What’s it all about? For twenty hours this May, the skies over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand will be filled with aircraft all on a mission to Cross the Ditch. An example of that typical down-under understatement, this “ditch” is over 1100nm wide. The flight routes all range from two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half hours flight...

VATITA is organizing a new step of our “Focus on…” events’ series, featuring a fully staffed medium sized-airport, realistic procedures and much fun for everyone! This time we’ll focus on Brindisi (LIBR). The event is held on Wednesday, 15th May from 21.00 – 23:30 CEST (19.00 – 21.30 zulu). To make the flight sensation...

This years final of the VATSIM Europa League, a prestigious and exciting battle between Chelsea and Benfica, is played in the Amsterdam ArenA stadium. Football supporters from all around the continent have to be flown in. The Dutch VACC invites you to pick your favourite charter flight and fly into Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one night before the match. The...

VATSIM’s  regional group Düsseldorf is excited about another opportunity for cooperation with the fixed base simulator at YourCockpit in Cologne, right at the MediaPark. From their premisses, we will be providing 12 hours of continuous and quality ATC at Cologne Airport (EDDK), with giving VATSIM members the opportunity to conduct their flight in the...

Vienna single-runway Operations. VATSIM online event @ LOWW at Saturday May 11th; due to ongoing refurbishment on runway 16/34, we will operate everything from 11/29 in LOWW between 1900-2100z. Delays and “traffic jams” are to be expected. Vienna will be fully staffed – be sure to have some extra fuel in your tanks. Share...