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January Pilot of the Month!
MetroAir would like to announce that the January Pilot of the Month is Baltimore’s Vincent Novak! Vincent has flown almost 300 hours with 129 Pireps under his belt! You can catch him in the forums…
MetroAir Announces New Route
MetroAir announced today that it will begin service to Rio De Janerio-Galeao International Airport from Baltimore-Washington International. This new route will be serviced by the 777. Rio De Janerio…
MetroAir Awards and Badges
It has come to our attention that some pilots are unsure of how some of the MetroAir awards and badges work. We’ll take this opportunity to go a little bit more into depth so that everyone is on the…
November Monthly Report
Each month the staff meets to reflect on the past month and strategize on the future of the airline. To share more of the public knowledge with staff, a monthly report will be issued to summarize…
December Pilot of the Month!
The staff would like to congratulate this month’s Pilot of The Month for an outstanding contribution to the airline. Since October 2011 this pilot has racked up about 400 hours with most being on…
Join us November 12th for the IAD2BWI Event!
Join us on Saturday November 12th at 8pm EST on Teamspeak and Vatsim for a special farewell event to mark the end of Washington Dulles’s 4 year service as a MetroAir Hub and to welcome Baltimore as…
MetroAir Bets on New Hub
Kansas City, KS – November 1, 2011. Early today MetroAir executives made major announcements from their Kansas City headquarters. Chief Executive Office Matt Calsada started the announcement by…
More winter destinations announced!
Do you like to Ski? We sure hope so! Launching November 27th, MetroAir will offer service to some of America’s best winter resort destinations with E170 Service. With stateside destinations like…
October Pilot of the Month Award!
This month MetroAir would like to present the Pilot of the Month award to the KMCI based mentor Travis Lesatz. Since joining MetroAir in July 2011, Travis has logged almost 50 hours. Travis has also…
November Hub Competition to be cancelled...
MetroAir Staff would like to announce that the November Hub Competition will be cancelled due to several ongoing projects. The competition will resume in January 2012.
MetroAir Announces Winter Charters!
Just in time for the winter season, MetroAir has lined up some special Caribbean destinations launching on November 6th. All flights will be departing from Ft. Lauderdale International Airport…
MetroAir Announces Destinations & Schedules for the Boeing 777-300!
Kansas City, KS – October 5, 2011. MetroAir Virtual Airlines would like to announce today a expansion to its operations to Dubai, Rio, Ontario, and Johannesburg (via Dakar) starting on November 15th…
September Pilot of the Month
MetroAir would like to announce that the September Pilot of the Month is Kansas City’s Andrew Berry! Andrew is coming up on his 1 year anniversary with the airline and has flown well over 500 hrs…
October Hub Spoke Competition
For the month of October, all 3 hubs will be competing in the same competition. This will be a “Go Fish” style competition… and will have some amazing prizes for the winners! For every flight a pilot…
September Hub Competition
September’s Hub Competition will focus on distance. The longer the flight distance between the departure and arrival airport, the more points you can earn for your hub! <br</br Each pirep submitted…
August Hub Spoke
Washington: This month in Washington there is a “Coming Home Theme”. - Every flight a pilot flies with it’s hub, Washington as the destination, you will receive double MetroMiles. _Kansas City &…
New changes to the Mentorship Program
Effective August 1st, we have updated the Mentor Program with a few changes, in hopes of making it easier for new pilots to settle into our airline as quick and smoothly as possible. The Mentor…
Announcement regarding July & August Pilot of the Month
Due to many of our pilots being out of town for the summer months, we will be skipping the Pilot of the Month award for July and August 2011. We will resume the award again in September.
Route Expansion for Summer 2011
Kansas City, MO – Earlier today Kansas City based Metro Air Virtual Airlines announced a massive route expansion across its network, just in time for Summer 2011. The expansion includes 110 new…
Pilot of the Month July 2011
Metro Air is proud to announce that the pilot of the month for July 2011 is Washington’s Michael Sarver. Michael first joined Metro back in December 2006 and since then he has amassed 168 pireps and…