SparkJet Virtual Begins Ferrying New Aircraft, Announces New Focus Cities!
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, — 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 International Airport, Alberta, Canada (ICAO:CYYC) and one in Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. “We have use our connections and knowledge of the South American market to understand what the consumer wants and needs, so we decided the best business plan would be rolling out a low-cost, full service model with McDonnell Douglas MD-80′s and serve domestic and international destinations” said Zeke Elias about the new focus city in Chile.
The last new focus cities SparkJet will open is a base in Faaa International Airport in Faaa, Tahiti (ICAO:NTAA) which will open the door to the Asia and South Pacific market and will enable the crews to enjoy “Paradise”.
With the introduction of the new Focus Cities, SparkJet also announced the purchase of four B777-200LR’s from Boeing which will be coming on-line in the following weeks, “The 777′s allow us to expand to markets that the B763 did not enable us to, like Asia, the Middle East and Oceania said Zeke Elias in the email to the employees.
Finally SparkJet began ferrying two ERJ135LR’s and four ERJ170LR’s to both the Albuquerque International Airport (ICAO: KABQ) and Fort Lauderdale International Airport (ICAO: KFLL) hubs to Continue reading
VIRTUAL UNITED AIRLINES ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING
CHICAGO, Mar. 24, 2013 –Virtual United (vUAL) is pleased to announce the official launch of our customized virtual airline name Virtual United Airlines (vUAL) at www.virtualua.org. As we have recently received permission from United Airlines along with a legal agreement to proceed with the development of vUAL1.0. Virtual United Airlines commenced operations on Sunday, March 24, 2013. “It’s been a fun ride during our development stages,” said Robert Sayles, Chief Executive Officer. ”I am so proud of every staff member at Virtual United,” said Sayles. Each virtual pilot will be able to enjoy the United global schedule that connects to our ten virtual Hubs. vUAL will offers its members the most innovative technologies and an enhanced award and recognition system. Each applicant will be required to pass a basic aviation exam prior to admittance to Virtual United Airlines.
vUAL Features and Services:
Customized ACARS Client
Award and Recognition Program (Pilot of the Month, Hub of the Month and much more)
Forum Community (IPS Board)
Professional and State of the Art Website
Professional and Friendly Staff Members
TeamSpeak Server to communicate with members
More additions to come (points system, pilot shop and much more)
Virtual United Airlines has created several departments which consist of Continue reading
FS INFOCUS WELCOMES WILL TUCKER AND GO FLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES!
Sky Blue Radio presents another exciting edition of FS InFocus, when Lou “Scruffy” Botteon and Tom “Captain Crunch” Mathieu welcome blues musician and FS Cockpit builder, Will Tucker and Tony Verela and John from Go Flight Technologies!
On March 23rd, at 1800 Zulu, “Scruffy” and “Captain Crunch” will discuss a variety of topics related to building home simulator cockpits and the latest technologies available! We will also be on location in Hartford Connecticut LIVE at Flight Sim Con 2013 during the show so expect a few surprise guests as well!
Be sure to tune in on March 23rd, at 1800 Zulu for Sky Blue Radio’s FS Infocus!
FS InFocus is a monthly talk show on Sky Blue Radio. Sky Blue Radio broadcasts 24/7 around the world. Listeners can tune in to Sky Blue Radio by accessing our website at skyblueradio.com. Listeners may also tune in via their com 2 radios on 123.45 with our Free Wee Tune Beastie application available for download on our website. We are available via Black Berry, Android or iPhone phones through the TuneIn Application.
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VIRTUAL UNITED AIRLINES ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL LAUNCH of vUAL 1.0
CHICAGO, Mar. 19, 2013 –Virtual United (vUAL) are pleased to announce the official launch of our customized virtual airline name Virtual United Airlines (vUAL) at www.virtualua.org. As we have recently received permission from United Airlines along with a legal agreement to proceed with the development of vUAL1.0. Virtual United Airlines plans to commence operations on Friday, March 22, 2013. vUAL will offers its members the most innovative technologies and an enhanced award and recognition system. Each applicant will be required to pass a basic aviation exam prior to admittance to Virtual United Airlines.
vUAL Features and Services:
Customized ACARS Client
Award and Recognition Program (Pilot of the Month, Hub of the Month and much more)
Forum Community (IPS Board)
Professional and State of the Art Website
Professional and Friendly Staff Members
TeamSpeak Server to communicate with members
More additions to come (points system, pilot shop and much more)
Please visit our Promotional Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-4cLxdO8h8
Virtual United Airlines has created several departments which Continue reading
Fly the Formula 1 Grand Prix Circuit with the Canadian Xpress Formula 1 2013 Tour
Formula 1 is the top of all motor sports and is the only organization that holds races on all four hemispheres around the world including Montreal, Melbourne, Suzuka and Sao Paulo. Each race has 12-15 Teams with thousands of pounds of equipment that needs to be moved to these points around the world.
Canadian Xpress® has been a long time supporter of Formula 1 and this year we have won the primary contract to help move teams from race to race around the world.
The Formula 1 tour consists of 21 legs based on the Formula 1 2013 schedule that must be flown in order.
Join Canadian Xpress® today by visiting http://CanadianXpress.ca and fly the 2013 Formula 1 Grand Prix Circuit!
*Canadian Xpress® accepts 50% of your VATSIM, IVAO or other virtual airline hours with no limits.
SparkJet Virtual Announces Fleet Restructuring!
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – 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 A320′s from the Albuquerque, NM (ICAO:KABQ) hub and add flights to South America from the Fort Lauderdale, FL (ICAO:KFLL) Hub, a move that had been secretly in the behind the scene plans for months. “SparkJet’s A320′s will be placed into storage until they are needed for expansion” was something that Zeke Elias made sure to tell the employees, SparkJet is also planning on replacing the A330′s but is waiting on the opportunity to purchase B767-300′s that are up to SparkJet standards.
“The four new B757-200′s give SparkJet a lot of flexibility when it comes to longer-haul routes that a B737-800 is not capable of serving, plus it brings the consumer a new experience in flying” said Zeke Elias when asked about the secret change this morning at the corporate offices. “We worked very closely with the DOT and the governments of Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia to bring to the consumer the best selection of flights and routes while remaining competitive within the industry.”
The new flights are as follows:
From KFLL:
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flyeuro.com Sponsor Deal With A State of Trance Radio Show
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – flyeuro, the new, up and coming virtual low-cost conglomerate of Europe, has announced a new partnership with the world’s most famous radio show, A State of Trance, ran by the legendary Dutch DJ, Armin van Buuren on a weekly basis, every Thursday.
The show in 2013 celebrates it’s 600th episode, and between February and April, it will tour around the world with almost 10 concerts being played on all continents, in some of the biggest world cities such as Mexico City, Mumbai, Miami and New York.
flyeuro announced that a specially repainted G-ASOT livery will be handed to pilots to fly to the gigs in Minsk in Belarus, Sofia in Bulgaria, Beirut in Lebanon and Den Bosch in Netherlands.
flyeuro’s schedule of flights will resemble the real schedules. On the 7th March, pilots will have a chance to visit Minsk; a day later, Sofia and on the Sunday, Beirut. The tour will conclude with the real tour on 6th April in Den Bosch.
The airline’s CEO, Mr Bonczyk said “It is an exciting opportunity for us to be able to offer these flights to our pilots. It opens a diverse range of flights… for at least a weekend.” He added “It allows us also to see whether these routes would be popular”.
This will be the first charter tour of flyeuro airline, with many to Continue reading
