hyenafur Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 So I've always wanted to start my own Virtual Airline (I actually have a Bacherlors in Aviation Management). I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me with this. I've had three ideas under consideration; 1. A 14CFR Part 135 style Virtual Airline flying the C206, C207, C208, and C402. Most of the operations would be out of Billings, Montana, with the focus on inner-state flights. Other possible locations would be out of Seattle KBFI. 2. I really missed working for Pacific West Airways. I've considered resurrecting that Virtual Airline, which would be a 14CFR Part 121 Domestic/International Carrier. Would be a San Francisco or San Jose based carrier operating either an all Boeing or all Airbus fleet going to Seattle, Portland, Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake, Vancouver, Spokane, and Boise. Eventual expansion would be to the Hawaiian Islands as well as inland. 3. A 14CFR Part 121 International Carrier flying an all Airbus or all Boeing fleet from Miami to the Caribbean, Mexico, Latin America, and South America with eventual expansion north to New York, and west to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Would love to hear some feed back on these ideas. I'd also be looking for anyone that would be interested in getting an operation up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvieno Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Why not a hybrid of all three, maybe based out of the Seattle area? This way it caters to all types of flyers. http://my.flightmemory.com/pic/tvieno.gifhttp://www.vatsimsigs.co.uk/Status/1136602.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 The problem with that is too big too fast with too many options. It would be easier to build up from a 135 to a major airline, or a major that adds in services. A combo of all three would just be too much to start out with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansommers Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'm very much interested in this! Especially #1 I would hope that you would have lots of flights going west into KBZN, KWYS, KJAC, etc Great scenery oportunities with ORBX. I run an old i7-930 so.. I have to stay out of Seattle downtown area. I think it would be fun though to maybe be based out of KBLI and you could service the San Juan Islands and KBVS, etc again awesome ORBX Scenery area. Also California area is another nice ORBX scenery area.. great addon airports, KPSP, KMRY, KRDD, KTVL all prime destinations for charter work. I can't help but mentioning adding the PC-12 and/or B200 it would be nice for those higher elevation airports. Another thing I've thought would be fun and it would allow your pilots to fly just about any aircraft and that is to offer ferry flights. You could use defualt paint schemes and it would allow aircraft like C172/182, SR22, Cherokees, Tomahawks, warbirds.. taking them from anywhere to anywhere. please keep me informed, I like where this is going. brian.sommers777@gmail.com https://brisomaviationservices.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarter Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'd be in favor of option 3. There's ultimate terrain x for the caribbean, and some good payware and shareware scenery for the tropics. Summer all year around. If you wanted to expand over time and use the heavies you can go south to Brazil, west to Mexico, east to Africa, north to Canada, and northeast to Europe. Centrally located for all of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 I'm leaning more and more towards option 3. Trying to decide right now whether to go with the Airbus or the 737 family. Initial route structure would be: Bahamas MIA - NAS Cuba MIA - HAV MIA - SCU Jamaica MIA - KIN Dominican Republic MIA - PUJ MIA - SDQ Puerto Rico MIA - SJU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 I've got a route structure in mind for the 135 idea, but I'd probably stay away from the King Air 200 and the PC-12 or doing ferry flights. Routes would be: BIL - GTF (C402) BIL - MSO (C402) BIL - BTM (C402) BIL - HLN (C402) BIL - FCA (C402) BIL - BZN (C207) GTF - BZN (C207) GTF - MSO (C207) GTF - BTM (C206) GTF - FCA (C207) GTF - HLN (C206) MSO - FCA (C206) MSO - BTM (C206) MSO - BZN (C207) FCA - BTM (C207) FCA - HLN (C207) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Finally got it mostly figured out. Basically looking at a reboot of sorts of the old PAA. Not a "let's fly the old PAA 727" airline, I mean a full up 100% reboot from the ground up as if they were starting up tomorrow. Pan American Airways started out in Key West, but the Main Hub will be Miami International. Initial Service Airbus A320 Miami to Havanna Miami to San Juan Miami to Punta Cana Miami to Montego Bay Miami to Nassau Eventually add in service to other islands as well as the A319, A321, and regional service in the E-Series, the ERJ-145, and the EMB-120. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvieno Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hmmm, no Boeings. Well, that eliminated the "if it ain't Boeing, I ain't going" crowd. This is not a critique but merely an observation. I do wish you the best with your venture. http://my.flightmemory.com/pic/tvieno.gifhttp://www.vatsimsigs.co.uk/Status/1136602.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 It's cheaper for someone to snag Airbus add-ons than it is Boeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSkorna Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 It's cheaper for someone to snag Airbus add-ons than it is Boeing. There are plenty of freeware models of both. http://www.air-source.us/images/sigs/000219_195_jimskorna.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Good point. I know there is a 717 PAA in the freeware list and it comes with an installer. May just start off using those before adding in the Airbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 After thinking about it, it might just be easier to start out with Turboprops and add aircraft and routes on one by one rather than trying to come up with a massive schedule. So going to start the whole thing with the EMB-120 and the ERJ-145. Here are the finalized routes; Miami to The Bahamas Bimini (E120) Freeport (E120) Treasure Cay (E120) Marsh Harbour (E120) North Eleuthera (E120) Governor's Harbour (E120) Great Exuma Island (E120) Nassau (E145) Cuba Havanna (E145) Cienfuegos (E145) Camaguey (E145) Holguin (E145) Santiago de Cuba (E145) EMB-120 Map ERJ-145 Map Full Route Map EMB-120 Paint Scheme ERJ-145 Paint Scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Did some repaints of the aircraft. EMB-120 Original Model by Erick Cantu ERJ-145XR Original Model by Project Open Sky They'll be up in the downloads section shortly. Now to just find some pilots, a website, and a few other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 The ERJ and EMB are available in the downloads section. paaemb120.zip and paaposkyerj145.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 PAA E-175 PAA E-190 Uploading these a bit later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyenafur Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Pan Am E-Jets are up in the files section: e175paa.zip and e190paa.zip Airbus A319NEO CFM Airbus A320NEO CFM Airbus A321NEO CFM Files will be upladed later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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