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MetroAir launches Ad Hoc Charter to London City
MetroAir Virtual Airlines is pleased to announce an Ad Hoc Charter in partnership with the University of Maryland launching August 29. This is an 8-leg, 5 day journey with stops at challenging…
Emergency Cruise Charter Relief Flight
Beginning Friday 23rd August MetroAir has been selected to offer rescue passenger flights for stranded cruise passengers in Alaska. Earlier in the week Celebrity Cruise Lines “Celebrity Millennium”…
September is The Joy of VATSIM Month!
Back in June, Dave Nichols tried his hand at it and now he’s hooked! Since then, Dave has been actively seeking more and more MetroAir pilots to join us in the ONLINE skies of VATSIM. An excerpt from…
Calling All Pilots: Create Your Own Flight Experience!
Here at MetroAir Virtual Airlines, we have quite an extensive route network, including the Build-a-Charter program; each of which allow countless opportunities for pilots to fly routes they’d like to…
Announcing MetroPrime
KANSAS CITY, MO – MetroAir Virtual Airlines announced the unveiling of their new livery during an executive press conference this morning. The new paint scheme, dubbed “Metro Prime”, was designed by…
Arriving Now: Flight Assignments with Arrivals!
Have you been looking for ways to get from Kansas City to San Diego? Maybe looking for a 3 leg assignment that ends up in Kona, HI? Now you can! An often requested feature to the website is the…
A Californian Duo
KANSAS CITY, MO. – MetroAir today announced two new Californian destinations that will operate twice a day out of their west coast hub, Ontario International Airport. Begining June 1st 2013 direct…
DAVE'S BIG ADVENTURE!
Now that the May Hub Competition is coming to a close, we want to take this time to offer a little preview of what is coming up for the month of June. Are you tired of being all alone when you fly…
MetroAir Announces Fleet-wide Maintenance Program
KANSAS CITY, MO – MetroAir introduced plans for their fleet-wide maintenance program during a brief press conference outside MetroAir’s headquarters here today. Scheduled to begin on Jun. 5, the…
A Postmortem on a Hacked MetroAir: Part Three
We covered a lot about the how, what, when and wheres of how MetroAir got attacked. In this final post of the series I wanted to shift the discussion a little. While our software wasn’t running the…
MetroAir Announces Seasonal Summer Service
KANSAS CITY, MO. – MetroAir today announced the launch of its upcoming seasonal summer service focused on the Pacific region. Following the success of least summer’s venture with Island Air of…
A Postmortem on a Hacked MetroAir: Part Two
In the last part, we talked a little bit about the events of a recent hack and how we took actions to mitigate it and restore our content. This article is going to go more into the positives of the…
Schedule Shakeup at Fort Lauderdale
KANSAS CITY, MO. – MetroAir Virtual Airlines announced today that from May 1st there will be a full new set of schedules in operation at their FLL focus city. These changes are part of there ongoing…
A Postmortem on a Hacked MetroAir: Part One
By now most of you know that last weekend MetroAir endured a debilitating attack to the website that lasted a little under 48 hours. Much was learned during the assailment and has helped to reinforce…
MetroAir is becoming Cirrus Air
After having acquired Cirrus Air a number of years ago and leaving the brand dormant, the executives at MetroAir Virtual have opted to bring back Cirrus Air. MetroAir’s iconic green liveries will be…
MetroAir announces A330 service to Hong Kong
Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 KANSAS CITY – MetroAir Virtual Airlines will offer Airbus A330 service from Ontario, Calif., to Hong Kong beginning Apr. 1. The new Hong Kong flight is the…
MetroAir offers Sporting Kansas City charter service
MetroAir Virtual Airlines has partnered with Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City to provide charter flights to and from the team’s away games this MLS season. The flights, which will be…
MetroAir launches Ad Hoc Charter to Bhutan
MetroAir Virtual Airlines is pleased to announce an Ad Hoc Charter in partnership with the University of Baltimore launching March 19. Ad Hoc Charters are unique flights available for a short period,…
Weather Flying
CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH WEATHER FLYING Since March is a hub contest month and many of you will be flying more, challenge yourself with some instrument weather conditions. On your flight sim, dial up…
March Pilot of the Month
March’s Pilot of the Month joined MetroAir Virtual in December of 2011 and has racked up over 2,000 hours in Metro Green. He is regularly a top contributor to the Ontario Hub and carries the Ontario…