VELA Virtual Airlines
- The Swiss virtual airline that flies like a real one.
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Our Hubs and Focus Airports
Zürich
LSZH | ZRH
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Launched 2026-08-10
English
About us
VELA is a Swiss virtual airline flying the A320 family out of Zurich (ZRH).
We operate a fleet of A320 Series Aircraft, A319, A320 and A321, on a realistic year-round European network, planned and flown the way a real airline does it: published schedules, monthly crew rosters, real dispatch with SimBrief operational flight plans, and SOP discipline per FCOM from pushback to shutdown.
Every pilot gets a callsign, a roster and access to our crew platform: web intranet, a native EFB app for briefing and in-flight use, ACARS datalink and a full tech log for each airframe. Real procedures. Virtual skies.
We operate a fleet of A320 Series Aircraft, A319, A320 and A321, on a realistic year-round European network, planned and flown the way a real airline does it: published schedules, monthly crew rosters, real dispatch with SimBrief operational flight plans, and SOP discipline per FCOM from pushback to shutdown.
Every pilot gets a callsign, a roster and access to our crew platform: web intranet, a native EFB app for briefing and in-flight use, ACARS datalink and a full tech log for each airframe. Real procedures. Virtual skies.
What makes us special?
Depth of operation. VELA is not a logbook site with a fleet list, it is a working airline ecosystem built from scratch.
Our aircraft live real lives: they fly the schedule even when no crew is aboard, carry tech logs with MEL items and maintenance releases, and their position is always known, at a real gate or en route. Pilots fly monthly rosters generated under flight time limitations, bid for trips, grab open flights and check in through a crew portal, just like the real thing.
The tooling is our own: a native iPad EFB with charts, OFP and navlog, an engineering app for the fleet, ACARS with an OPS desk that actually answers your telex, and dispatch that learns fuel burn from every completed flight.
Small fleet, high standards: we fly the A320 family by the book, out of Zurich, as a crew that flies the plan.
Our aircraft live real lives: they fly the schedule even when no crew is aboard, carry tech logs with MEL items and maintenance releases, and their position is always known, at a real gate or en route. Pilots fly monthly rosters generated under flight time limitations, bid for trips, grab open flights and check in through a crew portal, just like the real thing.
The tooling is our own: a native iPad EFB with charts, OFP and navlog, an engineering app for the fleet, ACARS with an OPS desk that actually answers your telex, and dispatch that learns fuel burn from every completed flight.
Small fleet, high standards: we fly the A320 family by the book, out of Zurich, as a crew that flies the plan.
A320 | Airbus A320
A319 | Airbus A319
A321 | Airbus A321
Passenger
LSZH - Zürich Airport
VATSIM
MSFS2024
X-Plane 12
X-Plane 11
What we offer
Real-Time Flight Tracking
Active Discord Community
Internal Chat / Messaging System
SOPs
Aircraft Maintenance
Liveries
SimBrief Integration
Automated PIREPs
Pilot Data Link
Support System / Forum
Pilot Handbooks
Checklists
Pilot Training
Flight Academy / Training Courses
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