IAG Virtual 8 Year Anniversary - Heathrow Fly-in/Fly-out
Presented by IAG Virtual
This is a fully open event, simply react and type down below that you’ll be joining us!
IAG Virtual with BAVA coursing through its veins is turning 8 years old and we want to celebrate with you! This year we have filed over 18000 pireps totalling over 100,000 hours of flight time and over 200 new recruits, it has been a truly record breaking year. A huge credit goes out to our entire staff team and our event leaders, all of whom you can see credited in our thread here. A huge thank you to all of our pilots who support us, fly for us and make every day worth it. So without further adieu, welcome in IAG 8!
This event is an all day fly-in fly-out where all pilots are welcome to celebrate our 8th birthday! Our pilots will be flying in and out throughout the day with something special happening around 1pm (So stay tuned!). We will also aim to have ATC coverage throughout the day so that you will not go a minute without immersion. Please enjoy!
London Heathrow is engineered for peak efficiency, on average there is one take-off and landing every 45 seconds - operating at 98% capacity. There are two runways with one being used solely for landing and the other solely for take-off, they rotate responsability roughly twice a day. There are two taxiways on each side of the airport so you can have two contra-flowing lanes of traffic. There’s not much space but there’s plenty of options!
Arrival Procedures & Notes (A-Z)
| Inbound from | STAR Name | Speed Restrictions | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East | ALES1H | LLE01 (250kts), BIG (220kts) | At Biggin Hill (BIG) you may receive vectors to RW27L/R |
| East | LOGA2H | WESUL (250kts), LAM (220kts) | At Lambourne (LAM) you may receive vectors to RW27L/R |
| North | NUGR1H | WCO (220kts), BNN (220kts) | At WCO (Wescott) go direct to Bovingdon (BNN) and then expect vectors to RW27L/R |
| West | OTME1H | LLS01 (250kts), OCK (220kts) | At Ockham (OCK) expect vectors to RW27L/R |
| South | ROXO1H | LLS01 (250kts), OCK (220kts) | At Ockham (OCK) expect vectors to RW27L/R |
A380 Taxi & Gate Restrictions
The A380 can taxi on most, but not all LHR taxiways. The taxiways highlighted in green and the gates that are next to those green taxiways are suitable for A380 & B747 operations.
A380 Taxi Charts
A380 Suitable gates
If you are not flying in the A380, you have access to all taxiways! Please see the charts below.
Welcome to IAG Virtual, a Virtual Airline born out of BAVA dedicated to replicating the professionalism and grandeur some of the World’s Favourite Airlines such as British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and LEVEL known for more than 100 years history, diverse fleet and for flying more people to more places than any other airline is todays’ focus!
As a well respected Virtual Airline, and one of the earliest VAs to form eight years ago, we boast a large pilot base, partnerships with numerous other VAs, and years of experience in running a successful VA. Our friendly staff members make IAGVA an exciting and welcoming environment to further your love of flight, and with our regular events, weekly featured routes and Career Challenge there’s never a dull moment when flying with us.
Open Recruitment Week!
The joining process for IAG Virtual is simple. We ask that you fill out our application form, and our Recruitment Manager or another member of our staff team will make contact with you to proceed with your application. For this week (1st-8th December) we are offering open recruitment. Simply put in your application and we will send you an invite to our sever providing you meet our basic requirements.
We are one of the only major Virtual Airlines to offer hundreds of codeshare routes to pilots on Day 1 of joining
On joining you will immediately gain access to a wide range of aircraft, with seven different airlines represented. You will be able to fly British Airways Cityflyer routes out of London City, Edinburgh, Southampton and other regional UK bases, as well as access to Iberia regional routes and many of our codeshare partners.
Apply Here!
| VA Name | Thread | Route | Dep/Arr time |
|---|---|---|---|
| @AirAsiaVirtual | AirAsia Virtual | Codeshare | TBC |
| @CathayPacificVA | Cathay Pacific VA | EGLL-VHHH | Dep: 1230z, 2100z |
| @EgyptAirVirtualGroup | EgyptAir Virtual | HECA-EGLL | TBC |
| @IndianVirtual | Indian Virtual | EGLL-VIDP | Dep: 0845z |
| @KoreanAirVirtual | Korean Air Virtual | EGLL-LPMA | Dep: 0930z |
| @QatariVirtual | Qatari Virtual | LEVC-EGLL | Arr: 1300z |
| @RyanairVirtualGroup | Ryanair Virtual | EDDS-EGLL | Arr: 2000z |
| @SuisseVirtual | Suisse Virtual | LSZH-EGLL | Arr: 1500z |
