January 2025 VA Update

Happy New Year and we wish you all the best for 2025!

This month's news update will highlight some of our updates, as well as future plans.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 support

VAS ACARS fully supports Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 if you are using the SimConnect connector, which is our recommended way of connecting to your simulator. You can find more information about configuring SimConnect on this page.

Airline updates

Hawaiian Airlines has been added to the VA following its acquisition by the Alaskan Airlines group. Hawaiian Airlines adds significantly more connections to, from, and between the Hawaiian islands.

It is expected that aircraft deliveries will speed up in the new year, further advancing many airlines' fleet renewal programs. The accompanying schedule changes will be reflected on the VA.

Schedule updates

We have moved all schedules to the Northern Winter/Southern Summer flying season. If you notice any irregular flight times and/or missing routes after this time please let us know in the Discord server or in a support ticket.

Tour updates

We continue to work on updating our existing tours, and if you have tours that you would like to see do not hesitate to let us know!

The monthly tour takes you across Southern Africa. If you have any suggestions on tours you would like to see please let us know on Discord.

Closed airspaces

Current scheduled flight time durations may need to be amended due to longer flying times on account of closed airspace. We would recommend checking your route prior to departure especially if it crosses and known airspaces with known security warnings. A complete overview can be found here. If the great circle route of your flight crosses any airspace with known safety NOTAMs a notice is placed on your flight briefing page.

Please adhere to these closures when performing flights on the VA.

Event Updates

We are working on adding more events to our event calender. Please let us know via Discord what kind of events you would like to see! If you have other events on online platforms that you feel are a good match to include on the VA please let us know. To receive more frequent updates please subscribe to the Event Announcements notifications on our Discord server. Please check the Events page for more details, we hope to see you there!

Closing words

As always if you have any suggestions or questions do not hesitate to let us know.

We would also like to remind you we have a Discord server. To join it, use discord.gg/5wMqZnpS2w.