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| REGISTERED NAME OF VA | DATE | NEWS AND UNDERLINED LINKS TO SPECIFIC PAGE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NORDIC AIR GROUP SIX YEARS IN SERVICE! |
05 SEP 03 | In beginning of August, Nordic Air Group became six years old. We have published a web magazine, "Northern Lights" which You are welcome to read, from the main page of our site. Just use the link here to the left. In the magazine You can find several interesting articles, one also about the probelms encountered when running a VA, and what are the challenges in hte years to come for the VA´s. This article is written by NOR´s chairman Hans Peter von Knorring, who had his first "VA" in the early 1990´s. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTA VA and Aéromaritime VA | 27 JUN 03 |
UTA VA and Aéromaritime VA based as an exact replica of these great old arilines of it´s version of 1990 spring, started operations today as the 62nd and 63rd VA´s from Paris CDG (CDG/LFPG).
under the NOR -group. The inclusion of UTA VA gives the NOR -group an even better network, especially in Africa, the Paicifc and around-the-world.
The charter flights are handled by Aéromairitime. As a special issue can be noted the longest total travel time flight, a cargo one of UTA of 46 hours 10 minutes, from Paris via LAX SFO, to Pappete,and en-rute to Nouméa, New Caldeonia ending at Tokyo-Narita with a747-200F. Most of the 12 downlaodbel aircrafts are for FS2002, and as COO is appointed Jean Luc Boinet of France. Both VA´s are biligual, french being the first language and also englsiih service is given. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AGA CARGO | 11 JUN 03 | On a news conference, held in Guayaquil on June 10th, L. Holmquist, Managing-Director of The Air Group Alliance, announced that AGA CARGO and SKY TRUCK CARGO, reached an agreement to carry out Connecting Flights between the two companies. This agreement implements the allready agreement made between AGA and JETSTAR INTERNATIONAL CARGO, allowing AGA cargo from South America - Europe and Far East to reach nearly all North American cities, through the respective Cargo Hubs in Memphis and Albuquerque and of course cargo from these Hubs to connect to AGA's routenet. Also to mention he said, is that the AGA Cargo fleet in Europe will soon be increased due to strong cargo demand, specially from the Southern part of Europe and Scandinavia to Luxembourg and from there worldwide through our Cargo routenet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AGA LATIN GROUP | 11 JUN 03 | On June 11th, The Air Group Alliance - AGA - released the following announcement : The AGA LATIN GROUP, which today includes LATIN AIR ( Ecuador ) LATIN AIR BRAZIL ( Brasil ) and LATIN AIR PERU ( Peru ) will end July be expanded to also include LATIN AIR ARGENTINA ( Argentina ). This expansion will give the LATIN GROUP a very strong position in South America and its presence in Argentina will be very important as to domestic flights, allowing passengers from many Argentinian cities to connect to AGAs worldwide routenet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MARTINAIR VA | 11 JUN 03 | On June 11th, The Air Group Alliance - AGA - released the following announcement: Beginning June, MARTINAIR will become a new member of AGAs EUROPEAN GROUP. It will start to operate with a fleet of 5 aircrafts, which shortly will be increased with 3 more aircrafts. This VA will mainly focus on 2 areas flying from Amsterdam. The Caribbean and Vacation locations in South Europe and North Africa. MARTINAIR will be an important support for AGAs Caribbean and Central American Flights. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TRANSAFRICAN VA | 11 JUN 03 | On June 11th. The Air group Alliance - AGA - released the following announcement: End July, AGAs - TRANSAFRICAN Va -, will be restructured, and will move its main base from Tangier to Casablanca. This restructuring is having as purpose to increase AGAs presence on the African West Coast, connecting Casablanca with cities like Dakar, Bissau, Abidjan, Accra and Lagos. The flights from Morocco to Europe will be discontinued and will then be taken over by the JSI-TRANSAFRICAN service that soon will start operations from Johannesburg to Brussels and from Brussels to Casablanca. The city of Lagos will also become a connecting point between AGA-TA and JSI-TA. Once all the routes/flights have been implemented and operating, the African AGA-JSI agreement will be an important support for their respective worldwide routenets. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AGA RTW FLIGHTS | 11 JUN 03 |
On a news conference, held in Guayaquil June 11th, The Managing-Director of The Air
Group Alliance - AGA -, and in connection with the various released announcemnets made
this day, explained the development that lately has taken place between AGA and JETSTAR
INTERNATIONAL. It started 6 months ago, and today it allows Pilots to make many
interesting connecting flights around the world, flying both for AGA and JSI.
The latest implementation of these C/F Flights is through JSI's Singapore center and from
there with AGA to Australia/Oceania, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
Further information as to all these C/F Flights can be found at both AGAs and JSIs web
sites, and makes that an around the world flight becomes interesting. With AGAs new
flights Guayaquil-Tahiti-Sydney one can today fly around the world both via the South
Pacific ( AGA ) as via the North Pacific ( JSI ) or Central Pacific ( AGA - JSI ).
| CP AIR VA |
01 MAY 03 |
CP AIR VA based as an exact replica of the great old ariline of it´s version of 1984 spring, started operations today as the 61st VA
under the NOR -group. The inclusion of CP AIR VA gives the NOR -group an even better network, especially in Canada and to from Far-East and Europe to North America.
| TransLink Virtual Enterprises |
09 FEB 03 |
Just days after announcing the creation of TransLink Air Cargo, a seperately run division
of TransLink Virtual Airlines, CEO Stuart Blackbourn has announced Howard Thate as Vice-President of TransLink Air Cargo. "Howard has been with us for almost two years and is our most reliable pilot. This is giant step for him,
but I know that he will excel at this position just has he has done as a pilot." | In other TransLink news, there is a quite rumor running around the airline that the CEO is planning on hosting a virtual airshow sometime in the summer. Although Mr. Blackbourn has refused to comment at this time, sources say he has been in conference with the senior controller in the Vancouver FIR. Evergreen Intl VAC |
30 JAN 03 |
Evergreen Intl VAC opens 4 new divisions! | On February 1st, four new divisions will open for business at Evergreen International. Our Cargo and Feeder divisions will be joined by the following sections: Special Operations/Heavy Lift flights assigned by senior staff for maintenance, parts runs, relief operations and oversize loads. Corporate executive transport operation using aircraft such as BBJ and smaller corporate piston aircraft. Charter flights coordinated for various charter needs using jet and turboprop aircraft. Helicopter - Expedited intra-city package delivery, executive intra-city transport, some inter-city transport, transport to off shore oil platforms. Hubs in New York City, Dallas and Los Angeles. We are accepting applications now, so go to www.eivac.org and click on the Pilot Forms | Applications link to sign up. Evergreen International VAC is an air cargo and charter airline which provides services on scheduled routes for UPS, Fedex and the US Postal Service, as well as feeder service to the smaller regional airports. Evergreen is a truly international airline with hubs in the United States, Canada and China with future expansion set for South America, Europe and Africa. Our fleet includes cargo and passenger aircraft all the way from the old diehard Douglas DC-8’s to the thoroughly modern Boeing 777. NORDIC AIR GROUP |
Pakistan International Virtual Airways 18 JAN 03 |
Nordic Air Group has opened it´s 60th VA!
NOR-group, Scandinavias oldest and worlds largest VA opened it´s 59th and 60 th VA´s on 14th and 15th JAN 03. The 59th is Brussels Virtual Airlines
- Lignes Aériennes Virtuelles de Bruxelles, and the 60th is a "jubilee" VA, Pakistan International Virtual Airways, with over 700 flight-legs almost daily! The site is specially designed with
several timetable sections, fleet use sections and lot of photos from different parts of Pakistan and other areas.
Paksitan VA is the first VA to fly to Kabul, Afghanistan, as is PIA in real life.
The new VA had immediately succes, just few hours after it was opened PIVA got a pilot from Karachi, Pakistan, and the success seems to continue. | AIR GROUP ALLIANCE |
20 NOV 02 |
On a press conference held in Guayaquil, Nov. 18, the Managing-Director of AGA,
Mr. L. Holmquist, announced that beginning December 2 new VA's will be incorporated
into the AGA Group. These are : AEROPOSTAL VIRTUAL and ICARO VIRTUAL.
With these incorporations, AGA's position on the Venezuelan market, together with
AVENSA VIRTUAL and VIASA VIRTUAL, is extremely strong and of course our position
on the Ecuadorian market is unique. | In January, AGA will incorporate SCANDINAVIAN VIRTUAL, which will be part of our new AGA Scandinavian Group, together with BALTIC AIR and CIMBER AIR VIRTUAL. This also puts the AGA group in a very good position as to Scandinavian flights starting 2003. Mr. Holmquist also expressed that the AGA Group is actually studying the possibility to start up, in 2003, an Australian Virtual Airline, in order to improve the Groups worldwide route net. Finally it was mentioned that AGA continues to incorporate new aircrafts to the different fleets, making the Group one of the biggest in todays Virtual Airline world. VirtuAlitalia |
19 NOV 02 |
In a press relaese yesterday PR Director Giuilo Manuta of VIRTUALITALIA announces that they became last week the biggest virtual airline in the world,
with its 1006 pilots! | Mr. Manuta points out that VirtuAlitalia is a departement of IASO (Internet Aeronautical Services Oranization) and has a strong alliance with Alitalia S.p.A. Aero Texas Aviation |
18 NOV 02 |
AeroTexas Aviation International, Houston, TX | Since its decision in the late summer of 2002 to focus exclusively on FS2002, AeroTexas has completely revamped its livery to support airlines operations. The Lone Star Service, which comprises short-haul flights within the State of Texas, is handled by three superb aircraft: The Embraer Brasilia 120, the Pilatus PC-12 and the Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72. The Suprema Passenger Service, which serves more that 100 destinations in the continental United States, uses four equally formidable aircraft: The Embraer ERJ-135, the Boeing 737-200, the McDonnell-Douglas MD90-30 and the Boeing 757-20. The International Service is currently being reorganized. Stay tuned for some great flight schedules and fantastic aircraft! The newly formed Mango Air Cargo Service employs four excellent aircraft configured to carry cargo in any weather across the continental United States: The DeHavilland DASH-7 (DHC7), the Boeing DC-10-30F, the Boeing 727-200 and the Falcon FA-50. You are cordially invited to visit http://aerotexas.com and learn how you can join the #1 virtual airline based in Texas. Aero Texas Aviation |
18 NOV 02 |
AeroTexas Aviation International, Houston, TX | Mango Air Cargo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AeroTexas Aviation International, Houston, TX, was officially open for business and made its inaugural flight on October 16, 2002. The Mango Air Cargo motto is "MANGO AIR CARGO - ALL WEATHER - ANYTIME - ANYWHERE - JUST ASK MAC". Mango Air Cargo is the first virtual airline to offer flight assignments based on real time weather data from live weather feeds. New flight assignments are based on the current weather and issued hourly. MAC flights are almost always to airfields where low visibility approaches are required. Every flight is IFR, and requires special aircrew certification: CAT II or CAT III. Since MAC has become operational, there have been in excess of 740 cargo assignments. Mango Air Cargo flies only the best aircraft to deliver its payload to any destination and in any weather. It features the DeHavilland DASH-7 (DHC7), the Boeing DC-10-30F, the Boeing 727-200 and the Falcon FA-50. Each aircraft has been specially converted for cargo use and painted in distinctive MAC colors. You are cordially invited to visit http://aerotexas.com/macindex.htm and learn more about this exciting service. AIR ANSETT AUSTRALIA VA |
15 NOV 02 |
Its Time Again Air Ansett Australia Has Re launched For The 3rd Time Ready For 2003 Operating Since 1995 Air Ansett Australia VA is leading the way in providing the best possible virtual experience. We are now looking for all our old Pilots and Management And Of Course NEW PILOTS. If you are a previous pilot or want to become one please email us ansettaustralia@mbox.com.au or Visit HR at www.ansettaustralia.cjb.net | AIR GROUP ALLIANCE |
24 SEP 02 |
On a press conference, held in Guayaquil on September 23rd, the Managing-Director of
AGA, Mr. Lars Holmquist announced the following:
Quite many improvements and new aircraft purchases are actually taking place at AGA,
and will continue during the last 3 months of this year.
Cimber Air Virtual has now started operations in Denmark and Northern Europe and 2 new
aircrafts will increase the fleet before end of the year. Surinam Airways Va. and Guyana Air
Virtual will start operations mid October, and will together with Air Aruba Va. and Carribian
Air, be members of the new AGA Caribbean Group. With these new operations AGA's
network in South America, will be one of the strongest in the Virtual Airline World.
The following Virtual Airlines will before end year also take delivery of new aircrafts:
TAME - MONARCH - IBERIA - PAN AM - BRANIFF - BALTIC AIR - MALEV.
Also in November a new small Ecuadorian Va, will start operations.
End year 2002, AGA will have 420 aircrafts flying on daily routes/Itinaries, making it one
of the biggest Virtual Airline Group Alliances actually on the Internet.
| AIR GROUP ALLIANCE |
27 AUG 02 |
Returning to Guayaquil, after attending the WVAR board meeting in Billund/Denmark,
the Managing-Director of AGA, Mr. L. Holmquist announced that AGA has obtained
the authorization from CIMBER AIR - Denmark to also make this Airline an AIR member
of the Air Group Alliance. - This new AIR member is expected to be ready for operations
end September, and will mean increased domestic flights in Denmark as well as new
routes in Northern Europe.
| BRITISH VIRTUAL AIRWAYS |
05 JUL 02 |
Newly registered British Virtual Airways is the reference in virtual air traffic. We have over 1,000 flights every week and a fleet of 12 NextGen aircraft. BVAir is offering free registration to anyone with a VATSIM ID until August 1st. VATSIM will be fully implemented from 15th July. Visit our site by clicking on the name here at left! | AIR GROUP ALLIANCE |
03 JUL 02 |
On a press conference held in Guayaquil on July 1st, the Managing-Director of AGA
announced that BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL Va will start to operate from Dallas and
Miami-Lima, as from July 15th. There is great expectation as to this new Va and many
will surely recall the famous "Braniff orange" , which again will be flying.
It was also announced that 2 new Virtual Airlines will be incorporated in AGA end of July.
They are VIASA INTERNATIONAL Va and NATIONAL Va. - Both will start to operate
end of July, and AGA's South American network continues to grow. | |
DIRECTORS: Hans Peter von Knorring, Espoo, Finland and Lars Holmquist, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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