Major schedule update for Ghana’s first virtual airline

Today, Accra based Golden Ghana VA (ICAO: GOG) has announced a major schedule update. These are the changes:

1. More flights from/to Europe Additionally to the existing destinations London (Heathrow and Gatwick) and Frankfurt, Golden Ghana VA now also serves Amsterdam, Istanbul and Vienna. This decision is based on the excellent VATSIM traffic numbers for these airports.

2. Dubai replaces Riad
Golden Ghana VA is now daily flying from/to Dubai. The hitherto existing Airbus A330 route to Riad has been removed.

3. More Boeing 777 flights
The new destinations Amsterdam, Vienna and Dubai are all served by newly acquired Boeing 777. Main reason is that both for Microsoft Flight Simulator as for X-Plane, there are excellent addons available for this aircraft type which currently seem to be most popular for long range flights. Also the destination Nairobi is now served by a Boeing 777 and not anymore by a Boeing 787.

4. Major schedule clean-up
Routes and aircraft with only little demand by the pilots have been removed, keeping the schedule clean and clear.

About Golden Ghana VA:
Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines is Ghana’s first virtual airline. It was founded Christmas 2011 and currently has 46 pilots. The VA operates scheduled passenger flights as well as cargo 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

London/Gatwick Hub Announced
Last year, freshJet asked the public to decide where their new UK base should be located, to which the majority responded London/Gatwick. It has since been decided that freshJet will establish a new base there in May 2014. Initially, 2 Airbus A320s will be based at Gatwick, and will operate to Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester, Amsterdam, Alicante, Palma, Malaga and Tenerife South. Long-haul operations are expected to begin in July, using Airbus A330-300 aircraft to Orlando.

Belfast International Hub to Close
Despite its initial success, our Belfast base has declined rapidly in recent years and has since become our smallest hub, with only one aircraft based there. freshJet management have concluded that the Belfast hub will be officially closed in May 2014. Belfast will however continue to be served from other UK bases on domestic services, which remain popular at Belfast.

Additional Airbus A320 Order
Last month we placed an order for an additional 3 Airbus A320 aircraft, bringing the total A320 family fleet size to 11. The aircraft will be deployed alongside the existing fleet on routes from the UK to a variety of destinations.

In addition, we expect to take delivery of our second A330 prior to the S14 season.

www.freshjetvirtual.com | @freshJetvirtual

- Abuja (DNAA)
- Benin City (DNBE)
- Calabar (DNCA)
- Jos (DNJO)
- Port Harcourt (DNPO)
- Kano (DNKN)

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).

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

The current fleet with destinations:

Scheduled passenger flights

2 Boeing 787-800
Destinations: Nairobi Johannesburg

2 Boeing 767-300
Destinations: Tripolis Kairo

2 Boeing 757-200
Destinations: Algiers Casablanca

2 Airbus A330-200
Destinations: Riad Cape Town

1 Airbus A320-200
Destinations: Dakar Kinshasa

2 Boeing 737-800
Destinations: Accra Bamako Lagos Douala Libreville Kinshasa Luanda Abidjan Monrovia Dakar Casablanca Naimey
Sao Tome

1 Canadair CRJ-200
Destinations: Accra Tamale Lagos Abidjan Niamtougou

1 Dash 8 Q400
Destinations: Accra Takoradi Kumasi Sunyani Lomé
Lagos

1 Beechcraft Baron 55
Destinations: Tamale Navrongo Yendi
Wa

Charter Cargo Flights

1 Boeing 747-400F
1 Boeing 777-200F
1 Boeing 767-300F
1 Boeing 757-200M
1 Cessna C208

Charter Vintage Flights
1 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
1 Douglas DC-3
1 Boeing 727-200

Ohio Express has also announced that their Charter operations will begin at the beginning of April. Ohio express will lease an additional 2 planes, but they won’t be Embraer’s, instead they are rolling out their “Signature Series” the Boeing 737-800WL. The Charter Operations will be ran by John Farrington who is also the Director of training “Our new Signature Series 737′s will be Ohio Express’s flagship aircraft in our new charter operation. We will be branching across the United States and neighboring countries flying our elite clients to new exciting destinations. Trips can vary from a simple short hop, to a long haul with multiple destinations. Our pilots will get so see new exotic places soaring high in our new Signature Series 737-800s.”

We are Hiring
Great News we are looking for those pilots who want to get the most from their flight sim experience, and a VA that allows opportunities for advancement to management and a staff for aspiring pilots. If you’re looking for the challenge of flying for a devoted airline, to destinations in the Midwest and select markets, and camaraderie of a group of pilots, visit us at www.ohioexpresva.com

Why should you join? Here is an excellent reason: We are well aware that there is a large range of VA’s on the web for you to choose from, and this number is growing every day. Most of the airlines out there mimic true airlines that you would find in the real world, but then you have a few like us which are ideas that our founders have thought of to become the best and reign over the popular and major airlines, but we are confident that we are operating as close to real-world operations as possible, our fleet is painted in both freeware and payware repaints. We have a decent amount of flights to choose from, and updated seasonally and all this backed by a friendly loyal team of staff all passionate about the airline and our valued pilots. We want every pilot to feel like they are part of the Ohio Express family and not just become another statistic and name on a roster The following is a very simple principle that we management hold very close to our hearts: Fun Realism Integrity Professionalism, so why not come and join our family oriented airline

What We Offer
At Ohio Express we offer, awards, and commendations as you progress through your airline career. We offer assistance in training with online flying with real world Certified flight instructors, Ohio Express offers a program that is in place to make sure pilots are going to be active within the airline called the “Buckeye Program” this program consist of 10 flight hrs.  in the probationary period while flying the Beechcraft 1900D. Once a pilot successfully completes the program they will receive the following

·         $12,000 sign on bonus
·         Bump in hrs. Up to 15hrs (if you’re not transferring any hrs.)
·         Award displayed in your Pilot center

In addition we offer VAFS5 for our airline management system, this allows pilots to have their very own pilot center, where they can check their stats, update their profile, and buys homes, furniture for their homes, cars and other miscellaneous items. VAFS offers a stock market option where pilots can buy shares into the airlines, however they like.

About Ohio Express
Ohio Express Airlines launched their operations March 7, 2011. Ohio Express Airlines was founded by Chief Executive officer and President Justin Caughenbaugh in Early July of 2010. Ohio express was developed to connect Ohio to major parts of the eastern part of the country and a few International destinations.  Ohio Express is designed to emulate a real airline from the bottom up. Like the real business world, money matters! We’ll grow like an airline grows, composed and calculated. You can count on it. We begin our operations with a fleet consisting of an Beechcraft B1900-D for our short local routes, We will have an Embraer 145 to take our passengers to all of our domestic destinations and the last aircraft the Ohio express offers is the Boeing 757-200 with state of the art technologies like, direct TV on board at every seat, satellite radio provided by sky blue Radio, and in flight internet.

Our Fleet & Destinations
We offer a great aircraft selection, with a choice of several repaints, created by some expert aircraft painters.
·         6 Embraer 145LR
·         1 Embraer 145XR
·         2 Embraer 190
·         1Boeing 757-200
·         4 Beechcraft 1900D
·         2 Boeing 737-800WL

With this fleet we are going to utilize every plane on every minute of the day, ranging from the northeast, Midwest, southeast, and few international destinations. .

See you in the Skies
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Faro – Portugal
Alatalya – Turkey
Kos – Greece
Monastir – Tunisia
Madeira – Portugal
Ibiza -  Spain
Athens – Greece
Madrid – Spain
Lissabon – Portugal
Venice – Italy
Menorca – Spain
Mallorca  – Spain
Barcelona – Spain
Djebra – Tunisia
Malta  – Malta

We are also Celebrating  our 1 year anniversary in February this year, and will be having a fly in event middle February in celebration of our Birthday!

From WSSS we now fly to Cairns with a route via Daru, Papua New Guinea that takes you directly over the Great Barrier Reef. The existing route to Darwin has been extended to take you through the Red Centre of Oz to the legendary outback town of Alice Springs and then on to the bustling metropolis of Sydney.  The third Antipodean route takes you to Shark Bay World Heritage Site, home to a huge variety of marine life, then on to Perth, the capital of Western Australia.  The route continues via Adelaide, the artistic and cosmopolitan capital of South Australia to Hobart in the wilderness island of Tasmania.

So, to quote the locals, get yourself over to Ozzie mate, crack open a tinnie and chuck a prawn on the barbie !

Find out more at www.fly-euroharmony.com.

EuroHarmony VA is the friendly and relaxed European airline with a global reach. Now approaching our 10th Anniversary we offer a huge choice of scheduled, charter and bush flights across the globe backed up with a welcoming Forum, our top quality Flight Logger and the unique ProPilot system.

Together with COO, Kim Gesch the newly appointed East Coast Operations Director is pleased to announce that, after extensive evaluation of the potential markets to be served from Kansas City, service flights to Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, Oklahoma City and New Orleans are available as of today.

Both regional and mainline services have been analyzed to provide optimum benefit to the entire MetroAir network. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, MSY served 9.7 million passengers per year, nearly all of them non-connecting. In 2009, it served 7,781,678 passengers, representing a decrease of 2.3% over the previous year.  CEO Matt Calsada believes MetroAir will also benefit greatly from the addition to the network and hopes the addition will also benefit New Orleans in increasing it’s businesses.

Visit MetroAir Virtual at: www.metroairvirtual.com

The following weekly trips:
Freq                 A/C Type
3 – Dublin        Airbus 330
7 -  Brussels     Airbus 330
3 – Warsaw      Airbus 330
3– Helsinki      Airbus 340
3-Milan            Airbus 330
2-Milan            MD-11F Air Cargo
7-Istanbul      Airbus 330
4-United Arab Emirates Airbus 340
4-Cape Town  Airbus 340
3-Seoul             B777-300 ER
7-Mumbai       B777-300 ER
7-Tokyo           B747-400 or B777-300 ER
7-Hong Kong  B747-400 or B777-300 ER

The above mentioned flights have started in the Dec-Jan schedule for Celestial Air and Celestial Air Virtual.com