Great Lakes Express (GLE), the Internet’s original regional VA and one of the longest running virtual airlines in getting closer to it’s milestone 1,000,000th passenger, expecting to reach this number in the next two days.

What makes this all the more impressive are two factors 1) the capacity of GLE’s regular fleet is small; the Beechcraft 1900D, Bombardier CRJ200, Bombardier CRJ700, DeHavilland Dash 8 Q400, Embraer 145, and Embraer 170 all seat less than 70 passengers, and 2) while GLE has been operating since January 1997, this magic number is only since they started using VAFS for tracking flight information in 2009.

GLE was founded by James Kohan in January 1997, offering flights in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Hubs include Cleveland OH, Rochester NY, Chicago IL (Midway), and Minneapolis MN.

If you are interested in flying for a relaxed, fun, regional VA, with an average flight time of 1 hour or less, please take the opportunity to visit us at Great Lakes Express.

Our web site can be found at http://www.gleairlines.com.

Screen shot courtesy of John Carlton GLE154

It is with great pleasure that I announce that Malaysia Virtual Airlines has reached 1000 members. After 4 years of operations we have reached this great milestone.  I have worked hard to bring MVA to where we are today. We have surpassed 17000 flights as well. Not many VA’s can say they reached 1000 pilots, but MVA has joined that club. We are not going to stop there though, we are going to strive for even more members, always going to improve what we offer.  Even though the real world airline has had two catastrophic crashes in recent months, we at MVA will always remember the two aircraft that have been lost, but most importantly will always remember the souls that were so tragically lost. May they all rest in peace. We will be holding a special event to mark the 1000^th member, so stay tuned for more information on that event.

Regards,
Daniel Counahan
CEO of MVA
http://malaysiava.org/

About:
Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines is Ghana’s first virtual airline. It was founded Christmas 2011 and currently has 79 pilots. The VA operates scheduled passenger flights as well as cargo and vintage charter flights. It is associated with Vatsim Central Africa Division (VATCAF) and supported by the real world Aviation Club Ghana (ACG).

The GOG homepage can be found here: http://www.goldenghanavirtual.org

In just over three months of operations, Mirage Executive Charters VA has surpassed the 1000 flights mark! This a huge accomplishment for our young VA and we are continuing to grow! Thank you to everyone who was a part of reaching this milestone!

We have recently added the PMDG JS41 and the PMDG NGX to our fleet in order to provide our pilots with a place to fly the highest quality payware aircraft. Since the beginning of the month and the opening of our pilot base in Renton, WA KRNT, we have placed 16 pilots and 13 aircraft there. Those pilots and aircraft have accumulated 148 flights this month alone!

We currently have pilot bases located in:

• Sarasota, FL KSRQ
• Miami, FL KOPF
• Atlanta, GA KPDK
• St. Maarten TNCM
• Renton, WA KRNT

Our fleet ranges from the Carenado Piper Saratoga to the PMDG 737-9NGX!

Please stop by the web site and experience Mirage!

Jonathan Enger
CEO/Owner Mirage Executive Charters va – MECva
www.miragechartersva.com

We have some of the most dedicated pilots and staff members in our virtual airline and we continue to strive to make it better.  Anyone with a passion for flying is encouraged to visit our website.

We are gearing up for our 14th year anniversary in August, yes, this airline started in 1998 and continues to run strong.  We are currently ranked #1 on the VAFS power ranking.

Please visit www.easternairlinesvirtual.com and see how we earn our wings, everyday!

Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines is Ghana’s first virtual airline. It was founded christmas 2011 and currently has 29 pilots. The VA operates scheduled passenger flights as well as cargo and vintage charter flights. It is associated with Vatsim Central Africa Division (VATCAF) and supported by the real world Aviation Club Ghana (ACG).

Visit Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines at: http://www.goldenghanavirtual.org/

Canadian Xpress^® is pleased to announce that with just over 2 years of operations we have officially logged over 25,000 flights and wanted to take this opportunity to thank all our pilots for their support in helping make us one of the fastest growing Canadian virtual airlines. Your participation in our events, challenges, contests and pilots forum is what has made Canadian Xpress^® the continued success that it is.

We would like to also thank:

• VAFlash for the continued support and publicity of our events;

• All those who have contributed to Canadian Xpress^® with a financial donation;

• All our sponsors who have donated prizes for our events;

• ATC controllers around the world who have expertly controlled CXA pilots.

For the latest Canadian Xpress Virtual Airline^® flight statistics, please visit our home page located at http://CanadianXpress.ca .

While 100 hours may not seem like much, especially when logged over a month and a half, take into account that the airline only has half a dozen active pilots. “I think this is actually a pretty important event” John later stated in an email to the airlines CEO, “I’m happy the first milestone has my name on it”. Later that evening John returned to Honolulu and logged his 10th flight with the airline, fulfilling another milestone.

Over the last month The Hawaii Express has been shifting some of it’s service focus away from the sightseeing service with the Douglas DC-3 and more towards the shorter DC-9 flights around the islands. The bread-and-butter for the airline remains the service from the mainland with a small fleet of DC-10-10′s, and more flights from mainland destinations are being developed. 

Recruiting efforts for the airline have been slow and for the most part unfulfilled, mainly because the focus has been on developing attractive routes and fleet. However the airline is putting together a recruitment package that will be released sometime in November.