Currently the VRTS is compatible with the IPS CMS or phpVMS. The main feature of the VRTS is the VRTS Live system which allows trainers to track their trainee’s aircraft live via their browsers; they can see the position of the aircraft on a map, along with the positio…

flyeuro.com is proud to announce that it will run special charter flights for passengers to attend A State Of Trance 600 events in Minsk, Sofia, Beirut and Den Bosch - an official partnership to spread the love for music on the virtual airways... After months and months of speculations, anticipation and campaigning, Armin van Buuren, a popular international DJ finally reveals the first dates and cities of the A State of Trance 600 world tour in 2013! From February till March 2013, ‘The Expedition’ tour will touch down in cities such as Kuala Lumpur, Beirut, Den Bosch, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and New York. And this is where we step in to help Armin! O…

Hello everyone! It's been a while since I have posted here. Now I know what you are thinking... oh jeeze, another start-up. Well... yes. But, let me cover some bases first. I am an experienced website designer with over a decade of experience. I have been in the flight simulator community since 2001. I've been in senior staff positions of quite a few popular VAs. I've decided to take a break from VAs over the past few months to collect my thoughts on how to make a better virtual airline. Finally got my thoughts kind of organized and I am looking for some great people to get this project rolling. I am looking for a few people with previous (o…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Mar. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkJet 's executives and Crew Members celebrated today the successful completion of the first month of operations. "We currently have 19 pilots, have logged over 118 flights adding up to over 291 hours and covering over 95,000 miles. The first month saw SparkJet finances in the black with over a million dollars in revenue for the month of February" said SparkJet CEO Zeke Elias. While there are many more plans in the work behind the scenes at SparkJet headquarters, the management is very secretive about the future strategies for SparkJet, as of last week though a rumor of services to Faa'a International Airport (ICAO…

VAC - Virtual Air Canada releases V5 web site. Celebrating 15 years in the skies. (Montreal, Canada) On Friday March 1, 2013, VAC - Virtual Air Canada had the pleasure of releasing the latest version 5 of its brand new web site. This kicks off a month long celebration as we count down to our 15th anniversary on April 14, 2013. VAC has been in the virtual skies since 1998. With new technology implemented, our pilots experience the most realistic operations to date. Our core philosophy is realism and professionalism. Members have access to a highly automated, accurate and easy to use flight planning/bidding system, VACARS tracking program and many more. VAC is also th…

As Platinum Airways’ Peak Traffic Destination of the Week Series, that visits airports close to the world’s highest mountains, is in its final week, the Open Skies airline announces that it is to be revisited. However, Peak Traffic Revisited will be completely different: the March series airports will take pilots to four airports that are the world’s busiest in their respective category. Whilst the original Peak Traffic series focused on the word peak, Peak Traffic Revisited pays more attention to the word traffic. Platinum Airways’ March DOTW series will stop at four extremely busy airports that claim top spot in four different categories of traffic. The series’ fir…

Let me introduce you NEOFLY virtual, our midle size VA based at Belgrade, Tivat and Sarajevo airports. We are operating world wide flights network with the variety of modern aircraft such as Boeing 737-800, Boeing 757-200, Boeing 767-300er, Boeing 777-200LR, Airbus A320, ARJ-100 and DASH-8-q400. As a special operation part of our virtual airline we have plans to introduce the fleet of classic aircraft like DC-9, Boeing 727-200 and Boeing 707-300. because we want to attract classic aircraft pilots also. All our classic aircrafts are equipped with GPS and latest AIRAC for default FSX and FS9 navigation database will be provided to every pilot that applie…

Hi all, me and two friends had been started an VA project which is based in the Netherland Antilles with the start. We had nearly finished the paintings and are just on the way with our webside. The contract to the Webserver company has been signed and payed. But now need help to go on. We look for staff applicants. 1. Flight operations officer We really need help with the flight booking system. So if you are familiar with PHP/Java and really create your own ideas in a VA Project, let us know. So if you are reliable, kind and interested than write me a PM. Look forward to receive a lot Messages. So long KR Arvid

Hello everyone, Now in the last stages of development, we are looking for a group of dedicated staff members for Virgin Virtual, a virtual airline simulating operations of Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic, and Virgin Australia. These three airlines cover destinations throughout the world, with many in the United States and Australia. In addition, all three of them have interconnecting routes. In other words, it is possible to fly into a city on one carrier and depart on another carrier form that same city. Virgin Virtual will have one of the best fully custom websites and ACARS flight tracking programs available, as well as an active community in the forums and Tea…

Hi everyone, I recently purchased web hosting and now i'm looking/waiting for someone to create QVA a custom template. Since my job doesn't pay me enough, I only have $30 to spend. I want something relevant to the actual Qatar Airways website (www.qatarairways.com) I also like Air Malaysia Virtual's website template (www.airmalaysiavirtual.com). Basically what I want is a simple, modern and professional design. You can email me [email protected] PM, or Skype (lawandamer)

Welcome to the Plusair Six Nations Tour Following on from the success of the ‘2012 Olympic Tour’, Plusair Virtual Airline is proud to announce the commencement of the ‘Six Nations Tour’ for it’s registered pilots. Inspired by the Six Nations rugby tournament, this tour covers approx 4,700 nm, with 45 separate flight legs across England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France and Italy. There is, however, a twist........ the tour is to be completed in a single-engined, non-turbo, prop aircraft following visual flight rules. Period of availability: this is an open-ended tour, so will always be available. You are warmly invited to come along for the ri…

SparkJet Virtual announces acquisition and new flights! FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Feb. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkJet Virtual has announced the acquisition of Pacific Blue Virtual during their press conference in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, February 15th, 2013. The acquisition is great for SparkJet since both airlines shared a very similar fleet and business model; the most important factor of the acquisition is that it allows SparkJet to expand to markets they had not been able to serve. With the acquisition SparkJet is planning to introduce about 20 frames, at a rate of two per month and is looking at new focus cities around the country. “Initially only five air…