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Airbus A319 flight deck at the gate in Florence, with the flight plan on the table

Crew platform

Not a route board. An airline.

Ten apps and tools, one crew login and one database behind them: everything a VELA pilot works with, from the published roster to the closed flight.

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Why VELA

What sets VELA apart

Most virtual airlines give their pilots a list of routes and a form to report a flight. VELA gives them the tools of an airline, and connects them.

  1. 01

    One platform, not a patchwork

    Roster, dispatch, flight bag, tracking, tech log and logbook share one database. A delay you report reaches operations, a flight you close reaches your logbook and the fuel planning.

  2. 02

    Built in-house

    The apps on this page are developed by VELA itself: native on iPad, iPhone, Android and Windows, all signed in with the same crew account.

  3. 03

    A roster, not a route board

    You fly monthly lines built from real pairings under duty and rest rules, with bids, open trips and check-in, the way an airline plans its crews.

  4. 04

    Every flight is dispatched

    A preliminary flight plan for every leg, with fuel planned from distance, weights and winds, and calibrated against the fuel the crews actually burned.

  5. 05

    Aircraft with a history

    Each tail flies its own schedule, collects hours and cycles and carries its defects from one crew to the next.

  6. 06

    Standards you can learn

    Training modules from the first flight to the type courses, written from the manufacturer’s manuals, with exams and a training record.

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Native apps and tools
built in-house
5
Platforms
Web, iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows
40
Training modules
from onboarding to type courses
1
Crew login
for every app and tool
vIFM on an iPad: operational flight plan with route map

Electronic flight bag

vIFM: the flight bag that knows your flight

vIFM is the electronic flight bag VELA built for its crews, modelled on the flight-management tablets of real airlines. It knows which flights you are rostered on and brings their complete briefing to the flight deck: the operational flight plan from dispatch, the navigation log, weather, NOTAMs and the operating notes for every airport on the way.

  • Your flights, synced
  • Operational flight plan
  • Navlog and fuel ladder
  • Weather and NOTAMs
  • Airport operations board
  • Live map and vertical profile
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Crew portal

Crew Access: your airline behind one login

Crew Access is the crew side of the VELA platform. Your monthly roster lives here, built from real pairings that start and end in Zurich, together with everything that changes it: bids, requests, open trips you pick up, delays and the changes planning makes after publication.

  • Roster and assigned flights
  • Check-in for every duty
  • Roster changes you acknowledge
  • Bidding and roster requests
  • Open trips
  • Where is my aircraft?
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Crew Access on a laptop: the monthly roster as a calendar with the duties of the month

One flight, end to end

From the roster to the closed flight

Every station of a duty has its tool, and every tool hands over to the next.

  1. 01

    The roster

    Your month is published from real pairings. Bid for what you want, pick up open trips when you have time.

  2. 02

    Check-in

    A reminder on your phone, check-in for the duty, the aircraft’s position and stand on the status board.

  3. 03

    Briefing

    Dispatch has prepared the flight plan. Weather, NOTAMs, airport notes and fuel are waiting in vIFM.

  4. 04

    Before departure

    Takeoff figures for the runway of the day, charts for departure, destination and alternate.

  5. 05

    In flight

    The ACARS tracker reports your position; you follow the flight on the map and the airport moving map.

  6. 06

    After the flight

    Times and fuel close the flight, a defect goes into the tech log, the next crew finds the aircraft as you left it.

The apps

Ten apps and tools for the crew

Every crew member gets all of them. The iPad and iPhone apps are distributed through Apple TestFlight, the Windows tools and Android app from the Content Hub in Crew Access.

Wing and engine of a VELA Airbus A320 on stand at Zurich, apron and terminal behind

Behind the apps

An operation that runs while you fly

The apps are the visible part. Behind them, VELA runs the services an airline needs to put a flight in the air.

Dispatch
Preliminary flight plans for the schedule, prepared automatically ahead of departure and released by VELA dispatch.
VELA OPS on datalink
An operations desk that answers your telex over the Hoppie ACARS network: questions about stands, ETAs or the airport.
Crew planning
Rosters generated against duty and rest rules, bids and qualifications, and a crew control that covers sickness and delays with standby.
A living fleet
Aircraft positions, turnarounds and delays follow the schedule, and overnight maintenance clears defects before the next morning.
How VELA works
VELA Airbus A319 on stand in the morning, boarding by stairs

Fly with these tools

All of it comes with the job

Every pilot who joins VELA gets the whole platform from the first day. Bring a study-level A320 and the will to fly it properly. We bring the airline around it.

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For VELA crew

The apps are made for VELA’s own crews and are available after you join. The iPad and iPhone apps run as beta versions in Apple TestFlight. VELA is a virtual airline for flight simulation; the tools are not certified for real-world flight operations.