Service
Long-haul seat maps: suites, pairs and Economy Max
Choose your seat on our long-haul flights: Business suites and pairs, Economy Max and Economy, with extra legroom and the preferred zone marked on the map.
VELA Airlines: flights from Zurich
Our highlight
VELA goes long-haul: six destinations on three continents
San Diego, Atlanta, Ottawa, Cape Town, Chennai and Almaty: from November, VELA flies long-haul from Zurich, each route three times a week.
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News and topics
Fleet
Five widebodies and two A321neo: the fleet grows to 21 aircraft
The A330-200, A330-300 and A340-300 have joined the fleet, together with two A321neo. VELA now flies 21 Airbus aircraft of seven types from Zurich.
Company
The crew platform: the apps behind every VELA flight
A new section of our website shows the tools VELA pilots fly with, from the roster and the electronic flight bag to charts, the tracker and the logbook.
Destinations
Flights from Zurich
City breaks and islands across Europe, and long-haul flights to North America, Africa and Asia. Our nonstop flights from Zurich take between 1 h 00 min and 12 h 00 min.
Cape Town
South Africa
10 h 45 min · 3 flights a week
Florence
Italy
1 h 10 min · 16 flights a week
San Diego
United States
12 h 00 min · 3 flights a week
Tenerife
Spain
4 h 10 min · 9 flights a week
Almaty
Kazakhstan
6 h 45 min · 3 flights a week
Helsinki
Finland
3 h 00 min · 10 flights a week
Ottawa
Canada
8 h 15 min · 3 flights a week
Athens
Greece
2 h 30 min · 12 flights a week
Travel with VELA
More than a flight
- On boardYour seat, the cabins on short and long haul and your boarding pass.
- FleetThe Airbus A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 behind every VELA flight.
- TimetableEvery route with its days of operation and local times.
- Flight statusToday’s departures and arrivals at a glance.
- Help & contactAnswers to common questions, and how to reach us.
Our network at a glance
29
Destinations
18
Countries and territories
445
Flights a week
21
Aircraft
Flight deck careers
VELA flights are flown by people at home
VELA is a virtual airline. The flights in our timetable take place in a flight simulator, flown by real people at home, with the care and the procedures of a real airline.
If you fly the Airbus A320 family in your own simulator and would like to do it as part of a crew, we would be glad to hear from you.