Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines

Welcome to Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines's web site. We are a group of flight simulation enthusiasts who fly Air France and its alliance partners' routes using Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2002, 2004 or Flight Simulator X (including Steam Edition), as well as Laminar Research X-Plane and Lockheed-Martin's Prepar3D. We are in no way affiliated with Air France.

Since May 2003, we have received over 13,206,870 visits and received 98,282,427 hits. During this time, our servers have sent out over 2,361,331,273,222 bytes worth of data. Our members have posted over 11 messages in our discussion forums in the past 24 hours. Our web server has been running for 6 days, 2 hours and 23 minutes.

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01/04/2025	Happy New Year and 2024 Statistics	Daniel Duhon
On behalf of our CEO Brian Hankey, our staff, and myself, Happy 2025 Everyone! We hope this year brings many blessings and great things for you all as we begin a new year. As we look forward to 2025, here are some statistics for 2024: Overall Statistics: Total Flights Completed: 2,931 flight reports filed Total Hours Logged: 9,698.1 Hours Passengers Carried: 389,237 passengers Online Flights Recorded: 976 flights online (768 VATSIM, 208 IVAO) Historic Flights Filed: 249 flights Flights Dispatched: 154 flights Flights Dispatched with Simbrief: 666 flights Tour Flights Completed: 1,020 Tour Flights Distance: 3,978,032 miles (6,402,022 kilometers) Average Flight Distance: 1,357 miles/flight (2184 kilometers/flight) Average Flight Time: 3.31 hours/flight Equipment Statistics: Top Airplanes Used: 1. A320: 538 flights 2. B737-800: 361 flights 3. B777-300ER: 265 flights 4. B737-BBJ1: 195 flights 5. B737-900ER: 122 flights 6. B747-400: 111 flights 7. A320neo: 103 flights 8. A319: 86 flights 9. A321: 81 flights 10. DC-10-30: 63 flights 11. DHC-6: 60 flights 12. B787-9: 60 flights 13. MD-88: 58 flights 14. B737-600: 51 flights 15. ERJ-190: 49 flights 16. DC-3: 46 flights 17. B747-8: 45 flights 18. A330-200: 44 flights 19. A330-900: 43 flights 20. B737-700: 42 flights 21. B777-300: 39 flights 22. B727-200: 39 flights 23. B747-8F: 35 flights 24. A340-600: 33 flights 25. Concorde: 28 flights Pilot Statistics: 1. Brian Hankey: 383 flights 2. Fernando Antao: 201 flights 3. Mahendra Putut: 194 flights 4. Daniel Duhon: 190 flights 5. Giancarlo Pascalis: 136 flights 6. Ismael Gbian: 136 flights 7. Marcio Costa: 123 flights 8. Florian Barea: 114 flights 9. Frederic Honnart: 107 flights 10. Matt Mulhall: 104 flights 11. Natanael Farias: 100 flights 12. Georges Eid: 98 flights 13. San Lin: 93 flights 14. Marcel Teljeur: 81 flights 15. Ben Maskell: 71 flights 16. Teodor Negru: 65 flights 17. Fabrice Ayrault: 61 flights 18. Silvian Baltac: 56 flights 19. Kostas Kollias: 48 flights 20. Pedro Costa: 46 flights 21. Jonathan Lynch: 43 flights 22. Gerald Plotts: 43 flights 23. Ethan Fortier: 34 flights 24. John Exel: 32 flights 25. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 31 flights Welcome to our Newest Pilots that joined in 2024: Fabrice Ayrault Mohamed Daouloungou John Exel Dick Neufeglise Xavier Roy Staff PIREP Approval Stats: 1. Frederic Honnart: 704 flights approved 2. Teodor Negru: 535 flights approved 3. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 421 flights approved 4. Florian Barea: 381 flights approved 5. Ben Maskell: 331 flights approved 6. Daniel Duhon: 163 flights approved 7. Brian Hankey: 116 flights approved 8. Alan Barber: 95 flights approved 9. Tomas Bloemink: 87 flights approved 10. Ethan Fortier: 81 flights approved 11. Matt Mulhall: 14 flights approved 12. Calum MacDonald: 4 flights approved 13. Benjamin Buske: 4 flights approved Thank you everyone for helping us all have a great 2024! Let's continue in 2025 to log even more flights! Sincerely, Brian Hankey President & CEO Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines Staff
11/28/2024	Happy Thanksgiving 2024!	Daniel Duhon
Greetings all, On behalf of all the AFVA Staff, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Even though this is primarily a US Holiday, it is good for everyone to reflect on what they are thankful for and we wish you the best as the year is nearing its end. We hope you are all doing well! Cheers, AFVA Staff
11/05/2024	August-October Stats Update	Daniel Duhon
August-October 2024 Stats Total Legs: 766 reports (average 255 legs/month, up 88 legs over previous 3 months) Total Hours: 2604.5 hours (average 868.2 hours/month, up 214.9 hours over previous 3 months) Online legs: 300 reports (average 100 legs/month, up 79 reports over previous 3 months) Top 15 pilots (from 95 days ago to 5 days ago): 1. Brian Hankey: 100 reports 2. Marcio Costa: 67 reports 3. Fernando Antao: 59 reports 4. Giancarlo Pascalis: 52 reports 5. Mahendra Putut: 50 reports 6. Matt Mulhall: 38 reports 7. Florian Barea: 32 reports 8. Daniel Duhon: 28 reports 9. Ismael Gbian: 27 reports 10. Ethan Fortier: 26 reports 11. John Exel: 24 reports 12. Silvian Baltac: 23 reports 13. Ben Maskell: 21 reports 14. Georges Eid: 20 reports 15. Teodor Negru: 19 reports Congratulations Brian Hankey for achieving the top spot for total flights in the past 3 months! Top 15 Aircraft: 1. A320: 126 reports 2. B777-300ER: 97 reports 3. B737-800: 74 reports 4. B737-BBJ1: 56 reports 5. B737-900ER: 53 reports 6. A321: 50 reports 7. B737-600: 46 reports 8. A319: 42 reports 9. B737-700: 25 reports 10. ERJ-190: 20 reports 11. B727-200: 19 reports 12. ATR-42: 17 reports 13. A320neo: 17 reports 14. B777-300: 12 reports 15. B747-400: 12 reports Here are the top 5 landing rates this month: 1. Ethan Fortier 10/21/2024 MF8576 Leg 1 B737-800 -250 ft/min 1,260 ft 99.89 Xiamen China Runway 05 2. Matt Mulhall 09/17/2024 GLO9715 Leg 1 B737-700 -232 ft/min 1,242 ft 99.31 Cochabamba Bolivia Runway 32 3. Silvian Baltac 08/27/2024 GUY251 Leg 3 B727-200 -273 ft/min 1,252 ft 99.17 Castries Saint Lucia Runway 09 4. Giancarlo Pascalis 08/12/2024 KL1127 Leg 1 B737-800 -232 ft/min 1,299 ft 98.70 Copenhagen Denmark Runway 04L 5. Georges Eid 10/18/2024 WF730 Leg 2 ATR-42 -241 ft/min 1,176 ft 98.62 Trondheim Norway Runway 09 6. Natanael Farias 10/12/2024 SU1861 Leg 1 B737-900ER -288 ft/min 1,254 ft 98.41 Moscow-Sheremetyevo Russia Runway 06R 7. Brian Hankey 09/21/2024 UTA144 Leg 4 B737-BBJ1 -276 ft/min 1,201 ft 98.34 Marseille France Runway 13R 8. Fernando Antao 10/14/2024 KL1724 Leg 1 B737-600 -275 ft/min 1,303 ft 98.32 Amsterdam Netherlands Runway 06 9. Marcio Costa 09/07/2024 GLO1713 Leg 1 A320 -287 ft/min 1,231 ft 98.27 Sao Paulo-Guarulhos Brazil Runway 09R 10. Kostas Kollias 10/15/2024 UX7505 Leg 1 A320 -281 ft/min 1,208 ft 98.22 Palma de Mallorca Spain Runway 24L Congrats to Ethan for claiming 1st place! Thank you all for your participation in our great Virtual Airline! Also, please be aware that I will be moving towards more of a quarterly stats update (similar to this one) starting January 1, 2025. We hope you have a wonderful November as we approach the winter holidays (for those of us north of the equator)! AFVA Staff
08/04/2024	July 2024 Stats Update	Daniel Duhon
July Stats Total Legs: 254 reports (up 31 reports) Total Hours: 1014.7 hours (up 247 hours) Online legs: 96 reports (up 10 reports) Top 10 pilots: Marcio Costa: 35 reports Brian Hankey: 26 reports Fernando Antao: 26 reports Mahendra Putut: 25 reports San Lin: 24 reports Giancarlo Pascalis: 16 reports Florian Barea: 14 reports Daniel Duhon: 11 reports Marcel Teljeur: 10 reports Ben Maskell: 8 reports Quite the tight race this month! Congratulations to all that made the top 10 list! Top 10 Aircraft: A320: 48 flights B777-300ER: 45 flights B777-300: 20 flights B737-800: 19 flights B747-8: 15 flights B787-9: 14 flights A320neo: 14 flights TBM930: 13 flights B737-BBJ1: 12 flights B747-400: 11 flights Here are the top 5 landing rates this month: 1. Fernando Antao 05/29/2024 AFH323 Leg 6 MD-88 -248 ft/min 1,277 ft 99.61 Niamey Niger Runway 27L 2. Matt Mulhall 05/13/2024 DL5305 Leg 1 A320 -267 ft/min 1,268 ft 99.22 New York-Kennedy NY Runway 22L 3. Natanael Farias 05/27/2024 AF459 Leg 1 B787-9 -270 ft/min 1,240 ft 99.20 Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 09L 4. Florian Barea 06/01/2024 AF1367 Leg 1 A319 -240 ft/min 1,205 ft 99.08 Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 26L 5. John Exel 07/16/2024 DL5623 Leg 2 B737-700 -222 ft/min 1,287 ft 98.44 New York-La Guardia NY Runway 04 Congrats to Fernando for re-taking the top place for the month and holding his lead for the year! We hope you are all continuing to do well! AFVA Staff
07/11/2024	June 2024 Stats Update	Daniel Duhon
June Stats Total Legs: 222 reports (up 27 reports) Total Hours: 764.4 hours (up 171.4 hours) Online legs: 85 reports (up 47 reports) Top 10 pilots: Mahendra Putut: 27 reports Fernando Antao: 25 flights San Lin: 22 flights Ismael Gbian: 18 flights Matt Mulhall: 18 flights Giancarlo Pascalis: 17 flights Georges Eid: 13 flights Brian Hankey: 10 flights Ben Maskell: 10 flights Florian Barea: 8 flights Top 10 Aircraft: A320: 57 flights B737-800: 41 flights B737-900ER: 19 flights B747-8: 16 flights B787-9: 11 flights B777-300ER: 11 flights B737-BBJ1: 9 flights MD-88: 8 flights A340-600: 8 flights A320neo: 8 flights Here are the top 5 landing rates this month: 1. Mahendra Putut 06/29/2024 DL057 Leg 1 B747-8 -233 ft/min 1,175 ft 98.30 Salt Lake City UT Runway 34R 2. Matt Mulhall 06/28/2024 VS001 Leg 1 B777-300ER -247 ft/min 1,109 ft 97.57 New York-Newark NJ Runway 22L 3. Georges Eid 06/12/2024 AR1784 Leg 1 B737-800 -306 ft/min 1,266 ft 97.26 Resistencia Argentina Runway 03 4. San Lin 07/06/2024 MF8681 Leg 1 A320 -227 ft/min 1,389 ft 96.85 Macau Macau Runway 16 5. Fernando Antao 06/14/2024 KQ440 Leg 1 A320 -184 ft/min 1,209 ft 96.29 Bujumbura Burundi Runway 17 Congrats to Mahendra for making the top of the list this month! Fernando Antao still leads 2024! Who will challenge the reigning champion? We hope you are all doing well! AFVA Staff

Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines WELCOMES OUR NEWEST PILOTS
AFV1220	Captain Christopher Walgraef (A320)
AFV1219	First Officer Ahmed Ghandour (A320)
AFV1218	First Officer Peter Keenan (A220-3(CSeries))
AFV1217	First Officer Xavier Roy (A350-900)
AFV1216	Captain Dick Neufeglise (A320)
AFV1215	Captain John Exel (A320)
AFV1214	First Officer Mohamed Daouloungou (A320)
AFV1213	First Officer Thomas Nouyer (B737-800)
AFV1212	First Officer Jan Varada (B787-9)
AFV1211	First Officer Manav Parekh (B787-9)

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