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== Current Flightgear Virtual Airlines ==
== Current Flightgear Virtual Airlines ==
Currently the FlightGear community have four widely recognized virtual airlines in operation, consisting of the following airlines:


* [[Atlas Virtual Airlines]]
{{Virtual airline summary
* [[BRT Virtual Airlines]]
|name        = Air Lanaudière
* [[Merlion Virtual Airlines]]
|established =
* [http://tsavirtual.fr.nf/index.php/ TSA - Tristar Airlines]
|logo        = Alqlogo.png
* [[Air Lanaudière]]
|status      = Active
* [[Galaxy Virtual Airlines]]
|niche      =
=== Current Alliances ===
|has-atc    =
Alliances point to groups of airlines working with each other in joint operations. Currently, the following are active:
|callsign    =
* [[Virtual Star Alliance]]
* ALQxxxx
* ALExxxx
* ALXxxxx
|history    =
|fleet      =
* Cessna Caravan
* ATR72-500
* Avro RJ100
* Embraer E-170LR
* Embraer E-190LR
* Airbus A318
* Airbus A319
* Airbus A330-300 Passenger
* Boeing 787-8
|main-hub    = CYUL
|hubs        =  
* CSK3
* CSM5
* CYMX
* ENGM
|map        =  
|website    = http://www.aviactu.info/airlanaudiere/
|forum      =  
}}


== Former Virtual Airlines ==
{{Virtual airline summary
Before the merger of most virtual airlines into Atlas and gradual declines of airlines following that event, several independent virtual airlines were active. These airlines, as well as airlines proposed but never actually created include the following:
|name        = Atlas Virtual Airlines
[[File:virtualairlines.jpg|thumb|430px|Logo of most virtual airlines as of February 2010.]]
|established = April 2010
|logo        = Atlas_logo.gif
|status      = Active
|niche      =  
|has-atc    = YES, FGCom
|callsign    =
* AVAxxxx (Atlas Virtual Airlines)
* AVCxxxx (Atlas Virtual Cargo)
* AVExxxx (Atlas Virtual Express)
* AVXxxxx (Atlas Virtual Executive)
|history    =  
|fleet      =
* 777-200ER
* 747-8i
* 737-300
* 737-900
* MD-81
* CRJ700LR
* DHC6-300
* Il-96-400
|main-hub    = EDDF
|hubs        =
* KDEN
* TNCM
|map        =
|website    = http://atlasvirtualairlines.com/
|forum      =
}}


=== Airlines Merged into merlion ===
{{Virtual airline summary
* Seasonal Airlines - This branch now operates in Australia, New Zealand and the south Pacific as 'Aerosuperb' as well as longhaul flights to Dubai, Osaka and Santiago de Chile on behalf of Merlion.
|name        = BRT Virtual Airlines
* Dot Airways - This branch now operaties in the United States of America, the Carribean and Canada as "cloud9"
|established = November 2010
|logo        = LOGO_BRT_VIRTUAL_AIRLINE_big.png
|status      = Active
|niche      =  
|has-atc    =
|callsign    = BRTxxxx
|history    =  
|fleet      =  
|main-hub    = UKBB
|hubs        =  
* LFKJ
* EPWA
* EFRO
* VOMM
* VHHH
|map        =
|website    = http://www.brtvirtualairlines.com
|forum      =
}}


Both Cloud9 and Aerosuperb are subsidiaries of merlion.
{{Virtual airline summary
|name        = Merlion Virtual Airlines
|established = November 2010
|logo        = Merlionvalogo.png
|status      = Active
|niche      =
|has-atc    =
|callsign    = MIAxxxx
|history    =
|fleet      =
|main-hub    =
|hubs        =
* WSSS
* KLAX
* EGKK
|map        =
|website    = http://www.flymerlion.com/
|forum      =
}}


=== Airlines Merged into Atlas Virtual ===
== Defunct Flightgear Virtual Airlines ==
* [[Japan Pacific Airlines]]
* Skynet International Airlines


=== Defunct Airlines ===
{{Virtual airline summary
* AirLink
|name        = Cresder Nixrof
* Air San Francisco
|established = November 2010
* Americair
|logo        = CNA_logo_with_hawk.png
* Coastal Air Systems
|status      = Defunct
* Detra Virtual Airlines
|niche      =
* Euroair (Aurelen Virtual)
|has-atc    = No
* [[Europe Airlines]]
|callsign    = CNAxxxx
* Gisi Airlines
|history    = Dissolved January 2012
* [[Cresder Nixrof Airways]]
|fleet      =  
|main-hub    =  
|hubs        =  
* OLBA
* WMKK
* EGKK
* YSSY
* KSTL
* SBGR
|map        =
|website    = http://www.brtvirtualairlines.com
|forum      =
}}


== Controversies ==
[[Category:Virtual airlines| ]]
=== Copyright Issues ===
When a virtual airline is created in the image of a real world airline legal issues can arise out of copyright violations. In 2003, a real world airline, Qantas Airways Ltd., announced a new low-cost carrier by the name of Jetstar Airways. However, a virtual airline named Jetstar International Airlines already existed, complete with a web site. As part of their startup promotion, Qantas sold 100,000 airline tickets at a discount price, and the virtual airline's web site was swamped with would-be customers, job-seekers, and prospective vendors. The virtual airline sued Qantas, claiming that Qantas stole the virtual airline's livery and trademark.
If you wish to create a virtual airline- Which Flightgear would be eager for you to do, Please do not base it on real life airlines to save copyright issues!
 
=== Misuse ===
Claims have been made of the use of both flight simulators and virtual airlines as training devices for criminal activities, although to date no conclusive link has ever been provided to indicate a situation where a virtual airline has provided flight simulation training to anyone involved in a terrorist activity.
Jermaine Lindsay, one of the four 7 July 2005 London bombings, may have used flight simulators to practice flying an airliner, with an accusation that he was registered with a virtual airline. A person of the same name listed his nearest major airport as Heathrow and clocked up 30 hours in two months with SimAirline.net. The website later denied the member's linking with the bombing, and indicated it was working with the Metropolitan Police to establish whether its former member was the bomber. The website stated that it provides information about airlines and free add-on software for Microsoft Flight Simulator and does not provide flight instruction to its members.
The 9/11 Commission in the US concluded in 2004 that those responsible for flying the planes into World Trade Center and Pentagon had used PC-based flight simulators for training. Despite the initial concerns of the involvement of virtual airlines in these terrorist activities, largely little has come from these claims to date and no changes have been noted as occurring in their operation as a result.
 
== FlightGear Virtual Air Forces ==
For more information, check [[Virtual Air Forces]]
=== Current Virtual Air Forces in FlightGear ===
*[[European Air Force]] (international)
*[[1/7e Provence]] (French)
 
 
 
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