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DATE SUBJECT AUTHOR
05/05/2025 Q1 2025 Stats Update (Plus April) Daniel Duhon
Good morning all,

Here is a quick update on stats for the beginning of 2025 including January-April.

Airline Stats Update:

January-April 2025:
January: 270 flights (883.7 hours)
February: 233 flights (659.2 hours)
March: 282 flights (825.6 hours)
April: 183 flights (539.3 hours)

Total: 968 flights (2907.8 hours)
Average: 242 flights/month (727.0 hours/month)

Online Flights: 225 flights (56 flights/month average)

Simulators Used (total):
1. MSFS 2020: 390 flights (40.3%)
2. FS2004: 258 flights (26.7%)
3. MSFS 2024: 125 flights (12.9%)
4. XP11/12: 103 flights (10.6%)
5. FSX: 57 flights (5.9%)
6. P3D: 30 flights (3.1%)


Top Pilots:
1. Teodor Negru: 229 reports
2. Fernando Antao: 66 reports
3. Giancarlo Pascalis: 64 reports
4. Ismael Gbian: 51 reports
5. Brian Hankey: 48 reports
6. San Lin: 46 reports
7. Florian Barea: 44 reports
8. Daniel Duhon: 41 reports
9. Natanael Farias: 38 reports
10. Marcel Teljeur: 34 reports


Top Equipment Types:
1. B727-200: 91 reports
2. A320: 91 reports
3. B737-900ER: 72 reports
4. B777-300ER: 62 reports
5. B737-800: 60 reports
6. A319: 51 reports
7. A321: 50 reports
8. DC-8-71: 39 reports
9. A350-900: 38 reports
10. B747-400: 34 reports


Top PIREP Approvers:
1. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 308 reports
2. Teodor Negru: 199 reports
3. Florian Barea: 196 reports
4. Frederic Honnart: 102 reports
5. Ben Maskell: 95 reports
6. Tomas Bloemink: 27 reports
7. Daniel Duhon: 25 reports
8. Brian Hankey: 19 reports
9. Ethan Fortier: 8 reports
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
06/04/2024 May 2024 Stats Brian Hankey
May Stats

Total Legs: 195 reports
Total Hours: 593 hours
Online legs: 38 reports


Top 10 pilots:

Brian Hankey: 38 flights
Natanael Farias: 24 flights
Mahendra Putut: 18 flights
Fernando Antao: 18 flights
San Lin: 17 flights
Matt Mulhall: 14 flights
Fabrice Ayrault: 7 flights
Giancarlo Pascalis: 7 flights
Frederic Honnart: 6 flights
Ben Maskell: 6 flights


Top 10 Aircraft:

A320: 71 flights
B737-900ER: 29 flights
B737-800: 23 flights
B747-8F: 12 flights
MD-88: 10 flights
B787-9: 10 flights
B747-400: 5 flights
A321: 5 flights
A320neo: 5 flights
A319: 5 flights


Here are the top 5 landing rates this month:
1. Gerald Plotts May 5/23/2024 AF148 Leg 1 B737-800 -183 1,065 ft 93.57 Lagos Nigeria Runway 19R
2. Fernando Antao May 5/8/2024 UU422 Leg 1 B737-800 -189 1,359 ft 95.4 St Denis Reunion Island Runway 14
3. Fabrice Ayrault May 5/20/2024 AF1834 Leg 1 A320 -192 1,228 ft 97.06 Berlin-Brandenburg Germany Runway 07R
4. Fernando Antao May 5/29/2024 RK033 Leg 2 MD-88 -195 1,425 ft 94.48 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Runway 22
5. Giancarlo Pascalis May 5/25/2024 AZ3016 Leg 1 A320 -200 1,391 ft 95.43 Milan-Malpensa Italy Runway 35L

Congrats to Fernando for making the list twice in two months.

Congrats to Fernando Antao for the top score so far in 2024. He rules the leaderboard with a 99.61 landing score at Niamey in Niger. Our all-time leader is still Ben Maskell, with a 99.96 landing score at Cloncurry, Australia.
06/04/2024 Stats for April 2024 Brian Hankey

April Stats

Total Legs: 305 reports
Total Hours: 991.5 hours
Online legs: 92 reports


Top 10 pilots:

  1. Brian Hankey: 46 flights
  2. Fabrice Ayrault: 35 flights
  3. Natanael Farias: 32 flights
  4. Fernando Antao: 31 flights
  5. Mahendra Putut: 27 flights
  6. Daniel Duhon: 21 flights
  7. San Lin: 12 flights
  8. Pedro Costa: 12 flights
  9. Ismael Gbian: 11 flights
  10. Marcel Teljeur: 10 flights

 

Top 10 Aircraft:

  1. A320: 86 reports
  2. B737-800: 41 reports
  3. B737-BBJ1: 30 reports
  4. A320neo: 25 reports
  5. B747-8F: 20 reports
  6. An-225: 16 reports
  7. DHC-6 : 10 reports
  8. B747-400:10 reports
  9. A330-200: 9 reports
  10. B737-900ER: 7 reports

 

Top 5 Landing Rates:

 

Rank Name Date Leg Type Landing Rate Distance Score Airport
1 Fabrice Ayrault 4/28/2024 AF1775 Leg 1 A320 -322 ft/min 1,402 ft 93.92 Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 27R
2 Mahendra Putut 4/13/2024 DL854 Leg 2 B737-900ER -326 ft/min 1,247 ft 96.22 Seattle-Tacoma WA Runway 34R
3 Fernando Antao 4/16/2024 UAT081 Leg 1 B737-600 -330 ft/min 1,322 ft 94.9 Harare Zimbabwe Runway 05
4 Fernando Antao 4/25/2024 GN125 Leg 1 B737-800 -330 ft/min 1,311 ft 95.09 Lome Togo Runway 22
5 Fabrice Ayrault 4/16/2024 AF7520 Leg 1 A320 -346 ft/min 1,169 ft 93.7 Toulouse France Runway 32L

 

Congrats to Fabrice and Fernando for both making the list twice.  
 

Our all-time leader so far this year is Fernando Antao with a 99.61 landing score at Niamey in Niger.

 

04/10/2024 March 2024 Statistics Update Daniel Duhon
March stats update:

For the month of March:
Total Legs: 245 reports (up 47)
Total Hours: 749.5 hours (up 65.3)
Online Flights: 122 reports

Top simulators:
1. FS2020: 167 reports (68.2%)
2. X-Plane: 46 reports (18.8%)
3. FSX: 15 reports (6.1%)
4. FS2004: 11 reports (4.5%)
5. P3D: 6 reports (2.4%)

Top 10 Pilots
1. Ismael Gbian: 56 reports
2. Brian Hankey: 27 reports
3. Fernando Antao: 19 reports
4. Daniel Duhon: 17 reports
5. Georges Eid: 14 reports
6. Natanael Farias: 14 reports
7. Marcio Costa: 14 reports
8. Marcel Teljeur: 10 reports
9. San Lin: 10 reports
10. Fabrice Ayrault: 9 reports

It was a close race this month with several ties! An even more positive achievement is the number of new names on the list this month, welcome to all our new AFVA pilots!

Top 10 Aircraft
1. A320: 54 reports
2. B737-800: 42 reports
3. B737-BBJ1: 27 reports
4. MD-88: 18 reports
5. DC-3: 13 reports
6. A340-600: 12 reports
7. B787-8: 10 reports
8. B747-400: 10 reports
9. A320neo: 10 reports
10. Cessna 208B: 8 reports


Cheers,

AF/KLM VA Staff
03/11/2024 February 2024 Flight Statistics Report Daniel Duhon
Hello everyone!

It's time for the February update for stats:

For the month of February:
Total Legs: 198 reports
Total Hours: 684.2 hours
Online Flights: 55 reports

Top simulators:
1. FS2020: 83 reports (41.9%)
2. FSX: 69 reports (34.8%)
3. X-Plane: 31 reports (15.7%)
4. FS2004: 9 reports (4.5%)
5. P3D: 6 reports (3.0%)

Top 10 Pilots
1. Frederic Honnart 58 reports
2. Brian Hankey 19 reports
3. Ismael Gbian 18 reports
4. Georges Eid 11 reports
5. Marcel Teljeur 9 reports
6. Daniel Duhon 9 reports
7. Giancarlo Pascalis 8 reports
8. Fernando Antao 8 reports
9. Florian Barea 7 reports
10. Jonathan Lynch 6 reports

Once again, Frederic comes out on top! Congratulations!

Top 10 Aircraft
1. A320 30 reports
2. DC-10-30 28 reports
3. B737-BBJ1 25 reports
4. B737-800 24 reports
5. DHC-6 17 reports
6. DC-3 11 reports
7. B747-400 9 reports
8. A340-600 9 reports
9. B787-9 8 reports
10. A330-200 6 reports


Cheers,

AF/KLM VA Staff
02/11/2024 First Edition 2024 Stats Update Daniel Duhon
Hello everyone!

As we are almost half-way through the month of February, I would like to share some updated stats.

For the period from January 1-February 11, here are some stats:
Total Legs: 313 reports
Total Hours: 1130.7 hours
Online Flights: 72 reports

Top 10 Pilots
1. Frederic Honnart 41 reports
2. Brian Hankey 41 reports
3. Daniel Duhon 30 reports
4. Mahendra Putut 30 reports
5. Alan Barber 18 reports
6. Marcel Teljeur 17 reports
7. Florian Barea 17 reports
8. Georges Eid 14 reports
9. Calum MacDonald 12 reports
10. Gerald Plotts 11 reports

It was a pretty close race, with both Frederic and Brian coming out on top!

Top 10 Aircraft
1. B737-800 69 reports
2. A320 37 reports
3. DC10-30 35 reports
4. B747-400 21 reports
5. A330-200 21 reports
6. DHC-6 18 reports
7. A320neo 15 reports
8. B737-BBJ1 13 reports
9. B787-9 12 reports
10. ERJ-190 9 reports

I wish you all the best and I hope we can promote more involvement in the coming months!

Cheers,

AF/KLM VA Staff
01/03/2024 Happy New Year! 2023 AFVA Recap Daniel Duhon
Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone,

I wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you had Happy Holidays this year! As we look forward to this new year, I would like to share some stats from 2023:

Total Flights in 2023: 3,569 Legs
Total Flight Hours: 10,926.6 Hours
Total Distance: 4,380,404 Miles (7,008,646.4 KM)

Of this total, 1,247 Legs were flown online for 3,840 Hours, or 34.9% of total flights in 2023.

The most popular simulators used in 2023 are:
1. MSFS (2020): 1,716 Legs (48.1%)
2. FSX: 656 Legs (18.4%)
3. XP11/12: 434 Legs (12.2%)
4. P3D: 404 Legs (11.3%)
5. FS2004: 359 Legs (10.1%)


The top 10 Aircraft used in 2023 were:
1. B737-800: 674 Legs (18.9%)
2. A320: 468 Legs (13.1%)
3. A320neo: 172 Legs (4.8%)
4. A330-200: 121 Legs (3.4%)
5. B747-400: 103 Legs (2.9%)
6. ERJ-190: 100 Legs (2.8%)
7. B747-8F: 97 Legs (2.7%)
8. DHC-6: 93 Legs (2.6%)
9. BAE ATP: 82 Legs (2.3%)
10. ERJ-170: 81 Legs (2.3%)


The Top 25 Pilots in 2023 by Legs Flown are:
1. Mahendra Putut: 391 Legs
2. Alan Barber: 297 Legs
3. Brian Hankey: 293 Legs
4. Teodor Negru: 267 Legs
5. Calum MacDonald: 225 Legs
6. Casey Allen: 162 Legs
7. Fernando Antao: 152 Legs
8. Frederic Honnart: 150 Legs
9. Georges Eid: 150 Legs
10. Marcio Costa: 126 Legs
11. Ben Maskell: 99 Legs
12. Orjan Polman: 91 Legs
13. Natanael Farias: 88 Legs
14. Daniel Duhon: 88 Legs
15. Matt Mulhall: 83 Legs
16. Florian Barea: 79 Legs
17. Marcel Teljeur: 64 Legs
18. Pedro Costa: 56 Legs
19. Frederick Fleuren: 50 Legs
20. Clarence McGaha: 44 Legs
21. Pedro Serrano: 40 Legs
22. Ethan Fortier: 39 Legs
23. Ismael Gbian: 38 Legs
24. Zandefer Webb: 37 Legs
25. Adam Balogh: 32 Legs

Congratulations to Senior Captain Mahendra Putut for earning the number one spot this year! Outstanding job!
Thank you all for your contributions to the airline in 2023! Let's try and do even more in 2024!


Staff Statistics:
Top Flight Approvers:
1. Frederic Honnart: 1,260 Reports
2. Alan Barber: 622 Reports
3. Teodor Negru: 571 Reports
4. Ben Maskell: 251 Reports
5. Calum MacDonald: 234 Reports
6. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 198 Reports
7. Daniel Duhon: 133 Reports
8. Florian Barea: 131 Reports
9. Brian Hankey: 55 Reports
10. Tomas Bloemink: 43 Reports
11. Ethan Fortier: 41 Reports
12. Benjamin Buske: 26 Reports
13. Matt Mulhall: 7 Reports
14. Georges Eid: 4 Reports

Fantastic job Frederic for approving 35% of the total flight reports in 2023! Thank you to all staff for your contributions!


Lastly, here are the top 5 optimal landings based on landing score in 2023:
1. Ben Maskell: 99.96
2. Casey Allen: 99.93
3. Pedro Costa: 99.91
4. Georges Eid: 99.88
5. Calum MacDonald: 99.65


As 2023 has passed and we begin 2024, I hope everyone has a great year!

On behalf of all the staff at AFVA, Happy 2024!


Brian Hankey
President and CEO
Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines

Daniel Duhon
Executive Vice President
Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines
12/31/2023 AFVA and DVA Renewing Partnership Brian Hankey
Greetings!

We are thrilled to announce a significant development effective January 1, 2024. The esteemed airlines of Air France Virtual (AFVA) and Delta Virtual (DVA) are delighted to renew their joint partnership for the collective advantage of both organizations.

Our collaborative efforts aim to ensure a seamless coordination of operations, with the Senior Staff at both airlines fostering a closer working relationship. While both airlines will maintain their independent identities and management structures, we will integrate fleet data and ACARS information to enhance efficiency.

One of our primary objectives in this renewed partnership is the creation of an updated schedule based on real-time flight data within the system, eliminating reliance on potentially outdated information from third parties.

We want to emphasize that members are still welcome to participate in both airlines, and the HR teams from AFVA and DVA will maintain closer communication to address any issues promptly.

For any inquiries, please feel free to reach out to a member of our staff via the respective airline's Discord or forums.

Best Wishes,

Brian Hankey
President and CEO, Air France Virtual Airlines

Joe Burner
President and CEO, Delta Virtual Airlines

Daniel Duhon
Executive Vice President, Air France Virtual Airlines

Chris Frasure
Vice President Delta Virtual Airlines; COO
12/04/2023 AFVA November Stats 2023 Daniel Duhon

Airline Stats November 2023

MetricQuantity (+/-)
Total Legs:319 Legs (+94)
Total Hours:981.1 Hours (+363.4)
Online Flights:78 legs (-13)

Top 10 Pilots

#PilotLegs
1Casey Allen86
2Frederic Honnart59
3Mahendra Putut32
4Marcio Costa18
5Brian Hankey14
6Fernando Antao13
7Daniel Duhon12
8Pedro Costa11
9Kostas Kollias8
10Ethan Fortier8

Well done Casey for earning this month's top spot! And great job to everyone else, spots 5-10 this month were a close race!



Top 5 Aircraft

1B737-80082 Reports
2A32051 Reports
3A320neo30 Reports
4DC-325 Reports
5A330-20020 Reports

Great job last month! Can we bring December to even higher counts? On behalf of all of AFVA Staff, we hope you have a great month as we draw near to the end of 2023!

11/14/2023 October 2023 Statistics Update Daniel Duhon
Happy Fall!

I have our next stats update for the month of October.

Total Legs: 225 reports (down 38 reports)
Total Hours: 617.7 hours (down 106.4 hours)
Online Flights: 91 reports (down 25 reports)

Top 10 Pilots
1. Teodor Negru 52 reports
2. Fernando Antao 22 reports
3. Brian Hankey 21 reports
4. Pedro Serrano 18 reports
5. Mahendra Putut 17 reports
6. Florian Barea 14 reports
7. Marcio Costa 13 reports
8. Georges Eid 11 reports
9. Ismael Gbian 11 reports
10. Josef Plas 10 reports

Top 10 Aircraft
1. BAE ATP 52 reports
2. A320 48 reports
3. B737-800 34 reports
4. B747-400 9 reports
5. MD-88 8 reports
6. ERJ-190 8 reports
7. B737-700 8 reports
8. MD-11 7 reports
9. B737-BBJ1 7 reports
10. B737 MAX 8 7 reports

The race was very close this month, but ultimately Teodor Negru ended up on top. Congratulations Ted!

As we draw near to the holidays, we hope you all are doing well and continue to contribute to our great community!
10/16/2023 September 2023 Statistics Daniel Duhon
Hello All,

Here are the (late) updated stats for the month of September:

Total Legs: 263 reports
Total Hours: 724.1 hours
Online Flights: 116 reports

Top 10 Pilots
1. Marcio Costa 50 reports
2. Teodor Negru 43 reports
3. Brian Hankey 31 reports
4. Georges Eid 29 reports
5. Ismael Gbian 24 reports
6. Fernando Antao 21 reports
7. Calum MacDonald 8 reports
8. Zandefer Webb 8 reports
9. Orjan Polman 7 reports
10. Pedro Costa 7 reports

Top 10 Aircraft
1. B737-800 57 reports
2. A320 51 reports
3. BAE ATP 41 reports
4. A320neo 18 reports
5. A321neo 11 reports
6. B787-10 10 reports
7. MD-88 9 reports
8. A330-900 8 reports
9. B747-400 7 reports
10. ERJ-190 6 reports

Here are the top 5 landing rates in July:
Ben Maskell 08/12/2023 KLH017 Leg 1 ERJ-175 -249 ft/min 1,253 ft 99.96 Cloncurry Australia Runway 12
Georges Eid 08/25/2023 SU6405 Leg 1 A320 -249 ft/min 1,237 ft 99.83 Syktyvkar Russia Runway 36
Marcio Costa 09/15/2023 GLO1750 Leg 1 A330-900 -242 ft/min 1,273 ft 99.49 Rio de Janeiro–Galeao Brazil Runway 15
Ismael Gbian 09/29/2023 AFH8665 Leg 2 B737-800 -240 ft/min 1,219 ft 99.30 Banjul Gambia Runway 32
Teodor Negru 10/04/2023 NW4004 Leg 2 BAE ATP -260 ft/min 1,287 ft 99.21 Memphis TN Runway 36L


Congrats to Ben Maskell for holding the top spot!


Have a great week, and remember to keep the blue sky up!
09/01/2023 August 2023 Statistics Brian Hankey
Hello All,

Here are the updated stats for the month of August:

Total Legs: 165 reports
Total Hours: 448 hours
Online Flights: 62 reports

Top 10 Pilots
1. Brian Hankey 30 reports
2. Georges Eid 25 reports
3. Fernando Antao 19 reports
4. Ben Maskell 13 reports
5. Florian Barea 12 reports
6. Natanael Farias 9 reports
7. Marcio Costa 7 reports
8. Leonardo Caporal 6 reports
9. Pedro Serrano 6 reports
10. Zandefer Webb 5 reports

Top 10 Aircraft
1. A320 42 reports
2. B737-700 22 reports
3. B787-8 13 reports
4. B737-800 10 reports
5. A320neo 8 reports
6. MD-88 7 reports
7. DHC-6 7 reports
8. Concorde 7 reports
9. B747-400 7 reports
10. MD-11 6 reports

Here are the top 5 landing rates in July:
Ben Maskell 08/12/2023 KLH017 Leg 1 ERJ-175 -249 ft/min 1,253 ft 99.96 Cloncurry Australia Runway 12
Georges Eid 08/25/2023 SU6405 Leg 1 A320 -249 ft/min 1,237 ft 99.83 Syktyvkar Russia Runway 36
Georges Eid 08/31/2023 GA152 Leg 1 B737-800 -268 ft/min 1,240 ft 99.29 Batam-Hang Nadim Indonesia Runway 22
Georges Eid 08/28/2023 GA228 Leg 1 B737-800 -251 ft/min 1,193 ft 99.15 Solo City Indonesia Runway 26
Georges Eid 08/13/2023 SU1330 Leg 1 A350-900 -283 ft/min 1,258 ft 98.62 Arkhangelsk Russia Runway 08

Congrats to Georges Eid for basically dominating the list this month. We also have a new record for best landing rate... Ben Maskell. A feat that we did not think would happen... Pedro Costa has been dethroned.

Unfortunately, we did not hit the minimum flights required for anyone to win their choice of scenery in August. Please stay tuned for our next competition.

Have a great week, and remember to keep the blue sky up!
08/16/2023 Mid August Competition Update Daniel Duhon
Hello All,

I would like to provide an update for our August flight competition. We are now mid-way through our competition period already!

Here are the current standings:

1. Brian Hankey: 18 reports
2. Georges Eid: 12 reports
3. Ben Maskell: 9 reports
4. Fernando Ante: 9 reports
5. Natanael Farias: 8 reports
6. Leonardo Caporal: 4 reports
7. Marcio Costa: 4 reports
8. Orjan Polman: 3 reports
9. Marcel Teljeur: 2 reports
10. Florian Barea: 2 reports

As a reminder for those who may not know about the competition, we are offering the prize of your choice of one free scenery from either Flightbeam Studios or Jetstream Designs to the pilot with the most flight legs between August 1 -- August 31. To qualify, you must file at least 40 PIREPs within this period to be eligible for the prize. Good luck to everyone and keep those reports flowing in!

Cheers,


AFVA/KLM Staff
08/07/2023 July 2023 Airline Stats Brian Hankey
Hello all,

Here are the updated stats for the month of July:

Total Legs: 221 reports
Total Hours: 741.2 hours
Online legs: 71 reports


Top 10 pilots:
1. Natanael Farias: 40 reports
2. Mahendra Putut: 33 reports
3. Brian Hankey: 22 reports
4. Fernando Antao: 16 reports
5. Calum Macdonald: 15 reports
6. Orjan Polman: 12 reports
7. Georges Eid: 10 reports
8. Daniel Chanel Mouzita: 9 reports
9. Zandefer Webb: 9 reports
10. Ben Maskell: 9 reports


Top 10 Aircraft:
1. B737-800: 39 reports
2. B787-8: 28 reports
3. A320: 27 reports
4. DHC-6: 15 reports
5. B787-10: 15 reports
6. A320neo: 15 reports
7. B747-400: 14 reports
8. A330-200: 12 reports
9. B737-200: 8 reports
10. B727-200: 6 reports


Here are the top 5 landing rates in July.
# Name Date Flight Number Aircraft Landing Rate Score Arrival City
1. Zandefer Webb 07/20/2023 DL2077 Leg 1 B727-200 -266 ft/min 99.18 San Jose CA Runway 30R
2. Natanael Farias 07/15/2023 DL018 Leg 4 B787-8 -250 ft/min 99.08 Chicago-O'Hare IL Runway 27R
3. Ben Maskell 07/25/2023 VA1765 Leg 1 ATR-72 -271 ft/min 99.04 Brisbane Australia Runway 19L
4. Zandefer Webb 07/15/2023 DL4027 Leg 1 B727-200 -207 ft/min 98.10 Cleveland-Hopkins OH Runway 06L
5. Brian Hankey 07/09/2023 AFT2321 Leg 3 DHC-6 -222 ft/min 97.89 Biarritz France Runway 27

Congrats to Zandefer for making the list twice.

Our all-time leader in the last year is still Pedro Costa, with a 99.91 landing score at Tokyo Narita.

Great Job this month. There were more flights in July than there were in June. Can we beat that in August?

Remember, throughout the month of August, we're running a competition for the most flights logged. From Aug 1 to Aug 31, whoever flies the most legs above 40 legs will win a free MSFS/P3D scenery of their choice courtesy of Jetstream Designs (https://www.jetstream-designs.com/ and Flightbeam Studios (https://www.flightbeam.net/)
07/06/2023 June 2023 Airline Stats Daniel Duhon
Hello all,

Here are updated stats for ending June:

Total Legs: 198 flights
Total Hours: 767.0 hours
Online legs: 59 flights


Top 10 pilots:
1. Mahendra Putut: 49 reports
2. Natanael Farias: 21 reports
3. Ben Maskell: 19 reports
4. Brian Hankey: 16 reports
5. Matt Mulhall: 14 reports
6. Orjan Polman: 13 reports
7. Calum Macdonald: 11 reports
8. Sergio Osuna: 9 reports
9. Zandefer Webb: 8 reports
10. Fernando Antao: 7 reports


Top 10 Aircraft:
1. B737-800: 39 reports
2. A320: 20 reports
3. B747-400: 16 reports
4. A330-200: 14 reports
5. B787-10: 10 reports
6. B737-200: 9 reports
7. B737 MAX 8: 9 reports
8. B747-8F: 7 reports
9. B737-700: 7 reports
10. A220-3(CSeries): 7 reports

Great job everyone! Lot's of Boeing this month, will it repeat in July?

Have a great week everyone!
06/12/2023 April, May, and mid-June Stats Update Daniel Duhon
Hello all,

After a rather long absence, I finally have time to share an updated stats report! Here are stats for April, May, and June so far:

Total Legs: 761 flights
Total Hours: 2538.6 hours
Online legs: 284 flights

June Legs: 69 flights
June Hours: 256.2 hours
June Online Legs: 19 flights

May Legs: 291 flights
May Hours: 944.0 hours
May Online Legs: 95 flights

April Legs: 401 flights
April Hours: 1338.4 hours
April Online Legs: 170 flights


Top 10 pilots (All months):
1. Mahendra Putut: 151 reports
2. Alan Barber: 94 reports
3. Teodor Negru: 63 reports
4. Calum MacDonald: 50 reports
5. Matt Mulhall: 50 reports
6. Frederic Fleuren: 49 reports
7. Georges Eid: 41 reports
8. Brian Hankey: 38 reports
9. Ben Maskell: 35 reports
10. Fernando Antao: 27 reports


Top 10 Aircraft:
1. B737-800: 107 reports
2. B747-8F: 69 reports
3. A320: 65 reports
4. B787-9: 38 reports
5. B747-400F: 35 reports
6. B777-300ER: 33 reports
7. ERJ-170: 32 reports
8. B747-8: 30 reports
9. A320neo: 30 reports
10. A319: 24 reports

Great job everyone! Let's see if we can beat the April numbers this June!

Have a great week everyone!
04/28/2023 Final days of April Daniel Duhon
Hello all,

It is hard to believe how fast this year is going! With 2 more days left in April, here is a brief stats Update:

Total Legs: 354 flights
Total Hours: 1266.9 hours
Online legs: 158 flights


Top 5 pilots:
1. Mahendra Putut: 62 reports
2. Alan Barber: 53 reports
3. Teodor Negru: 34 reports
4. Matt Mulhall: 27 reports
5. Calum MacDonald: 26 reports


Top 5 Aircraft:
1. B737-800: 47 reports
2. B787-9: 32 reports
3. A320: 32 reports
4. B747-8F: 31 reports
5 A320neo: 20 reports

Let's see how many flights we come up with in the next 2 days!

Have a great weekend everyone!
04/18/2023 April Stats Update: Week of April 17th Daniel Duhon

Hello everyone!

Now for your next weekly stats update:

  • Total flights to date: 236 legs
  • April hours: 799.6 hours
  • Distance: 338,516 miles
  • Tour legs: 77 legs
  • Online legs: 103 legs

We are now on track for about 393 flights this month. Can we get back up to 400?


Here are the pilot standings so far for the month:

#PilotFlights
1Mahendra Putut43 reports
2Alan Barber32 reports
3Teodor Negru24 reports
4Matt Mulhall21 reports
5Frederic Fleuren17 reports


And now for the best landings in the past 30 days:

#PilotDateFlightEquipmentTouchdownDistanceScoreAirport
1Calum MacDonald3/29/2023AF7493 Leg 1ERJ-190-250 ft/min1,223 ft99.65Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 26L
2Teodor Negru4/08/2023KL1893 Leg 1B747-400F-236 ft/min1,286 ft99.07Graz Austria Runway 35C
3Mahendra Putut4/05/2023HV6609 Leg 1A330-200-257 ft/min1,303 ft99.05Innsbruck Austria Runway 26
4Frederick Fleuren4/13/2023AY875 Leg 1A320neo-237 ft/min1,307 ft98.77Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 27R
5Orjan Polman3/22/2023SU2112 Leg 1B737-800-260 ft/min1,173 ft98.54Athens Greece Runway 03L


Once again, good job to everyone this month!

Congratulations to Mahendra Putut for earning his 747 wings! Congratulations as well to Ethan Fortier for recently achieving the Historical 500 Club!

Keep up the great work and we hope to see you all in the virtual skies very soon!

AFVA Staff

04/12/2023 Major Equipment Program Updates Daniel Duhon

Hello everyone,

There are several important updates in this article so bear with me!

Following a discussion between Senior Staff members, and the Chief Pilots, I have some exciting new updates to share with you regarding equipment programs. In order to follow current real-world trends and simplify our Equipment Programs, we are updating several programs and reorganizing management of them.

First off, I would like to announce the retirement of the A380 and updates to the Historical Program. Following the real world retirement of the A380 from the Air France Fleet, we have decided it is time to move the A380 to the Historical Fleet at AFVA. With this move, instead of adding it to the already long list of ratings in the DC-3 Program, we decided to also change up how the Historical Program is structured.

Effective immediately, the Historical program is now split into a Historical Props rating and a separate Historical Jets rating under the new A380 Program. These programs will be organized as follows:

The Historical Props Program will have the following Primary Aircraft:

DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-6A, DC-6B, DC-7, DC-7C

As well as the following secondary ratings:

B1900, B377, BAE ATP, Br 763, CV-340, CV-440, Constellation, D.338, DC-2, DO-228, EMB-120, F100, F27, F28, F50, HS-748, JS41, L-10, L-100, L-188 Electra, MB.220, S-307, S340, SD-360, Super Connie

The Historical Props Program will remain a Stage 3 Program and is open to all Stage 2 Captains or higher.



The Historical Jets Program will now have the following Primary ratings:

A380-800, B707-120, B707-320, Caravelle

As well as the following secondary ratings:

A300-200, A300-600, A310, Avro RJ-85, B720, B727-100, B727-200, BAE-146, CV-880, CV-990, Comet, DC-10-10, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, DC-8-11, DC-8-21, DC-8-33, DC-8-42, DC-8-51, DC-8-61, DC-8-62, DC-8-63, DC-8-63AF, DC-8-71, DC-8-72, DC-9-14, DC-9-32, DC-9-40, DC-9-50, DO-328JET, F100, F70, L-1011-100, L-1011-500, MD-11, MD-11F

This program will replace the A380 Program and remain a Stage 5 Program, meaning you must be a Captain in Stage 4 before becoming eligible for these ratings.



The next update is an update to the B787-9 Program. In order to maintain consistency between type ratings, we have added the B757 and B767 families to be included in the B787-9 Program. These types are still used by Delta Airlines and Japan Airlines in our schedules. Pilots in the B787 program should have already received these extra ratings along with the update. If you do not have these ratings but believe you should, please submit a Help Desk Issue requesting these ratings and we will get them added to your profile.



Thirdly, we have updates for the A330 and A350 Programs. We have decided to merge these two programs into a single Stage 3 program. This program will contain the following Primary Ratings:

A330-200, A330-300, A330-900, A350-900

And the following Secondary Ratings:

A340-200, A340-300, A340-500, A340-600

This is to follow real life similarities between the aircraft and shared type ratings.



Lastly, following the above changes, we will have a few staff changes to accommodate this reorganization. After moving the A380 to the Historical Program, Frederic Honnart will be leading both Historical Programs as the Chief Pilot of these.

Leading the new combined A330/A350 Program is Teodor Negru as Chief Pilot.

Florian Barea will remian on Staff helping with PIREPs and filling in areas that are needed.

Brian Hankey and myself will no longer be required to maintain dual roles in Senior Staff and Chief Pilots so we will be focusing on our roles there.



Finally, I would like to reiterate that these changes will not remove ratings from pilots. If you already have the Historical Ratings, for example, you will retain any ratings you already have. If ratings have been added to your program, then you will receive those additional ratings as well. If you have any question, concerns, feedback, or issues, please submit a Help Desk Issue and we will answer all your questions individually!

We are excited for these changes and look forward to the future of this great VA!

Brian Hankey

President & CEO

Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines

bhankey@afva.net

Daniel Duhon

Executive Vice President

Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines

dduhon@avfa.net

AFVA Staff

04/11/2023 April Stats Update Daniel Duhon

Hello everyone!

A quick stats update for the month of April:

  • Total flights to date: 156 legs
  • April hours: 576.8 hours
  • Distance: 250,210 miles
  • Tour legs: 54 legs
  • Online legs: 63 legs

We are on track for 425 flights this month, let's see if we can beat that!

Here are the pilot standings so far for the month:

#PilotFlights
1Mahendra Putut24 reports
2Teodor Negru24 reports
3Orjan Polman16 reports
4Frederick Fleuren14 reports
5Alan Barber13 reports

Great effort to all! It already looks like a close race, who will end up on top come April 30?

Also congratulations to two pilots who have recently been promoted, Frederick Fleuren to Captain in the A320 and Mahendra Putut to Captain in the 787!

Keep up the great work and we hope to see you all in the virtual skies very soon!

AFVA Staff

04/06/2023 Best Landings Update Alan Barber

Hi Pilots,

And we have a new entry at No. 2! Calum Macdonald showing why he is Chief Pilot of the Regional Airliners Program

#PilotDateFlight #AircraftLanding ScoreAirport
1Pedro Costa03/05/2023JL408 Leg 1A330-90099.91Tokyo-Narita Japan Runway 34R
2Calum Macdonald03/29/2023AF7493 Leg 1ERJ-19099.65Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 26L
3Ádám Balogh01/21/2023AF271 Leg 1B787-999.63Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 08L
4Frederic Honnart 01/29/2023UX1930 Leg 1A32099.43Lisbon Portugal Runway 03
5Brian Hankey03/05/2023VA142 Leg 1B737-80099.33Auckland New Zealand Runway 05R

Pedro still leading the way!

AFVA Staff

04/02/2023 Top Pilots March 23 Alan Barber

Hi Pilots

A BIG THANK YOU from all of the AFV staff for everyone's efforts in March, we came home with a total of 470 legs flown which is the most since April 2021 - Great Stuff!

Starting in April we shall be awarding a "Top Pilot" Discord Role for the Pilot who completes the most legs each month. If you haven't joined our Discord yet, here is an invite link: https://discord.gg/jcFJnPej

So, without further ado here are the final standings for March, congratulations to Clarence who comes out top in a tight race

1Clarence McGaha42 Reports
2Mahendra Putut39 Reports
3Orjan Polman26 Reports
4Natanael Farias22 Reports
5Pedro Costa11 Reports

Thanks to all the VA is undergoing a major resurgence with a great sense of community, let's keep it going!

Image courtesy of Daniel Duhon

AFV/KLM Staff

04/01/2023 Assistant Chief Pilot A320 Program Alan Barber

Hi Pilots

We are curently looking to fill the above role.

The A320 program is the busiest and is where most pilots get their first taste of life in the VA

For more details and how to apply please head here: https://www.afva.net/job.do?id=0x39

Thank you in advance for your interest!

AFVA/KLM Staff

03/27/2023 VA News for the week! Alan Barber
Marnews3

Hi Pilots

Gmail

Please be aware that we will be reducing the number of news items for a while. This is because we have incurred the wrath of the Gmail spam gods who have decreed that as the AFV email domain send out notification emails then it must be spamming. What would be of help is if pilots with a Gmail address can review their notification settings in their AFV profile and perhaps turn off notifications for News items, the latest ones are always at the top of the home page anyway.

Discord

A reminder to all that we have a very active Discord Server where you can ask questions about AFV, Flight Simming in general etc etc.

You can join here: https://discord.gg/FdQGM2p5

This link is valid for one week from today but a new link will be posted weekly.

Top Pilots

With a little under a week to go in March there have so far been 397 legs flown which is by far the most for some time, the increase since November 22 when there were 146 legs flown is phenomenal, thank you all for your commitment and effort.

If you have any feed back on the VA we’d be happy to hear it together with any suggestions for improvements you may have.

In the meantime here are the top Non-staff pilots so far for March:

1Clarence McGaha29 Reports
2Mahendra Putut29 Reports
3Natanael Farias21 Reports
4Orjan Polman21 Reports
5Fernando Antao11 Reports

It’s a close run thing this month!

Top Approvers

Of course, all these PIREPS need to be reviewed and approved, here’s the state of play for top approver:

1Alan Barber132 Reports
2Teodor Negru131 Reports
3Calum Macdonald45 Reports
4Frederic Honnart38 Reports
5Daniel Duhon14 Reports

More neck and neck stuff here!

Tours

The next tours coming your way will be “Any landing you can walk away from” and “Liu Bang Part 4”. We are also planning a tour to coincide with the release of WU13 for MSFS2020, which will be set in the Pacific Islands, watch this space for that one.

Many thanks again to all pilots for their commitment and efforts!

AFVA/KLM Staff

Image: More ERJ Love courtesy of Calum MacDonald

03/24/2023 Liu Bang Tour Part 3 Released Alan Barber
Xianjiang

Hi Pilots

The Liu Bang Tour part 3 is now available for everyone to fly.

This part ot the tour will find you in the very scenic Xianjiang Province.

More details including the briefing note can be found here: https://www.afva.net/tour.do?id=0x26

Pilots are also asked to read NOTAM 49 before starting this and other tours: https://www.afva.net/notams.do

Good Luck and have fun

AFVA/KLM Tours

03/23/2023 New Tour Available Soon - Liu Bang Part 3 Alan Barber
XINJIANG
03/21/2023 'Out of Africa' Tour released Alan Barber
Wildlife

Hi Pilots

The Out of Africa Tour is now available for everyone to fly.

This tour goes hand in hand with the AFV Under African Skies Accomplishment; Complete the tour = You get the Accomplishment!

More details can be found here: https://www.afva.net/tour.do?id=0x24

Pilots are also asked to read NOTAM 49 before starting this and other tours: https://www.afva.net/notams.do

Good Luck and have fun

AFVA/KLM Tours

03/21/2023 Top Approvers in March to date Alan Barber
mar-app

Hi Pilots,

Here are the top PIREP approvers so far this month:

1Teodor Negru94 reports
2Alan Barber92 reports
3Calum MacDonald40 reports
4Frederic Honnart38 reports
5Brian Hankey8 Reports

A double two horse race developing for top spots this month!

AFVA/KLM Staff

03/20/2023 Monthly Stats to date Alan Barber
mar-stats

Hi Pilots,

With two thirds of March out of the way here are the current standings for top pilot:

1Alan Barber46 reports
2Brian Hankey28 reports
3Calum MacDonald25 reports
4Clarence McGaha24 reports
4Mahendra Ptut24 Reports

At the time of writing we are well on course for between 400-450 legs this month, which is an outstanding effort by all, thank you.

Screenshot: 787 Night Landing EHAM Rwy 18C

AFVA/KLM Staff

03/20/2023 New Tour Available Soon Alan Barber
Africa
03/19/2023 A great effort so far this month Alan Barber
Hi Pilots,

With just under two weeks left in March; as of yesterday 258 flights had been completed. That is such a satisfying thing to read and shows a great effort by all. Dare we think about 500 legs this month?

AFVA/KLM Staff
03/17/2023 AN-225 Tour Update Alan Barber
Hi Pilots

Following the announcement for the 'Mriya' flight tour, we would like to make a clarification for using the AN-225. You do not need to request the rating. Simply select the AN-225 in ACARS, set up the route and flight number according to the tour briefing, and select 'Fly.' You may safely ignore the warning about not having the rating.

What we will do is check the tour participation periodically and assign you the AN-225 rating once you have filed the first leg so you won't have the pop-up every time. This will not need a special request. We hope you enjoy this special edition Flight Tour!

AFVA/KLM Tours
03/16/2023 AN-225 Tour Released Alan Barber
AN225

Hi Pilots

The AN-225 Tour is now available for everyone to fly.

More details can be found here: https://www.afva.net/tour.do?id=0x23

Pilots are also asked to read NOTAM 49 before starting this and other tours: https://www.afva.net/notams.do

Enjoy this special tour!

AFVA/KLM Tours

03/14/2023 New Tour Available Soon Alan Barber
AN225
03/13/2023 March Stats to date Alan Barber
Cockpit

Hi Pilots

And just like that another week has gone! Here's how things are looking to date:

Pilots

1Alan Barber30 reports
2Mahendra Putut23 reports
3Brian Hankey22 reports
4Calum Macdonald14 reports
4Clarence McGaha14 Reports

Approvers

1Teodor Negru67 reports
2Alan Barber39 reports
3Frederic Honnart31 reports
4Calum Macdonald13 reports
5Brian Hankey6 reports

168 legs flown in total so far this month, and we're not yet half way through, 400???

ERJ Cockpit image courtesy of Calum MacDonald

AFVA Staff

03/13/2023 Best Landings 2023 Alan Barber
Landing Airplane

Hi Pilots,

And we have a new No. 1! Pedro Costa leads the way, we knew it would take something special to usurp Ádám and Pedro has managed it!

#PilotDateFlight #AircraftLanding ScoreAirport
1Pedro Costa03/05/2023JL408 Leg 1A330-90099.91Tokyo-Narita Japan Runway 34R
2Ádám Balogh01/21/2023AF271 Leg 1B787-999.63Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 08L
3Frederic Honnart 01/29/2023UX1930 Leg 1A32099.43Lisbon Portugal Runway 03
4Brian Hankey03/05/2023VA142 Leg 1B737-80099.33Auckland New Zealand Runway 05R
5Alan Barber02/28/2023AZ3024 Leg 1B737-80098.98Parma Italy Runway 20
6Daniel Duhon02/25/2023MN622 Leg 1B737-80098.91Johannesburg South Africa Runway 03L
7Marcel Teljeur02/01/2023 KL409 Leg 1B747-40098.72Almaty Kazakhstan Runway 05
8Martin Zelikovitz01/18/2023MU2378 Leg 1A32098.30Xian China Runway 23R
9Mahendra Putut03/03/2023KL807 Leg 1A330-20098.30Manila Philippines Runway 06
10Zacharias Dupont01/02/2023 HV201 Leg 1B737-80098.12Tenerife-South Spain Runway 07

It's gonna take a real 'Hold my beer' moment to knock Pedro from top spot, good luck all!

AFVA Staff

03/10/2023 A320neo Rating Now Active Daniel Duhon
Hello all!

This message is to inform you that we have added the A320neo to the A320 program. All pilot ratings should be updated, however if you have the A320 ratings and do not see the A320neo in your equipment rating list, please submit a Help Desk issue requesting it.

Cheers,

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03/07/2023 March Stats to date Alan Barber

Hi Pilots

Here are the standings so far this month:

Pilots

1Alan Barber18 reports
2Mahendra Putut10 reports
3Calum Macdonald8 reports
4Orjan Polman5 reports
5Brian Hankey5 Reports

Approvers

1Frederic Honnart21 reports
2Teodor Negru21 reports
3Alan Barber17 reports
4Calum Macdonald3 reports
5Brian Hankey3 reports

We are currently looking at around 280-290 legs flown this month. Lets try for at least 300!

AFVA Staff

03/02/2023 50 State Club Tour Part 2 Alan Barber

The 50 State Club Tour Part 2 is now available for all pilots.

More details can be found here: 50 State Club Part 2

We hope you enjoy.


AFVA Tours

03/01/2023 February Statistics Alan Barber

February Statistics:

Flight Report Stats:

Total legs in February : 334 legs

Total Hours in February: 887.3 hours

VATSIM Legs: 112 legs

Tour Legs: 125 legs

Total Distance: 298,912 miles

An all round great effort from everyone this month! Let's try for 350 or maybe even 400 in March


Top 5 Pilots:
  1. Alan Barber: 72 reports
  2. Teodor Negru: 57 reports
  3. Calum Macdonald: 39 reports
  4. Mahendra Putut: 34 reports
  5. Frederic Honnart: 23 reports

Top 5 Approvers:
  1. Teodor Negru: 107 reports
  2. Alan Barber: 88 reports
  3. Frederic Honnart: 67 reports
  4. Calum Macdonald: 34 reports
  5. Daniel Duhon: 20 reports


AFVA/KLM Staff

03/01/2023 Total legs flown in February Alan Barber

Hi Pilots

Our target for February was 300 and we came home with 334!

An excellent effort and a big thank you for the contributions made by all.

Top pilots/approvers to follow

Well done all!

400 in March?

AFVA Staff

03/01/2023 New Tour Available Alan Barber
50 State Club

The 50 State Club Tour Part 1 is now available for all pilots.

More details can be found here: 50 State Club

We hope you enjoy.


AFVA Tours

02/28/2023 Best Landings 2023 Alan Barber
Landing Airplane

So here are the best landings in 2023 so far. Ádám is still solid as a rock at No. 1

#PilotDateFlight #AircraftLanding ScoreAirport
1Ádám Balogh01/21/23AF271 Leg 1B787-999.63Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 08L
2Frederic Honnart01/29/23UX1930 Leg 1A32099.43Lisbon Portugal Runway 03
3Alan Barber01/27/23AFH430 Leg 2A31998.92Paris-Orly France Runway 02
4Daniel Duhon02/25/23MN622 Leg 1B737-80098.91Johannesburg South Africa Runway 03L
5Marcel Teljeur02/01/23KL409 Leg 1B747-40098.72Almaty Kazakhstan Runway 05
6Martin Zelikovitz01/18/23MU2378 Leg 1A32098.3Xian China Runway 23R
7Zacharias Dupont01/02/23HV201 Leg 1B737-80098.12Tenerife-South Spain Runway 07
8Calum Macdonald02/10/23AF7637 Leg 1ERJ-17098.07Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 26L
9Teodor Negru02/16/23AS2563 Leg 1F7097.85Portland OR Runway 28L
10Brian Hankey02/23/23AF9927 Leg 2B737-BBJ197.16Cassidy Kiribati Runway 08

AFVA Staff

02/27/2023 Euro City Bash Tour Alan Barber
European City Bash Tour

The Euro City Bash Tour is now available for all pilots.

More details can be found here: European City Bash

We hope you enjoy.


AFVA Tours

02/25/2023 Airline stats update Alan Barber

As we head towards the end of February, here is the state of play:

Legs Flown

1Alan Barber59
2Teodor Negru46
3Mahendra Putut32
4Calum Macdonald31
5Frederic Honnart23

PIREP Approvals

1Teodor Negru88 reports
2Alan Barber70 reports
3Frederic Honnart64 reports
4Calum Macdonald33 reports
5Ben Maskell15 reports

We're very close to 300 legs flown in February which is an awesome effort. One last push to get there!


AFVA Staff

02/21/2023 New Tour Available Alan Barber
Italy Tour Banner

The Gli faremo un’offerta che non potrà rifiutare tour is now available for all pilots.

More details including the briefing note are available HERE

We hope you have fun with it!

AFVA Staff

02/19/2023 Monthly Stats to date Alan Barber

Well, I missed out last week, so to make up for it here a this weeks stats a day early.


It looks like a we have woken by a sleeping giant with the AFV Veteran, Ted, leading the way in both fields!


In terms of the month as a whole we are on course for 300+ legs flown, which for a short month is a great effort, lets make sure we get there!

Flights

1Teodor Negru35 reports
2Alan Barber25 reports
3Calum Macdonald24 reports
4Mahendra Putut24 reports
5Frederic Honnart18 reports

Approvals

1Teodor Negru64 reports
2Alan Barber50 reports
3Frederic Honnart42 reports
4Calum Macdonald20 reports
5Ben Maskell14 reports

AFVA Staff

02/17/2023 Tour of Greece now available Alan Barber

My Big Fat Greek Flight Tour is now available for all pilots.

More details HERE


AFVA Staff

Greece Tour Banner
02/17/2023 Some Aircraft Stats Alan Barber

I thought pilots might find it interesting to see the top 20 Aircraft used in terms of legs flown since the inception of AFVA. Any surprises in the list?


TYPELEGS
A32016087
B737-80015627
DC-38594
B747-4006804
A330-2005646
B777-2004540
B737-7004528
A3193872
B777-3003761
A3213451
A330-3002816
B727-2002628
CRJ-2002500
B757-2002465
Concorde2416
A340-3002225
B767-300ER2009
MD-111997
CRJ-7001903
A3181865
02/15/2023 Freight Tour on hold Alan Barber
Hi All

The release of the Freight Tour is on hold whilst some scheduling/manifest glitches are ironed out.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I hope to get it with you soon.

In the meantime I am working on 'My Big Fat Greek Flight Tour' which I assume needs no introduction.

Alan Barber
Tour Guide
02/10/2023 Time to dust off those freighters! Alan Barber

Hi All

If you're looking for a change of pace then keep an eye out for a two part tour covering the top 50 freight hubs around the world.

More details to follow but you can preview what's in store here: Details

Alan Barber

AFVA

02/10/2023 Top landings to date in 2023 Alan Barber
Hi All

Here are the best landings so far this year. I think Ádám is going to be quite hard to dislodge from top spot! But we've got over 10 months to try!

Number

Pilot

Date

Flight Number

Aircraft

Landing Rate

Distance From Threshold

Landing Score

Airport & Runway

1

Ádám Balogh

01/21/23

AF271 Leg 1

B787-9

-238 ft/min

1,248 ft

99.63

Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 08L

2

Frederic Honnart

01/29/23

UX1930 Leg 1

A320

-261 ft/min

1,270 ft

99.43

Lisbon Portugal Runway 03

3

Alan Barber

01/27/23

AFH430 Leg 2

A319

-263 ft/min

1,202 ft

98.92

Paris-Orly France Runway 02

4

Marcel Teljeur

02/01/23

KL409 Leg 1

B747-400

-244 ft/min

1,176 ft

98.72

Almaty Kazakhstan Runway 05

5

Martin Zelikovitz

01/18/23

MU2378 Leg 1

A320

-263 ft/min

1,334 ft

98.30

Xian China Runway 23R

6

Calum Macdonald

02/10/23

AF7637 Leg 1

ERJ-170

-244 ft/min

1,140 ft

98.07

Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 26L

7

Orjan Polman

01/15/23

AY428 Leg 1

A320

-223 ft/min

1,400 ft

96.45

Helsinki Finland Runway 15

8

Daniel Duhon

01/31/23

VA1723 Leg 1

B737-600

-313 ft/min

1,205 ft

96.41

Karratha Australia Runway 08

9

Teodor Negru

01/22/23

DL2105 Leg 1

ERJ-170

-298 ft/min

1,361 ft

96.11

Grand Rapids MI Runway 35

10

Florian Barea

01/21/23

AFH503 Leg 3

A320

-254 ft/min

1,478 ft

95.79

Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal Runway 36

(1 entry per pilot)

AFVA Staff
02/08/2023 Middle Earth Tour Now available Daniel Duhon

Hello All!

The Middle Earth tour is now available! It is open from now until December 31, 2023.


Click here for details

Enjoy!

(Tip: If you use MSFS2020, there is a NZ World Update coming soon. I would recommend waiting for that to start this tour.)

02/07/2023 Liu Bang Tour Part 2 Alan Barber
Hi all!

I am pleased to announce the Liu Bang Tour Part 2 is now available for all AFVA pilots.


Part 2 of the tour takes you around the province of Inner Mongolia.

Click Here for Tour Details


AFVA Staff

02/06/2023 February Week 1 Update Daniel Duhon

February Week 1 Stats:

Flight Report Stats:

Total legs in February so far: 51 legs

Total Hours in February: 183.2 hours

VATSIM Legs: 14 legs

Tour Legs: 9 legs

Total Distance: 77,894 miles

That's an average of about 8.5 flights/day. This would equate to 238 flights by the end of the month if that average stays the same thorughout the month. Can we make it to 250?


Top 5 Pilots:
  1. Mahendra Putut: 12 reports
  2. Calum MacDonald: 6 reports
  3. Martin Zelikovitz: 5 reports
  4. Florian Barea: 5 reports
  5. Brian Hankey: 5 reports

Top 5 Approvers:
  1. Alan Barber: 16 reports
  2. Frederic Honnart: 15 reports
  3. Teodor Negru: 12 reports
  4. Ben Maskell: 8 reports
  5. Ethan Fortier: 3 reports


AFVA/KLM Staff

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