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Hub Transfer Bonus and Hub Assignment Changes
Since Kansas City has an over abundance of pilots, some things are changing around headquarters to try to even out the roster sizes of all of our hubs. Starting immediately, new pilots will be…
A New Type of Hub Competition: Hub Spokes
Hub Competitions are always great fun. Every month that we hold a hub competition, we see increased numbers of pilots flying and a good-natured camaraderie amongst hub pilots rooting for their hub.…
MetroAir Announces Recent Staff and Organizational Changes
Kansas City, MO – MetroAir today announced several staffing changes across the company. Austin Clark who has been the Hub Manager at MetroAir’s facility in Ontario California since August of 2010 has…
MetroAir Announces "Spread the Green" Advertising Campaign!
Kansas City, MO March 19 2011- MetroAir’s Department of Media and Marketing today announced a new advertising push for the airline. The new campaign, called “Spread the Green”, is intended to promote…
Updated Impromptu Event Requirements
As mentioned a little over a year ago in a similarly titled post, we are tweaking the requirements for impromptu event flights to make it work a little better. What are Impromptu Events? More and…
ACARS 1.1 Released!
ACARS v1.1 has been released for all pilots to use. Get it in My Downloads from your Pilot Control Panel. Check out the change list at http://tinyurl.com/46okcu4
MetroAir announces closure of Crew Bases.
Kansas City, MO – Earlier today Kansas City based MetroAir Virtual Airlines announced that it was closing two crew bases located in Jacksonville, Florida and Chicago, Illinois. The crew bases were…
Embraer announces order from US Based Allegius Airlines
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil – Early this morning executives at the Brazil based aircraft manufacturer, Embraer, announced that they had signed an agreement with the Allegius Corportation for an…
MetroAir Announces Annual Profit for 2010
KANSAS CITY, Feb 20, 2011 /AP/ MetroAir Virtual Airlines and parent company Stratosphere Group, Inc. today reported its results for 2010: On the eve of our 5th anniversary, 2010 proved to be…
We're Hiring: Director of Aircraft Operations
After a few short months as Director of Aircraft Operations, I’m pleased to announce that Mr. William Hogarth has been promoted to Director of Scheduled Operations. With an increased workload…
Ask the Staff
Back in December during the 12 Days of MetroAir, we asked you guys to come up with 1 question of something you’ve always wondered about MetroAir. We got a number of great questions! We’re finally…
Sharing our latest Staff Meeting
Every month, staff meet on teamspeak to review how we have been doing in the last month and set strategies, agendas and goals for the month’s ahead. For archiving and being able to share with staff…
NOTAM: KMCI Hub Manager Changes
From the Desk of Lindle J. Romero : It is with great sadness that I announce that Derrick Medlin has tendered his resignation as hub manager to the executives. Derrick has been not only a hub manager…
January Pilot of the Month
Metro Air is proud to announce that the first Pilot of the Month for 2011 is Sean Mullineaux! Sean has been with MetroAir since November of 2009. Since then, he has quickly learned the ropes of…
MetroAir Virtual University now Open!!!
January 1, 2011. After weeks of preparation, Metro Air Virtual is proud to announce the opening of Metro Air Virtual University. This program has been developed in order to aid in the education of…
Launching Non-stop Service to Rome and Montevideo
Kansas City, MO – Dec 29, 2010 – MetroAir Virtual has announced it is launching non-stop daily service between Washington Dulles and Rome, Italy; Also announced is a new route between Fort…
MetroAir Supporter Benefits
When MetroAir began accepting donations a few years back to help offset the technology costs (server hosting, domain registration and backups), supporters at the Business ($20) and First Class…
MetroAir expands pacific operations
Kansas City, MO – December 19, 2010 – Kansas City based airline MetroAir Virtual today announced it had reached an agreement with the Chinese government and effective as of Monday December 20th would…
MetroAir Skins: Teamspeak and Google Chrome
We also have a couple of skins for Google Chrome and Teamspeak 3 for you to try out. You can grab both skins in Pilot Downloads.  A teamspeak 3 skin…
MetroAir offering vacation flights to select Mexico and Caribbean destinations
Kansas City, MO (AP) � December 17, 2010; 00:00 GMT Kansas City based MetroAir Virtual Airlines in partnership with Apple Vacations has announced the launch of new exclusive vacation flights…