Virtual airline
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A Virtual Airline is an Internet organization dedicated to the hobby of flight simulating.
Virtual airlines are non-profit organizations, although they are mostly organized like real life airlines. Virtual airlines' organized structures often include presidents, vice-presidents, "customer relationship" directors, pilots and other features that real airlines also have. Some virtual airlines even have postmail contact addresses.
Some virtual airlines take the name of a real world airline; this has to be checked out with the real world counterpart first however. Some airlines have been known to discourage those using their name (or other copyright material) and have even threatened legal action. Others (such as United Airlines) have encouraged them - in fact, United has a virtual division - complete with real world airmiles and a United.com subdomain.
"Pilots" who "work" for these "companies" must have a flight simulator and other computer equipment in order to perform. Usually, the airline's website keeps a record of the hours "flown" by each "pilot".
Many Virtual Airlines allow you to fly online on organizations such as VATSIM or IVAO . Online flying increases dramatically the realism of flight simulator. Regularly you can participate in online events where you can fly together with hundreds of other virtual airline pilots.
List of virtual airlines not related to real airlines
- American Flight Airways, AFA (http://www.flyafa.com/)
- AeroTexas Aviation International (http://aerotexas.com/)
- Altair (http://www.altairva.com/)
- Austrian Airlines, AUA (http://www.aua.com/virtual/)
- Cascade Virtual Airlines (http://www.flycascadeair.com/)
- Dolphin Air (http://www.dolphinair.com/)
- Livewire Airlines (http://www.flightbase2000.com/)
- Mango Air Cargo (http://aerotexas.giwiganz.com/macindex.html/)
- Pacific Airways (http://pacific.flyafa.com/)
- Pierglass Aviation (http://www.pierglass.com/)
- Virtual Pilots Association, VPA (http://www.virtualpilots.org/)
Some real airlines with virtual airlines named after them
- Aerolíneas Argentinas
- Aeroflot
- Aeroméxico
- Air Canada
- Air Florida
- Air France
- Air Jamaica
- Air Wisconsin
- American Airlines
- American Trans Air Virtual (ATAv) (http://www.atavirtual.com/)
- America West Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- Avianca
- Braniff
- British Airways (BA virtual)
- Canadian Airlines
- Continental Airlines
- Cubana de Aviacion
- Delta Airlines
- Dominicana de Aviacion
- Eastern Airlines
- EastWest Australia (http://www.eastwestva.org/)
- El Al
- FedEx
- Frontier Airlines (Virtual Frontier Airlines) (http://www.virtualfrontier.org/)
- Iberia Airlines
- Japan Airlines
- KLM
- Lan Chile
- Mexicana de Aviacion
- Northwest Airlines
- Olympic Airlines
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Pan Am
- Qantas
- Sabena
- SN Brussels Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- Thomas Cook
- Tradewinds
- Transavia
- TWA
- United Airlines
- Varig
- Viasa
- Western Airlines
External links
- a list of virtual airlines (http://flyaow.com/virtual.htm/)
- another virtual airline website (http://virtualairlines.com/)