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David Voogd 857885
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Just curious what the more active Canadian virtual airlines are. Active both online and with active forums that is.

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Chris Hardy 958349
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Not a complete list but here are some of the most active:

 

Canada Charters and Cargo

 

www.cvcharters.com

 

Virtual Air Canada

 

www.vacanada.org

 

Virtual Canadian Airlines

 

http://canadianva.com/

Canadian Airlines Virtual

 

www.flycav.com

 

Porter Virtual Airlines

 

www.flyvporter.org

West Jet Virtual

 

www.virtualwestjet.org

 

Obviously this in not a complete list however, looking at Vataware stats these are the most active, and some of the largest.

 

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CEO Canada Charters and Cargo

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Steven Black 813373
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Remember too

 

Aero Virtuel Quebec http://www.aerovirtuel.ca

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Alan Taylor 825557
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Vancouver Island VA http://www.vanisleva.com

 

BC North http://bcnorth.tripod.com

 

Two more that I can think of.

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Justin Martin
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Air Canadian...

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Jim Allan
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As of Sunday night last, ACD has shut it's doors. This was a complete suprise to the membership, and for a majority of us, to quickly join other VA's. It would greatly appreciated, to at least me, that if applications to other VA's from ACD pilots are recieved, that allowances be made for hours flown with Air Canadian.

 

Thankyou,

Jim Allan

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Luke Kolin
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As of Sunday night last, ACD has shut it's doors.

 

I'd be delighted to start another VA based on Air Canada using the Golgotha code base that Delta Virtual and Air France Virtual use - I'd just need a half-dozen dedicated adult volunteers who'd be willing to volunteer their time and some money for hosting fees (which I'd match).

 

Seems like technology is the limiting factor for a lot of VAs. I can provide the tech, I just need the volunteers.

 

Cheers!

 

Luke

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Jim Allan
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Luke, it would be a great idea, but unfortunatly, Air Canadian is registered trade mark, and you'd have to talk to Sylvan first. PM me and let me know just what you had in mind.

 

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Luke, it would be a great idea, but unfortunatly, Air Canadian is registered trade mark, and you'd have to talk to Sylvan first. PM me and let me know just what you had in mind.

 

Jim

 

 

He meant Air Canada.

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Michel Montreuil

VAC040 - Director of Operations - Vancouver

http://www.vacanada.org

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Richard Dwyer 945956
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As of Sunday night last, ACD has shut it's doors.

 

I'd be delighted to start another VA based on Air Canada using the Golgotha code base that Delta Virtual and Air France Virtual use - I'd just need a half-dozen dedicated adult volunteers who'd be willing to volunteer their time and some money for hosting fees (which I'd match).

 

Seems like technology is the limiting factor for a lot of VAs. I can provide the tech, I just need the volunteers.

 

Cheers!

 

Luke

 

here are a few suggestions if you are interested in starting a new VA. There are a number various "Air Canada" types of VA's already os it would be very hard to try and mimic those, however, there at least 3 that are no longer operating in Canada....

1) "Trans Canada Airlines" bought out by Air Canada in the early/late 60's.

2) "CP Air"...not sure when this one went by the way side.(edit..NOTE - My apoligies, there is a CP Air Virtual VA on Vatsim, just found it....sorry)

3) "Canadian Pacific Airways"...same as #2....

 

None of these are in operation at this time and they would make a very good starting point, if one was interested in resurrecting these older Liveries as "imaginary" VA's. Below are some screen shots of those liveries and where they can be found. The possibilities are endless.

 

Historic Jetliners Group

http://www.simviation.com/hjg/main.htm

 

The following can be found in their "Download" section.

 

1) The old "CP Air" livery

http://www.simviation.com/hjg/aircraft/douglas/dc-8-63.htm

http://www.simviation.com/hjg/aircraft/douglas/dc-8-50.htm

 

2) The old "Trans Canada Airlines" livery(and I have this for the A320)

http://www.simviation.com/hjg/aircraft/douglas/dc-8-40.htm

 

and 3) Also on the same page is "Canadian Pacific Airways"(just above the "Trans Canada" one)

http://www.simviation.com/hjg/aircraft/douglas/dc-8-40.htm

 

Rick Dwyer

 

PSS - Just a few screenies of the "Trans Canada Airlines" Airbus.

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/vac2198/Air%20Canada/Screensnap20.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/vac2198/Air%20Canada/Screensnap08.jpg

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As of Sunday night last, ACD has shut it's doors.

 

I'd be delighted to start another VA based on Air Canada using the Golgotha code base that Delta Virtual and Air France Virtual use - I'd just need a half-dozen dedicated adult volunteers who'd be willing to volunteer their time and some money for hosting fees (which I'd match).

 

Seems like technology is the limiting factor for a lot of VAs. I can provide the tech, I just need the volunteers.

 

Cheers!

 

Luke

 

Here are a few suggestions if you are interested in starting a new VA. There are a number various "Air Canada" types of VA's already. It would be very hard to try and mimic those

 

 

None of them do a good job of simulating Air Canada. The Golgotha system is really nice, probably the best VA system ever.

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Sandeep Nathwani 879930
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Sorry to bump/hijack this thread, but if any former ACD pilots are without a virtual airline, check out Canadian Airlines Virtual. From now till the end of September, we've relaxed our 75 hour transfer cap to 175 just for ACD pilots..and for any other simmers, its at 100 for the month of August.

 

I just recently re-coded our entire website from scratch in ASP.NET...it used the same language previously, but the code was in shambles, and it used an inferior database. The re-write also ensured that we're using the latest technology- this new site is more geared towards ASP.NET 3.5, rather than 2.0. Our custom ACARS application is currently being re-built for the new server.

 

http://www.flycav.com/

 

And Luke, if you're still wanting to start another Virtual Air Canada, I say go for it. Being a potential competitor, I'm not sure if I'd be able to help you, but from a personal point of view, I think its possible to do better than VAC.

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Canadian Airlines Virtual

http://www.flycav.com

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Marc Wheeler
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There is also Canadian Xpress Virtual Airline®

 

http://www.CanadianXpress.ca

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Brian Peace 813259
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and if you want to fly routes and aircraft types of ALL the major canadian carriers, and not be restricted to just one, drop on by BC NORTH or chat with us online on vatsim!

 

cheers

 

Brian Peace

BC NORTH

www.bcnorth.net

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CEO BC NORTH

http://www.bcnorth.net

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Sandeep Nathwani 879930
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EDIT (11/29/2009): There are some complications with our domain...website will be back online within 3 days.

 

EDIT (11/30/2009): DNS has been reset...site is back on my end, might take 24 hours for DNS to propogate around the world.

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Canadian Airlines Virtual

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Tim Hobin 1084425
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Buffalo Airways Virtual

http://buffaloairwaysvirtual.com/

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Jordan Krushen 1135174
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You mean "BCNo... uh, Mainland"

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Jordan Krushen 1135174
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Brian Peace

BC NORTH

http://www.bcnorth.net

BTW Brian, the URL in your .sig doesn't work, while the tripod addy still does.

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tom van der elst
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You mean "BCNo... uh, Mainland"

 

haha Mainland was golden.

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Marc Wheeler
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What happened to BC North?

 

They seemed like a pretty well established VA and noticed there web site is down.

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Jordan Krushen 1135174
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What happened to BC North?They seemed like a pretty well established VA and noticed there web site is down.
You mean "BCNo... uh, Mainland"

That was in regard to them changing from BCNorth to Mainland. I was on duty at CYVR that night, and pretty much every radio call began with the above.

 

http://bcnorth.tripod.com/ is working.

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tom van der elst
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but their forum seems to be offline though.

Shame,I'd love to join them again under the ancient moniker of ML898.

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