United Virtual and Virtual Air Canada announce partnership

United Virtual Airlines and Virtual Air Canada today announced a partnership to fully integrate operations in the ongoing Saturday afternoon VATSIM group event, The Saturday Scramble. Combined, the two virtual airlines count more than 1,000 pilots. This brings a very large base of potential participants to an online event.

The Scramble starts with departures from several airports in the current Air Canada and United Airlines schedules. All converge on the same destination, arriving at the scheduled times. This provides a steady flow of traffic during the arrival period, and closely simulates real world airline operations. Participating pilots may also choose to depart from the destination airport.

The Saturday Scramble was developed in response to survey data demonstrating that, given the choice, the majority of UVA and VCA members prefer Saturday’s for group flights.

Members of other VATSIM-based virtual airlines are welcome to join in The Scramble. Follow your company procedures for flying and filing your flight.

Check here for Scramble details.

Virtual Air Canada was founded in April 1998 and has a long and deep history in the virtual aviation industry. Many of today’s virtual airline executives began their career at Virtual Air Canada. Virtual Air Canada has been nominated for many awards over the years including Best Airline, Best Fleet, Best Website, Best Executive and Best Pilot.

These flights are to and from more than 360 domestic and international destinations from crew Domiciles located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Washington, DC and New York.

Visit United Virtual Airlines at www.united-virtual.com