Canadian Xpress December 2012 Challenge: Business Traveler
This month, we are flying the business routes that are operated by the very successful Porter Airlines. A twist in this month’s challenge is that pilots are being given the option of 2 different routes to fly. Starting at Toronto City Centre (CYTZ), you will operate a round trip flight to Newark (KEWR) or Chicago Midway (KMDW).
Join Canadian Xpress today in order to participate as there are some great prizes to be won including software from Aerosoft.
The December 2012 Challenge is open to all Canadian Xpress pilots from December 2rd until December 30th, 2012 so join Canadian Xpress today by visiting http://CanadianXpress.ca .
*Canadian Xpress accepts 50% of your VATSIM, IVAO or other virtual airline hours with no limits.
Canadian Xpress December Fly-In: White Christmas
Every year at this time, we always ask the same question for the Holidays: Will we have a white Christmas? Well here at Canadian Xpress® we can provide snow, wind, fog and everything else!
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us for our December fly-in on Saturday, December 15th at 21h00est (02h00z) where we depart from Bellingham Washington (KBLI), we will head north to Ketchikan Alaska (PAKT) for a spectacular approach in probable heavy Continue reading
Canadian Xpress November Fly-In: Paro, Bhutan
Paro Airport is the only international airport in Bhutan. The airport is located 3.7 mi from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu at an elevation of 7,300 ft. With surrounding peaks as high as 18,000 ft it is considered one of the world’s most challenging airports and as of October 2009, only eight pilots in the world are certified to land at the airport. Flights at Paro are allowed under visual meteorological conditions only and are restricted to daylight hours from sunrise to sunset.
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us for our November fly-in on Saturday, Continue reading
Canadian Xpress October 2012 Challenge: Instrument Flight Rules
This month’s challenge is to forget the FMC, forget looking out the window (other than to enjoy the scenery) and close the GPS and navigate via your aircraft’s instruments by dialing up a VOR and set course towards it & track NDBs. Your welcome to hand fly or use the autopilot to track the radios, but the challenge here is to manually set the radios. Don’t let the GPS or flight planning software run the show.
Starting at Daytona Beach (KDAB), you will navigate down the east coast of Florida making your way to in to the Key’s and landing at Key West (KEYW). Along the way you’ll pass over Kennedy Space Centre and the famous, Hwy 1 Oversea Continue reading
Canadian Xpress October Fly-In: Saint Maarten
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us for our October fly-in on Saturday, October 13th at 21h00edt (01h00z) where we will fly to Saint Maarten which is well renowned for its plane spotting.
Departing from Miami (KMIA), we will fly Princess Juliana International (TNCM), for a visual approach to famous runway 10 over Maho beach!
This is an open invitation to all pilots no matter what your flying experience to attend this Canadian Xpress® sponsored event that will be flown on the Continue reading
Canadian Xpress September Fly-In: Flying the Andes
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday, September 15th 10h00edt (14h00z) for our September fly-in where we will fly between high altitude airports, over the Andes range. So check your weights on your aircraft as performance is greatly affected on high altitude airports.
Departing from Quito Equador (SEQU), we will fly south east to Tarapoto (SPST) and then to the amazing city of Cuzco (SPZO) perched on a high plateau at 11,200 feet!! Then if you want more adventure, you can take a helicopter ride to Machu Pichu!
This is an open invitation to all pilots no matter what your Continue reading
Canadian Xpress September 2012 Challenge: Milk Run
The Milk Run is the bread and butter of a flight schedule for an airline. Solid standard routes are usually guaranteed contracts that always make money. These routes are the back bone of an airline and their profits is what helps keep the low income flights operating.
One of Canadian Xpress’ milk run flights is a twice daily cargo flight from Los Angeles to Toronto and is this month’s challenge.
Starting at Los Angeles (KLAX) load up your choice of Canadian Xpress Cargo Aircraft which are available to Continue reading
