How Do You Successfully Create And Manage A Virtual Airline?
• Decide where you want your airline to fly and where your aircraft will be based. Choose a logical aircraft fleet to fly these routes. For a 100 mile flight, you probably don’t want to fly 747s. A small regional jet or commuter turboprop would work perfectly. • Decide on a name for your airline. Try to make it sound exciting and original! You may want to name your airline something that relates to your routes or aircraft fleet. If you don’t want to get in trouble with the law, don’t name your VA after a real-world airline. • Host a website for your VA. You may want to create a pilot roster, a routes list or map, an aircraft fleet page, or forums. Getting community-oriented with your VA is very important. • Get a Virtual Airline financing/pirep program so your pilots can log flights. • Advertise your VA. Post in forums (where allowed), search engines, or tell your friends to join your new airline. To keep pilots flying with you, keep adding new interesting aircraft and routes. It might
