SPA Celebrates 6th year
St. Paul Airlines (commonly known as SPA), is entering it’s 6th year in the Virtual Airline bussines. The airline operates passenger, charter and freight flights out of its main hub Minneapolis to amongst others Washington, Dallas and Denver.
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East Midlands Chosen as Devonair’s Second Base
Devonair are pleased to announce that they have finalised a contract with Nottingham/East Midlands Airport (NEMA) to commence services from mid February. Initially, 3 ex-GO/easyJet Boeing 737-300 aircraft will be based at the midlands airport, to operate to a variety of destinations, with a massive expansion into the growing Eastern European markets.
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WPA Gives Special Thanks
West – Penn Air is a virtual air charter service that operates out of the New
Castle Municiple Airport in New Castle, Pa. In 2002, Christian Kramer designed
WPA after a real life charter service that he worked for, at a local airport.
Simply starting out with a Piper Archer and a rented hanger, the goal was to
grow into a leading virtual airline. To make growth a challenge, instead of just
adding aircraft and routes, Kramer started with a simulated bank loan to buy the
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Air Belgium orders Bombardier Dash 8
Today the Air Belgium management mentioned their intention of replacing the ATR fleet by new Bombardier Dash 8 aircrafts.
ePirep Enters Beta Testing
With ePirep (Electronic Pilot Report System) virtual airlines can manage pilot reports in real-time and they are also able to post news and announcements for their pilots.
With the cooperation of Alaska Virtual the Beta Testing of ePirep has officially begun on 1/27/2006.
Poll result: Too many airlines
According to our latest poll, most of our readers think the there are too many virtual airlines.
65% of all respondants think that the majority of airlines can close their doors.
ATAv Begins Flights in the 737-300
American Trans Air Virtual today proudly announced it had begun operating revenue flights in it’s newest fleet addition, the Boeing 737-300!
