I really fancy setting up my own airline. As i tend to fly around my home territory ( the scottish highlands) The biggest planes I use are the atr42 and teh fokker 100, the rest of the time it's teh king air, cessna etc.

Anyone any pointers in doing this.
Also how would I paint my planes??

1. First of all I suggest you should find someone who can build you a website, or do it you'rself
2. Find someone to paint you'r aircraft, or do it you'rself.
3. Make you'r own Multiplayer server or use someone else.
4. Make or use someones Teamspeak server.

Thats what I did.

I felt this was a possibly worthy thread to bump up, as I, too, am considering and wondering how to set up a virtual airline.

I have seen several bits of advice here and there, and all of them are good to be certain.  But, I have yet to see something that I would describe as comprehensive.  This may be because the questions being asked are not specific enough.  Or, perhaps the subject itself - virtual airlines - is so large and amorphous as to defy easy discussion.

Well, here are some of my questions that I hope generate some productive discussion on the subject:

1) Is their an "official" way to go about setting up a virtual airline?

2) Is there an "official" (or broadly recognized), cooperative, collaborative, and comprehensive group that provides oversight to virtual airlines?

3) Is there a definitive FAQ about virtual airlines and setting one up?

4) Is there anything approximating an "official" name and livery registry for virtual airlines?

5) Is there a specific charter one would use for setting up a virutal airline?

6) Is there a list of normal activities undertaken by a virtual airline?

7) Does anyone know of successful virtual airlines (that is, those that maintain a stable level of active participation and cohesive structure)?

8) Are Skype Yahoo! IM and/or Ventrilo suitable substitutes to Teamspeak? (Skype has recently given me very, very poor customer service, and are therefore now on my s***-list until they make amends.)

9) What are some of the top utilities used by virtual airlines to enhance their operations?

10) How does one normally measure the success or failure of a virtual airline?

Thanks for you assitance! ~Darrin

Hi all ive just started a va and its on a free host free domain name and its brilliant it has its own fleet. All tested and aproved and team speak etc is one of the last things to do the easiest thing for someone starting one is to join www.vafinancials.com. Saved me a lot of work and money so far I have not sent a penny of my money on it and it can compete wiht most I think (www.sunshineva.tk) all its missing is a lot of pilots.