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All CEO interviewsDecember 2018
- 04Dec
Canadian Xpress December 2018 Challenge: The Big Move
This month, your mission is to fly from Montréal (CYUL) to Edmonton (CYEG) with any Canadian Xpress® that you have the rank to fly, meaning if you are a Captain you can…
October 2018
- 18Oct
Canada Air - IVAO
On Friday October 12th, 2018, Canada Air reached another milestone. We are now officially a registered IVAO virtual airline! I would personally like to take this…
- 13Oct
Canadian Xpress October Fly-In - FedEx
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, October 20th at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our October…
- 03Oct
Canadian Xpress October 2018 Challenge: Dangerous Airports XVII
This month, your mission is to fly from Barcelona (LEBL) to Gibraltar Airport (LXGB) with either the Canadian Xpress Boeing 737-700/900 or Airbus A318/A319/A320 freeware…
September 2018
- 09Sep
Canadian Xpress September Fly-In - Baltimore
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, September 29th at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our…
- 01Sep
Canadian Xpress September 2018 Challenge: Dangerous Airports XVI
This month's challenge is to fly from Cochin International (VOCI) to Agatti (VOAT) with either the Canadian Xpress® Aerospatiale ATR72-500 or Bombardier Dash 8-Q400…
August 2018
- 04Aug
Canadian Xpress August Fly-In - Salzburg
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, August 25th at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our August…
- 04Aug
SAS Virtual Celebration Tour
We at SAS Virtual Group have arranged a tour which consists of 24 legs which were requested by some of our fellow pilots; this tour has been created to celebrate…
- 01Aug
Canadian Xpress August 2018 Challenge: YouTuber
This month's challenge is to see how well you can fly from New Bight (MYCB) on Cat Island with either the Canadian Xpress® Cirrus SR-20 or Cessna C208B Grand Caravan…
July 2018
- 07Jul
Canadian Xpress July Fly-In - Chicago
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, July 14th at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our July 2018…
- 05Jul
Canadian Xpress July 2018 Challenge: Dangerous Airports XV
This month's challenge is to see how well you can fly from Bandaranaike Int'l Airport (VCBI) in Sri Lanka and cross the Laccadive Sea to Hulhulé (VRMM) with either the…
- 03Jul
Virtual Trans World Airlines.
After the original vTWA was hacked, the owners decided to shut down vTWA. I secured some of the schedules and rebuild the whole database of aircrafts and schedules. So…
June 2018
- 10Jun
Canadian Xpress June Fly-In - San Diego
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, June 16th at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our June 2018…
- 06Jun
Canadian Xpress June 2018 Challenge: The Busiest
This month's challenge is to see how well you can fly from Kuala Lumpur (WMKK) to Singapore (WSSS) with either the Canadian Xpress® Airbus A319-111, Airbus A320-200…
May 2018
- 05May
Canadian Xpress May Fly-In - Kennedy Int'l
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, May 12th at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our May…
April 2018
- 14Apr
Fly on VATSIM using X-SquawkBox?
The Canadian Xpress X-SquawkBox Model Set for Laminar Research X-Plane 10 & 11 is an add-on plug-in for X-SquawkBox which allows all pilots flying on the VATSIM network…
- 08Apr
Canadian Xpress April Fly-In - City of Roses
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, April 21st at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our April…
- 01Apr
Canadian Xpress April 2018 Challenge: The Outback
This month's challenge is to transport a research team and their equipment from Alice Springs to Ayers Rock with the DeHavilland Dash 6, as its equipped to land at any…
March 2018
- 25Mar
Virtual U.S. Coast Guard Now Open!
The Virtual United States Coast Guard has finally opened it's doors for members. The organization is a new Military special operations group. We operate both helicopters…
- 08Mar
Canadian Xpress March Fly-In - Washington DC
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, March 31st at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our March…
- 03Mar
Canadian Xpress March 2018 Challenge: Beat the Eurostar
The Eurostar line is a high-speed train that runs from London City Centre to Paris City Centre in just under 2.5 hours. It travels in a tunnel under the English Channel…
February 2018
- 25Feb
Canadian Xpress Mayday Tour
The Canadian Xpress Mayday tour features 30 episodes of the popular Discovery Channel series Mayday, which investigates air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings…
- 11Feb
Happy Birthday GVAv
Hey, what do you know? Our little experiment here has worked like magic and we are excited to celebrate our 2nd birthday. We’ll be celebrating all month long come fly…
- 09Feb
Canadian Xpress February Fly-In - Winter Getaway
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, February 24th at 10h00est (15h00z) and 21h00est (Sunday 02h00z) for our…
- 03Feb
Canadian Xpress February 2018 Challenge: The Queen's Final Flight
On January 3rd, 2018, Delta Flight 9771 took off from Atlanta on its final Boing 747 flight and the final 747 to be operated by a North American passenger carrier. This…
January 2018
- 18Jan
Canadian Xpress January Fly-In - Phoenix Open
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us for our January 2018 fly-in on Saturday, January 27th where everyone is to arrive in Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl…
- 13Jan
Vancouver (CZVR) FIR/Canadian Xpress Castlegar - Vancouver Event
Vancouver (CZVR) FIR in conjuction with Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday, January 20th, 2018 between 11h00est-15h00est…
- 02Jan
Canadian Xpress January 2018 Challenge: Busiest Route in the World
With 284 flights a day, Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo Brazil is the world’s busiest route based on daily aircraft movements. This month, your mission is to follow that…
December 2017
- 12Dec
FSAirlines
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- 05Dec
Canadian Xpress December Fly-In - Home for the Holidays
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us for our December 2017 fly-in on Saturday, December 16th where everyone is to arrive in Montreal (CYUL) around…
- 03Dec
Canadian Xpress December 2017 Challenge: Fraser Valley
This month, we fly one of Canadian Xpress Cargo's most profitable cargo routes the Coquihalla River run. Departing from Vancouver you are to fly to Williams Lake making…
November 2017
- 05Nov
Canadian Xpress November Fly-In - St. Maarten
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, November 25th at 10h00est (15h00z) and 21h00est (Sunday 02h00z) for our…
- 03Nov
Canadian Xpress November 2017 Challenge: Winter Warmup
Your mission this month is to get checked out on the new route and upgrades at Mont Tremblant by flying from Toronto Island (CYTZ) to Mont Tremblant (CYFJ with the…
October 2017
- 15Oct
FlyReverence - Pilot Interest
Hello all, At FlyReverence we are very keen to accept new members into our roster of pilots. We are a virtual organisation that is looking to build a collective of…
September 2017
- 04Sep
Canadian Xpress Celebrates 8 Years of Operations
Canadian Xpress Virtual Airline® officially launched 8 Years ago today! To date our pilots have logged over 116,000 flights, flown over 185,500 hoursm transported over…
- 04Sep
Canadian Xpress September Fly-In - Disney
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, September 23rd at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our…
- 02Sep
Canadian Xpress September 2017 Challenge: Puddle Jump
Your challenge this month is to fly that route with the most passengers you can in the most efficient way with the Canadian Xpress® Bombardier Dash 8-Q400, DeHavilland…
August 2017
- 08Aug
Canadian Xpress August Fly-In - Kelowna Run
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, August 19th at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our August…
- 02Aug
Canadian Xpress August 2017 Challenge: Niagara Falls Tour
This month we are running private sightseeing tours of the Niagara Falls area. Leaving St. Catharines (CYSN), pilots will follow the supplied route out to the Lake…
July 2017
- 04Jul
Canadian Xpress July Fly-In - Tahiti
Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us on Saturday, July 22nd at 10h00edt (14h00z) and 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our July 2017…