September 2025 VA Update

Hello pilots,

In this month's news we will provide some development and VA updates.

Development updates

We have started laying the groundwork for historical routes and fleets. This will take the form of separated fleet and route pages from the present routes & fleet. If you have a deep understanding and/or access to old schedules and would like to contribute to this project please reach out to us via support ticket.

Airline updates

JetBlue has reached an agreement with United Airlines, forming the "Blue Sky" partnership. As such Jetblue has been added to the VA, providing more options throughout the Americas.

Air Europa has reached an agreement with Turkish Airlines regarding a minority stake, at the time of writing it appears that Air Europa will continue to be a full SkyTeam member. As always we will continue to monitor the real-world situation to best represent the airline alliances.

Tour updates

We continue to work on updating our existing tours, and if you have tours that you would like to see do not hesitate to let us know!

The monthly tour takes you across the Americas. If you have any suggestions on tours you would like to see, please let us know on Discord.

Closed airspaces

Current scheduled flight time durations may need to be amended due to longer flying times on account of closed airspace. We would recommend checking your route prior to departure especially if it crosses and known airspaces with known security warnings. A complete overview can be found here. If the great circle route of your flight crosses any airspace with known safety NOTAMs a notice is placed on your flight briefing page.

Please adhere to these closures when performing flights on the VA.

Event Updates

We are working on adding more events to our event calender. Please let us know via Discord what kind of events you would like to see! If you have other events on online platforms that you feel are a good match to include on the VA please let us know. To receive more frequent updates please subscribe to the Event Announcements notifications on our Discord server.

Closing words

As always if you have any suggestions or questions do not hesitate to let us know.

We would also like to remind you we have a Discord server. To join it, use discord.gg/gUTREjv.