Q3 Airline Update – Seasonal Series Announcement

As we enter the last month of Q3 2025 and summer fades to fall, we have some pretty exciting things going on here at vAAirlines that we are ready to share! Over the past two weeks we completed server maintenance that should bring better speed to the website and allow you to continue to utilize our servers with minimal delay. I’d like to thank those who helped report and track down bugs as we brought the website back online. We’ve updated the crew portal website to version 1.2 bringing a few smaller updates to you, but more on that below.

Website Updates

We recently pushed new updates that should improve speed and performance for all users even when accessing large data pulls such as complex searches on the flight search page. We have also added a new “Airline Awards” under the “Activities” tab to give you an opportunity to see what awards are available, and how to get them. It also showcases past awards that users have earned! As always, you can see individual awards on a user’s profile (including your own).

The update also allows for us to continue to update/upgrade the JetNet ACARS program as it continues to progress from it’s developer. X-Plane users may need to update their X-Plane plugin depending on their version of the ACARS (seems to be on 2.1 and later while the 2.0 stable release from the website should be unaffected). To do so, simply follow the X-Plane specific information on this page again after updating to ensure you are running the latest plugin.

FOM Update

We have also just released v2.7 of the FOM (fom.aalva.org) which adds a few new items to help out with our latest addition which is called the “Seasonal Series”.

Partners are crucial in the airline industry and American Airlines’ OneWorld partners are global leaders in helping to connect the world. We wanted to help our members explore the virtual world of that partnership while not drifting too far away from our mission to be the most realistic simulate of American Airlines and also not venture into becoming just another “OneWorld Virtual Airline”. The idea was sparked to create a temporary exploration schedule featuring one of the OneWorld alliance partners at a time, for a limited time, to give our members the chance to unlock a few more destinations and adventures. These partners would have aircraft from our existing fleet added (sorry, no A350 or A380, etc) to a small sample size of the schedule from that partner unlocking anywhere from 20-50 new flights. Some of the airports will still connect to our current schedule to allow for a connected logbook if a user wishes to keep one, and a special Tour or two will be added to allow you to earn special award badging to be displayed on your profile. Welcome to the vAAirlines Seasonal Series!

Our first series will kick off tomorrow, September 1, 2025, featuring Iberia and their A319, A320, A321, and A330 fleet. To find these flights, simply use the “OneWorld Seasonal” airline operator on the flight search page. These are not CAT FREE unless vAAirlines as a whole is currently in a CAT FREE period, so if you do not have the A32F or A330 type ratings you will not see the flights until you earn the type rating, or are able to take part in a CAT FREE timeframe if one is announced! The schedule for each series is set and will be as follows;

• vAAirlines Spring Series – 01 March thru 30 April

• vAAirlines Summer Series – 01 June thru 31 July

• vAAirlines Autumn Series – 01 September thru 31 October

• vAAirlines Winter Series – 01 December thru 31 January

The associated tour(s) will be posted at the same time that the flights go live to kick off each series, and will remain open for the same duration.

We hope you enjoy exploring some more of the world with our new Seasonal Series, and can not wait to see your screenshots in Discord! If you have not yet joined the Discord, use any of the links in the Pilot Portal (crew.aalva.org) to get started and to get connected with your fellow pilots. Thank you for taking the time to read this update and we will be back soon with new adventures, updates, and information!