Platinum Airways Prepares Holiday Season With Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds are forever is Platinum Airways’ new Destination of the Week theme. Running from 27 November 2011 to 1 January 2012, Diamonds are forever will visit four airports that are closely linked with this gem’s history and future, only to be interrupted with Platinum Airways’ traditional visit to Santa at Rovaniemi Airport in Finland.
As Christmas and New Year are only about a month away, Platinum Airways will be devoting its forthcoming Destination of the Week theme to what can probably be called the most ultimate gift: diamonds. Diamonds are forever will first take us to Kimberley, South Africa (FAKM), scene of the 19th Century diamond rush in the vicinity of the Big Hole and the de Beers farm. We will then continue to London City Airport (EGLC), not far from the Central Selling Organisation, the most important diamond trading institution. From London, it’s just a short hop across the Channel, to Antwerp, Belgium (EBAW), with its 500 year involvement in diamond cutting and trading. The final Diamonds are forever destination is Continue reading
MetroAir Announces IAD2BWI Event!
Join us on Saturday November 12th at 8pm EST on Teamspeak and Vatsim for a special farewell event to mark the end of Washington Dulles’s 4 year service as a MetroAir Hub and to welcome Baltimore as our new East Coast home. The event will allow for a fly-out of IAD or a fly-in to BWI. If you’re feeling adventurous, do both!
If you do plan on doing both the fly-out and the fly-in, here are some suggested routes to allow you to complete all legs within the scheduled time for the event.
IAD>Chicago>BWI
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Canadian Xpress November Fly-In: Island Paradise
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday November 19th, 2011 at 09h00est (14h00z) for our November Monthly Fly-In where where we ditch the cold of the Canadian Fall and head for Island Paradise in the French Polynesia.
Departing from Rarotonga (NCRG) on the Cook Islands, we head off for a 600 nm flight to Papeete (NTAA) which is the main hub for local island resorts. So plan the first leg with a CRJ7, A320, B737, or Continue reading
Platinum Airways’ new Destination of the Week theme: It’s the runway, stupid!
Platinum Airways has announced its November theme for its Destination of the Week feature. With “It’s the runway, stupid!” the very virtual airline will be visiting four very special runways and airports. The theme runs from 30 October to 27 November 2011.
“It’s the runway, stupid!” will be visiting some of the world’s most peculiar runways. Consider Barra, Scotland (EGPR), the world’s only airport offering a scheduled service with three runways located on the beach. Or Funchal, Madeira (LPMA), with a runway extension built on pylons over land and sea, and with a parking garage underneath, given the Outstanding Structures Award by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering? The third destination is Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN), which guarantees rough landings and wonderful sightings for wind surfers within 100 m – 300 ft of the runway. The final “It’s the runway, Stupid!” destination is one of Continue reading
Virtual Air New Zealand Announces Real-Life Flightsim Get Together
The board of Virtual Air New Zealand are excited to extend an invitation to simmers based in New Zealand or anyone visiting NZ in November to join us for a flight-sim and real-world aviation event to be held at the Air Nelson base and airport on the weekend of 4th-6th of November 2011.
Join us in Nelson to learn more about this great regional carrier, to get some insight into the operational side of Air Nelson, and to learn more about the Bombardier Dash8/Q300 aircraft and this fabulous airport and Continue reading
Canadian Xpress October Fly-In: Corporate Meeting
(October 10, 2011) – Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday October 22nd, 2011 at 20h00edt (23h59z) for our October fly-in where we will fly to one of the lowest airports in North America.
Departing from Los Angeles Intl (KLAX) we will fly some of the country’s cooperate elite to Furnace Creek (L06) in Death Valley at 230 feet below sea level. These CEOs will be taking part in high stress meetings, networking and investment trading, better known as a weekend of golf at a high end resort with a side trip to Las Vegas (KLAS).
So aircraft of choice for this event will be of the cooperate style. None of these CEO’s will be happy showing up in a Dash 6 or Continue reading
Platinum Airways Pays Tribute to October Magic
As the northern hemisphere is gliding into autumn, Platinum Airways will dedicate its next four Destinations of the Week to October Magic. The very virtual Open Skies airline will be paying tribute to airports that show true fall colors.
October Magic will visit four northern hemisphere airports that are located in a forest environment. The first airport is one of the busiest in the world: Frankfurt am Main – EDDF. Hopefully, ATC will guide pilots to 07L or R, over Mönchwald forest. The second DOTW will be Manchester, NH – KMHT. The third autumn destination takes us to Gothenburg, Sweden, to Landvetter (ESGG). The final destination is Castlegar in Canada’s British Columbia province (CYGG), a very tricky and Continue reading
