Canadian Xpress November 2013 Challenge – Paradise Kiwi Style
This month’s challenge and its name, was inspired by a YouTube Video posted by Paul (CXA002) of an A320 crew on approach to Queenstown New Zealand. It will quickly show you why Queenstown is listed on SimTours.net as an airport with a dangerous and difficult approach.
This month, your job is to load up either the Canadian Xpress® Airbus A320-200, Boeing 737-900NG, Boeing 737-300 or the Bombardier CRJ-700 which are available to all Canadian Xpress pilots regardless of rank, but only for the challenge for a domestic hop from Auckland (NZAA) to Queenstown (NZQN). This is a fairly common route so Continue reading
Air Fresno to Reopen
In May of 2012 Air Fresno entered Chapter 13 bankruptcy due to a decline of its customer base and the airlines parent company over extending itself on other projects. Over the next few months all other projects under McKay Virtual Aviation’s management were cancelled and existing projects were closed. With a totally clean slate work began on the most economical launch of Air Fresno for the fall of 2013, using the available remaining staff and specific flights that were popular with the airline since its initial launching in March, 1998. Considerations were made to incorporate many new expectations regarding fleet choices as well, with a payware regional aircraft still being the choice of those who expressed a preference.
Currently Air Fresno is expected to return to operational status in mid to late November, it is seeking exemptions from 14 CFR Part 139 restrictions so that it may move its operations from Fresno-Yosemite International (FAT) to the downtown Continue reading
Japan Airlines Virtual Looking for Chief Training Executive
Training and development officers help with the ongoing, long-term improvement of employees’ skills, enabling them to fulfill their potential within their organization. Increasingly, training and development officers are required to be strategic rather than reactive, assessing the skills and knowledge within an organization and determining what training is needed to grow and retain these skills. This position reports directly to the CEO & VEO. All other positions related to the training are subordinate to the CTE.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Designing and expanding training and development programs based on both the organization’s and the pilot’s needs;
• Working in a team to produce programs that are satisfactory to all relevant parties in an organization, such as Continue reading
GlobalOne Unveils iOS App
We are extremely proud to present our latest product, our very own GlobalOne app for iOS devices. Extending the reach of our community is at the heart of what we do and we believe that creating an app you can carry with will enable you to be part of our community wherever you are. This signifies a continued investment and commitment in our future and our ever growing community. GlobalOne Alliance is the first and only virtual community to publish their own app on any mobile platform. We have some exciting plans, extending the capabilities of our app, and are excited to show them to you in the near future. For now, why not discover what our app can offer you today, its available for all iOS devices running iOS 5 and above and most importantly: Its free for everyone!
Some exciting features include a live GlobalOne Unique news stream, in-app access to our forums and the GlobalOne video stream.
You can find out more: http://globalonealliance.com/new/index.php/pages/iosapp
freshJet Launches Long-Haul Operations
GLASGOW, UK – freshJet completed it’s first ever long-haul service on 6th October 2013 when Airbus A330-300 G-FSZA operated flight FRX701 from Glasgow to Orlando in Florida, USA. The flight marks the first long-haul operation for the airline.
freshJet placed an order for two A330-343X aircraft in May of this year to begin long-haul operations from the UK, with rumoured destinations in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The popular holiday destination of Orlando was selected to be the first long-haul destination, with plans to start flights to Cancun and Vancouver in the coming months. Long-haul flights will also be offered from Manchester.
Both aircraft are configured in a two-class layout featuring Economy and Premium Economy cabins, capable of seating 335 passengers.
In addition to new long-haul service, freshJet is keen to continue to develop its European network, where it currently operates Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft, by adding a number of new destinations for the Winter 2013/2014 period.
The second A330, G-FSZB, is scheduled for delivery in late October.
Canadian Xpress October Fly-In – Northern Lights
The bright dancing lights of the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. 2013 is the peak period of an eleven year cycle.
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us with your favorite turbo-prop on Saturday, October 19th at 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our October 2013 fly-in where in this season of Northern lights chasing, we will depart Iqaluit (CYFB) in Nunavut Canada and head north east to Thule Air Base (BGTL) in Greenland. We will fly in real Continue reading
Caal Airways Monthly Update for September 2013
Another successful month for Caal Airways. Our Pilot Training Director Zack Millar has secured our P2 Vatsim . Zack has put in a lot of time preparing documents and training aids and then completed an audit by Vatsim that now enables us to train, examine and award P2 Vatsim.
We also had 5 new pilots join our ranks and they have started accumulating their hours. We are currently ranked 78 at VA Central and climbing month by month.
Our latest edition of Clover Flight can be viewed at http://www.caalair.com/sept2013.pdf
The future is looking great for Caal Airways and anyone looking for a Virtual Career with a fun and friendly Virtual Airline should visit www.caalair.com and sign up.
