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KANSAS CITY, MO – MetroAir introduced plans for their fleet-wide maintenance program during a brief press conference outside MetroAir’s headquarters here today.
KANSAS CITY, MO. – MetroAir today announced the launch of its upcoming seasonal summer service focused on the Pacific region. Following the success of least summer’s venture with Island Air of Hawaii, MetroAir announced the return of this partnership for the Summer 2013 season. Two of our Q400 aircraft have been specially outfitted for the trip to the islands of…
KANSAS CITY, MO. – MetroAir Virtual Airlines announced today that from May 1st there will be a full new set of schedules in operation at their FLL focus city. These changes are part of there ongoing efforts to bring pilots the best possible service and realism. For many months it has been common knowledge amongst the ops team that they…
By now most of you know that last weekend MetroAir endured a debilitating attack to the website that lasted a little under 48 hours. Much was learned during the assailment and has helped to reinforce some of our data policies. Join us as we walk through the events of the attack and how the staff mitigated it in part one….
KANSAS CITY – MetroAir Virtual Airlines will offer Airbus A330 service from Ontario, Calif., to Hong Kong beginning Apr. 1. The new Hong Kong flight is the newest in a recent batch of long-haul flights added from MetroAir’s Ontario hub, which were made possible by the addition of new A330 aircraft and the reintroduction of Boeing 757s in recent months….
MetroAir has announced some exciting changes in the past few weeks. Among those were the shift in the Executive offices, the announcement of the return of the Boeing 757 and an exciting new screenshot competition. No need to stop making big announcements now! We recently posted the opening for a new Kansas City Hub Manager. There was a strong field…
It seems like only yesterday that MetroAir was a young startup virtual airline. In November of 2005 it was just an idea. The brainchild of founder Mark McCoy, CEO from November of 2005 until July of 2006. On January 14, 2006, MetroAir officially launches revenue operations as a small regional airline, based out of Detroit-Wayne County (KDTW), utilizing B737-219ADV and…
At MetroAir, we love showing off our birds in action in the Screenshots forum, and now it is time to kick it up a few notches. Starting Feb. 1, we’ll begin the first screenshot competition of 2013 – with a slight twist (tip ‘o the hat to Derrick for the idea). We want to highlight the plethora of places our…
With Derrick’s recent promotion we are officially opening the application process for those interested in applying to be a MetroAir Hub Manager. Kansas City is our flagship hub. It’s Hub Manager is a high visibility position and comes with the prestige of representing our airline’s headquarters. The successful candidate will be responsible for processing pilot PiReps and acting as the…
Due to real world commitments, Matt Dissinger is leaving his position as Chief Technology Officer. He has agreed to stay on at MetroAir through the 757 re-launch to allow his responsibilities to be transitioned to other staff. Since joining MetroAir in 2011, Matt has been a great asset to MetroAir. He has served extremely well in his role as Chief Technology…