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MetroAir Virtual is pleased to announce that we are now an official VATSIM Authorized Training Organization. What this means for you the pilot is that we can now offer official training on behalf of VATSIM and issue VATSIM approved pilot ratings. MetroAir’s Chief Technology Officer, Matt Dissinger, was quoted saying “We’re very pleased to be able to offer our pilots…
KANSAS CITY – MetroAir Virtual Airlines announced the addition of 70 new scheduled routes to the airline’s daily operations starting Oct. 15. The new schedules are a part of ongoing efforts by the airline’s operations department to offer expanded service to destinations across the country. The new schedule includes expanded operations in several cities, including Seattle, Denver, Sacramento, Calif., Reno,…
While there are many resources (charts, information, scenery, etc.) available for many of our major destinations, some smaller and less well-known airports can be just as fun and challenging as some of the larger ones. Toronto City airport is a relatively small airport with a brand new (March 2011) terminal featuring 10 gates. Originally refurbished and designed for Porter Airlines,…
One of the great features about MetroAir Virtual Airlines is the realism. In fact, the word realistic is the first part of our slogan. There are a great deal of things happening behind the scenes every day here at MetroAir, and one of those is the maintenance program. In any airline, maintaining aircraft is absolutely essential to getting passengers and…
Kansas City,MO – Executives in charge of Daily Operations at MetroAir Virtual announced today that they have reached an agreement with the Kansas City Aviation Department for additional gate space at Kansas City International. The move returns MetroAir operations to B Concourse where the airline began operations over 3 years ago when it purchased the B Terminal space from now…
Kansas City,MO – MetroAir Virtual Airlines inaugurated new service to South America today. The airline quietly started selling tickets last month for the new service which the airlines report sold out quickly as MetroAir undercut prices in an effort to promote the service. The two flights, both departing from MetroAir’s Fort Lauderdale focus city, will be conducted using state of…
This month MetroAir would like to present the Pilot of the Month award to Baltimores own, Khris Roussin. Khris joined MetroAir in May 2012 and has already racked up 286 hours and 200 pireps in just four and a half months! You can always find Khris in the air, flying to support his hub, KBWI, in hub competitions! Please take…
Last time I wrote about what makes a good IFR route. Now let’s look at the individual segments of the flight you are planning by beginning with the proper Standard Instrument Departure or “SID” As I mentioned in my last post, The SID is a procedure used by ATC and Pilots to get your flight transitioned out of TERMINAL airspace…
As many of you may know, I am currently the only active female on the roster here at MetroAir. I wanted to take this time to officially introduce myself and tell you a little about myself and what I do here at MetroAir. I decided to join MetroAir back in March of 2011 after watching my husband take part in…
The new month is starting, and we are kicking off the fall season with an exciting new challenge! Starting today, and for each Saturday in September, we will be launching a group of flights on the Legacy 600 that will take the jet and the execs on a whirlwind trip around the globe! They will be touring various cities across…