Virtual PIA holds First ever Pakistan Fly In
Virtual Pakistan International Airlines (VPIA), Pakistan’s only VATSIM certified virtual airline, has held the first ever Pakistan fly in, on April 3rd. The event organised by VPIA was supported on an official scale by VATAsia, VATME, VATIndia and a number of virtual airlines, including MEA Virtual, Arabian Virtual Airlines, Cathay Pacific Virtual, Singapore Virtual Airlines, Air India Virtual and Indian Airlines Virtual.
The organizer of the event, Ahmed Ahsen, on behalf of VPIA thanked all participants of this first fly in held in history – more than 65 flights were handled by two excellent controllers, Kamal Bhatti at Karachi and Sheheryar Ansari at Lahore, making this fly in one of the largest ever in the Middle East and South Asia region. After the official recognition of VPIA as a partner by vatsim, traffic in the region has increased by 500% in the month of March alone, a positive indicator of the coming times.
In addition to keeping up its commitment of quality freeware add-on’s for flight simmers around the globe, which are now featured on over 15 different websites, VPIA is now setting of a new mission to introduce online flying to the enthusiastic pilot community from Pakistan. “VATSIM pilots and controllers are encouraged to join us as we set off on our mission”, said Senior Vice President, Perry Green.
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