May 2025 VA Update
Hello pilots,
In this month's news update we will share some VA and airline updates.
Airline updates
Virgin Australia will be added to the VA since this airline is further integrated with oneworld alliance members. New tours will be introduced once the airline has been added.
We have updated most of our airline schedules to the Northern Summer / Southern Winter flying season. If you find any more missing routes do not hesitate to let us know.
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 original long haul tour will be retired in the middle of June, which gives you approximately 45 days to still complete the tour. This is due to the introduction of the Long Haul Tour 2025, which can already be completed.
The monthly tour takes you across the central United States. 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.