The Swiss virtual airline that flies like a real one.
A320 family out of Zurich on VATSIM — dispatched releases, monthly rosters, a living fleet and SOP discipline on every single leg.
Every flight above is a real leg of the VELA Year-1 schedule — crews fly them from a monthly roster. Fancy one? That’s what the application is for.
Thirteen stations with character.
A 2020-era short-haul network out of Zurich — including demanding fields like Florence and Bilbao that reward clean handling. Local times, real frequencies.
Every rotation starts and ends at Kloten — 241 legs a week, callsign VELA, flight numbers VE.
Helsinki, Pamplona and Riga join the network — flown by the two newest tails, Gregale and Foehn.
Seven aircraft, named after winds.
Bise, Mistral, Gregale, Sirocco, Ostro, Meltemi, Foehn — each tail logs real hours and cycles, carries a techlog and goes through maintenance like the real thing.
The A319 takes the short fields and steep approaches, the A320 flies the bulk of the schedule, the A321 brings capacity to the densest routes. All seven in the VELA livery — signet in Heritage Gold on the tail, inside the starfield.
Run like a real airline.
Every leg departs with a SimBrief OFP and an operational release from VELA dispatch — fuel, weather and performance included.
Our own iPad EFB carries your briefing, weather, navlog and ACARS into the cockpit — and closes the flight when you shut down.
Monthly lines, trip bids and standby duties built from real crew pairings — you fly a roster, not a random route board.
Each tail logs hours and cycles, carries a techlog with MEL items and goes through maintenance — engineering is part of the game.
Web-based trainings, an entry knowledge test and check flights keep standards high — from application to command upgrade.
Intranet, vIFM, vOPS cabin app and the engineering app all speak to one platform — one source of truth for the whole operation.
From release to touchdown.
SimBrief OFP, fuel and weather — dispatch signs off every leg before you push.
From application to the flight deck.
Two seats, one standard. Bring a study-level Airbus, VATSIM discipline and the will to fly it properly — we bring the airline around it.
Tell us who you are and what you fly. A study-level A320 — Fenix, ToLiss or FlyByWire — is the required equipment.
A short screening on A320 basics, procedures and VATSIM phraseology — passed from home, at your pace.
One rated leg with a VELA examiner: SOPs, flows and a stabilized approach per FCOM.
Your callsign, your roster. Monthly lines, trip bids and a crew that flies the plan.
Flight standards & house rules.
We fly like a real operation — and treat each other like a good crew. These are the essentials; the full Rules & Directives (RAD) live on the platform.
Staff moderate to keep this space good; their call stands in the moment, with the complaint path open afterwards. Breaking these runs from a friendly word up to suspension or removal (RAD §9). By being here, you agree to the RAD. Welcome aboard.
Ready for the flight deck?
First Officer from 150 hours, Commander from 250 hours on the A320 family. The next roster is already being built.