The Nordic Way
The fastest connections between European destinations and Asian megacities are flown over Finland.
We welcome you to connect the East and the West by flying the nordic way at our home base, Helsinki-Vantaa.
Why Join Finnair Virtual?
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Finnair Virtual offers more than a 400 Finnair routes, along with more than a thousand codeshare routes! Our routes capture the best sceneries of the land of thousand lakes, the nightless nights above the polar circle as well as the World’s largest archipelago with over 50.000 islands. Want an adventure? You can take our charter routes (AYC) to destinations from Antarctica to Fiji. |
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We are part of OneWorld Virtual family and OneWorld Virtual and in partnership with over 40 airlines. This cooperation offers our pilots a wide route network covering all continents and all corners of the World as well as opportunities to fly various aircraft types from turboprops to large double-deckers. Furthermore, this alliance allows our VA to engage in even more internal and external events with partner VAs. |
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Our Pilot Community embraces the fun moments and supportive atmosphere as we take the time to improve our skills to become better pilots. We participate in group flights and training sessions organized by our own staff. Our pilots are from all over the Globe and we connect for fun moments on our Discord server on a daily basis. We also race for the highest monthly flight hours in the competition for the title Pilot of the Month. New pilots are always warmly welcomed to our community. |
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Events? Of course. We always make sure to host multiple events per week internally, which are open for all pilots a join. With a regular attendance of a good number of pilots, we can promise you will never get bored of flying with us. Come join us to experience professional events the AYVA way. |
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We make sure to regularly host challenges for our pilots. These vary from being pro fuel savers to the wildest of explorers. The best pilots receive awards, and these challenges bring friendly competition as well as huge excitement. We promise you, you will not get bored at AYVA. |
On the 26th of June 2020 Finnair Virtual was officially founded by @Hardlanding_Hussain. 3 continuous Years brought many happy pilots, partnerships, events and a lot of joy to our VA. We have progressed a huge growth since last year while always striving to keep realism and professionalism top of mind.
Finnair Virtual Staff :
| Role | Pilot | Callsign |
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| CEO | @MikaL | 1AY |
| COO | @Pilot_Aaltonen | 2AY |
| CFO | @tunamkol | 3AY |
| Route Manager | @Pilot-Daniel | 4AY |
| Flight Analyst | @Arnav_Nimbkar | 5AY |
| Flight Analyst | @Miguel_Schaardt | 6AY |
| Founder | @Hardlanding_Hussain | ---- |
| Mentor | @GBKarp | ---- |
Want to learn more about how one the best Virtual Airlines of the simulator operates?
Ranks
We at Finnair Virtual have an extensive rank system, allowing our pilots to reach new milestones as they progress with their AYVA careers. However, these ranks do not restrict our pilots from joining our frequent events or groupflights hosted by our community.
| Rank | Hours | Perks |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee | 0:00 | Finnair Short Haul Routes (AY) |
| Commercial Pilot | 30:00 | Finnair Long Haul Routes (AY) |
| First Officer | 150:00 | All Codeshare Routes |
| Captain | 750:00 | Finnair Charter Routes (AYC) + Star Service Award |
| Chief Pilot | 1500:00 | Own Finnair Charter (AYC) route + Finnair Historic Routes (AYH) |
| Advisory Board Bronze | 2500:00 | Access to Advisory Board Lounge + Finnair Executive Campaign (AYE) + Golden Service Award |
| Advisory Board Silver | 3000:00 | Star Service Award |
| Advisory Board Gold | 3500:00 | Events Management |
| Advisory Board Platinum | 4000:00 | Diamond Service Award |
Routes
Finnair Virtual offers a route network to more than 200 daily operated, chartered, historical and seasonal destinations and still expanding from time to time.
Including our Codeshares there are over 2000 routes available from all corners and sides of the world. Next to that we offer other different types route networks :
Finnair Historical
We cover Finnair’s Historical Route Network from 1972 featuring many fifth freedom flights. The Network currently consists of 28 routes that can be flown with our B757 or the Generic MD11 as these two aircraft are the closest to Finnair’s old historyz
Finnair Charter
Do you think Finnair’s international Route Network is too limited? The Finnair Charter Network is a totally imaginary list of routes that connects our home airport EFHK with unique destinations such as Sydney, the Fiji Islands or Antarctica on a direct route. On top of that pilots reaching the Chief Pilot rank receive the reward of creating their own Charter Routes from any Finnair destination.
Finnair Executive
High Ranking pilots at Finnair Virtual receive the reward of flying between monthly featured HUBs around the world. These are in now way Finnair related and offer a good variety for our top ranks.
Check out our own Route Network here
Fleet
Our AY Fleet:
| Aircraft | Livery | Range |
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| ATR 72-500 → DHC8-Q400 | Generic | 1100 NM |
| E190-100 | Finnair | 2450 NM |
| A319-100 | Generic | 4380 NM |
| A320-200 | Generic | 5280 NM |
| A321-200 | Finnair | 3200 NM |
| A330-300 | Finnair | 6350 NM |
| MD-11 | Generic | 7000 NM |
| A340-300 → A340-600 | Generic | 7890 NM |
| A350-900 | Finnair | 8100 NM |
| B737-800 (JetTime) | Generic | 2230 NM |
| B757-200 | Finnair (old) | 3900 NM |
One World Virtual Codeshare Partners
Interline Partners
| Tarom Virtual | Vueling | El Al | Air India |
Codeshare Partners
| Airline | VA/VO | HUB | Routes | Aircraft |
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| Air Baltic | - | EVRA | 58 | 2 |
| Air China | CAVA | ZBAA | 24 | 6 |
| Air France | AFKLM | LFPG | 10 | 4 |
| China Southern | CZVG | ZGGG | 8 | 3 |
| Condor | CFGVA | EDDF & EDDM | 20 | 2 |
| DHL | DHLV | EDDP | 26 | 1 |
| Eurowings | - | EDDF | 50 | 3 |
| GOL Linhas Aéreas | G3VA | SBSP | 28 | 2 |
| Icelandair | - | BIKF | 10 | 1 |
| Juneyao Air | - | ZSPD | 35 | 1 |
| Norwegian Air | NAXVA | ESSA | 40 | 2 |
| Saudia | - | OEJN | 50 | 4 |
| TAP Portugal | TPVA | LPPT | 100 | 3 |
| TUI | TUIVG | ESSA | 44 | 1 |
| Turkish Airlines | TKVA | LTFM | 44 | 7 |
| UPS | UPSV | EDDK | 22 | 3 |
| Vistara | - | VIDP | 6 | 2 |
| Widerøe | - | ENGM | 34 | 2 |
Crew Centre
We proudly use ATLAS for our Crew Centre. This is where our pilots file their flights or operations and our staff keep track of progress. Our strong and frequent communication with them allows us to keep our CC well maintained and suited perfectly for its function.
ATLAS Features :
- ACARS
- Live VA Map
- ROTW Schedules
- ATC Career Mode
- Activity Charts
- PIREP / ATC Operation Management + Archive
We, at Finnair Virtual, have partnered along with our CC provider ATLAS to create a unique ATC mode. This allows keen IFATC controllers to join our VA and experience the AYVA experience as an ATC controller instead of a pilot. Our ATC controllers can file their operations as reports and progress through the ranks to become prestigious controllers of the VA. Furthermore, applicants who wish to both be apart of AYVA as an ATC and a pilot, we offer the opportunity to join both programs.
Ranks
| Rank | Hours | Perks |
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| Cadet | 0:00 | Control Finnish Domestic Airports |
| Sergeant | 5:00 | Control at AYVA events |
| Commander | 30:00 | Control at ATC scheduled airports |
Start your journey to become an AYVA ATC here.
We are looking forward to your application and joining our community.
At the end of every month, we post a detailed overview of our activity trends, which allows the staff and pilots to keep track of our activity over the last few months. Furthermore, we make sure to award our best pilot by giving them the Pilot of the Month award.
Before you apply, here are the requirements on joining AYVA as a pilot or IFATC:
- Minimum 13 years of age.
- Valid Infinite Flight Pro subscription.
- At Least Grade 3 in Infinite Flight.
- Access to Discord and be able to maintain mature behavior.
- Able to file at least 1 flight every month.
- Landing / Violation ratio not higher than 0.25.
If you meet those requirements, you can apply via the form linked below. This will take you to a written test. To pass - a score of 6/8 is required. Once you pass the written test, we can welcome you into our VA! We at AYVA promise to contact you ASAP with your results.
Thank you for choosing Finnair Virtual and enjoy your flight!
Kiitos, että valitsit Finnair Virtualin ja nauti lennostasi.
Special Thanks
@HenryD1 @Kennedy22_spotter @Sam_Neale @ThatOneFloridaAvGeek
Disclaimer:
Finnair Virtual is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Finnair Ltd.
If you wish to visit their website, click here.
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