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Announcing the USA Virtual Air Mobility Command
USAvAMC was founded in April of 2009 as Virtual Military Airlift Command. But do to a conflict with the acronym being used by someone else we decided to restructure the whole program.
If you enjoy flying USAF aircraft and your looking for a program which is not burden with structure, training, check rides and VATSIM requirement then stop by and check us out. It’s all about fun, not a part time job.
MetroAir Announces Acquisition of Cirrus Air
Kansas City, MO – On July 1st, MetroAir Virtual Airlines and Cirrus Air held a joint press conference at Cirrus’ headquarters in Chicago.
The boards of both airlines — which operate more than 600 daily flights combined — approved the acquisition of Cirrus by MetroAir for an undisclosed figure in closed door meetings Wednesday afternoon. The Cirrus brand will be dissolved but the route network will be absorbed into MetroAir’s system. The merger combines MetroAir’s strengths on the coast lines with Cirrus’ routes originating in Chicago and Jacksonville.
When asked why Cirrus was agreeing to an acquisition Cirrus CEO, Jeremy Ballsmith, said “In an unfortunate situation, I feel that Metro is the best possible guardian of the Cirrus Air legacy. Over the past two years many including myself have worked hard to operate Cirrus in a realistic and professional manner. Continue reading
Pacific International Virtual Airlines Announces Launch Plans
San Francisco, CA, –Oceanica Virtual Aviation Incorporated (OVA) Chairman and Board of Directors are pleased to announce plans to start up a new Virtual Airline name Pacific International Virtual (PIV). PIV plans to operate out of KSFO and PHNL which will commence operations in the late summer of 2010 and serve up to a dozen cities worldwide with the Boeing 717, 737 and 757 aircraft by the end of its first year of operation.
Pacific International Virtual will offer its members the most updated technology and enhanced award and recognition system. The company has not yet announced its final route structure but is considering servicing to many North America cities. Oceanica Virtual Aviation, Inc. which is the parent company of Pacific International Virtual has created Continue reading
Canadian Xpress VFRiday – The 401 Part III Tonight
Canadian Xpress VFRiday® is our weekly informal event where every Friday at 21h00edt (01h00z), we fly to a different location rotating between North America one month and elsewhere in the world another. Continue reading
Platinum Airways, a new, very virtual airline, takes to the skies
A new virtual airline has taken to the skies: Platinum Airways. The airline offers its VP’s a very virtual environment that is rich in content and low on rules. Operating out of four hubs, Platinum Airways flies a wide range of jet aircraft in its own livery. Platinum Airways is a non-VATSIM, KISS airline and is aimed at FS9 and FSX users.
Platinum Airways was established by a group of VP’s in 2009 with one central aim: to ensure that flying remains fun. Platinum Airways presents itself as a KISS airline, Keeping It Straight and Simple. Operating out of KDFW (Dallas Fort Worth), CYVR (Vancouver), Brussels (EBBR) and Perth (YPPH), it offers more than 1,000 flights (many of them multiple legs) that can be flown as and when it suits the VP best. VP’s can switch between hubs as they please, Continue reading
New Integrated Pirep System Released
The IPS team is pleased to announce the next generation logging software: the Integrated Pirep System for Virtual Airlines.
Most virtual airlines use logging software like FSAcars. This brings two major disadvantages: those software programs can crash, which results in losses of flightlogs, and they are mostly not compatible with other operating systems than Windows. The IPS solves these two big problems, because it is not based on a flight logging client.
The Integrated Pirep System (or IPS) is a free PHP-based flight logger which runs on the web server of a Virtual Airline. Because of that, no pilot client is required. The IPS gets it data from IVAO, VATSIM or both. Continue reading