December 2025 VA Update
Hello pilots,
In this month's news update we will provide some development and VA updates.
Tour updates
We are working on updating our existing tours and creating new tours for 2026, and are curious what you would like to see in our new tours. We have opened a survey to gather your input: this survey is your chance to share the types of tours, destinations, and themes you’d like to see in the new year. We have opened a survey to gather your input. Whether you’re passionate about certain regions, aircraft, or special events, your feedback helps shape the experiences we create for the community.
Please take a few minutes to fill this out — your ideas will directly influence which tours we explore and publish in 2026.
The monthly tour takes you across Western Europe. If you have any suggestions on tours you would like to see, please let us know on Discord.
New booking experience
The new booking experience that we announced in July's news post is now the default booking experience. If the new experience prevents you from booking a flight, you can switch back to the classic booking page through the Switch back to the classic booking experience link. If you do so, have any other feedback, or have found a bug, please let us know via a support ticket or in Discord. We plan to remove the opt-out in a few months and fully discontinue the legacy booking experience.
Historical routes
Thanks to the efforts of pilots Nicolas and Matheus we have added a curated selection of historical routes for Cathay Pacific and China Southern. These may now be booked from the new booking experience.
Airline updates
We are in the process of migrating to the Northern Winter/Southern Summer flying season. We expect to finish this process in the second week of December. If you find any missing routes please let us know by submitting a support ticket.
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.
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.