To become the leading provider of quality virtual airlines. Not
really. We feel every major airline deserves to have a virtual
counterpart. Each VA deserves to have its own dedicated website and an
independent management team. This is how we operate unlike other flight
simulator groups that are out there today.
We are also very aware of the legal ramifications for creating a VA
based on a real world airline. You will not see the Air France logo on
this web site (except for screenshots and airplane photos) or any
material from the Air France website. The website design and colors are
very different from the Air France website to avoid issues with trade
dress rights. The .com domain was deemed inappropriate since it is
associated with for profit businesses. We chose a non-profit .org domain
name: http://AirFrance.virtualairline.org.
All of this was done so that
we couldn't be accused of passing off a trademark. This was done so that
the average Joe would find it very difficult to confuse this website
with the Air France website. We are confident that our favourite airline
has no basis to order us to shut down.
VA France - est. February 2003
As far as we know this is the 3rd or 4th attempt to create a virtual
airline based on Air France. We are confident that this version,
established Feb.2003, will be
the definite virtual Air France - VA France! What we bring to the table is competent
management, proven skills in web development and a first class service
to our most important asset: our pilots! We operate several highly
successful VA's including: Lufthansa VA, Hawaiian VA, Aloha VA, Cathay
Pacific VA, Singapore VA, JAL VA, Thai VA, Malaysia VA, Asiana VA, etc.
These VA's stand on their own and speak for themselves. All of these
VA's are integrated using our advanced systems and database. In essence,
if you're a member of one of our VA's you'll have full access to all of
our VA's!
Volunteer managers: (click on the
name to see a personal bio)