«Virtual Airlines of Moldova and Romania» simulates in VATSIM and IVAO environment operation of real Moldavian and Romanian airline companies:

Airlines		ICAO	IATA	Callsign	pilots	flights	hours
	Air Moldova	MLD	9U	AIR MOLDOVA	61	3,042	5,224
	Tarom	ROT	RO	TAROM	37	1,164	1,756
	Fly One	FIA	5F	FIA	27	272	593
	Fly One Armenia	FIE	3F	ARMRIDER	5	22	39
	Blue Air	BLA	0B	BLUE AIR	25	579	1,085
	Aerotranscargo	ATG	F5	MOLDCARGO	15	580	2,526
	HiSky	HYM	H7	SKY MOLDOVA	4	19	33
	HiSky Europe	HYS	H4	SKY EUROPE	10	104	233
	Carpatair	KRP	V3	CARPATAIR	7	64	129
	Animawings	AWG	A2	ANIMA WINGS	5	26	50
	Terra Avia	TVR	T8	TERRA AVIA	6	62	248
	ROM Cargo Airlines	RCR	NJ	ROMCARGO	1	5	31
	Fly Pro	PVV	FP	SUNDAY	--	--	--
	Aerro Direkt	DIR	4D	DIREKT WINGS	2	13	20

Airline Fleet consists of airliners used by real airlines and includes Airbus A318, A319,A320 and A321, ATR 42 and ATR 72, Boeing B737 Classic, B737NG and B744, Embraer E190.

Route network and schedule based on real world network and schedules of airlines.

Pilots – enthusiasts of virtual aviation, real pilots and air traffic controllers.

Pilot Software is developed by VAU (www.vau.aero) creators and provides the following information to a pilot:

• Calculation of passenger and cargo load, total payload for particular aircraft for each flight, updated daily
• Flight route calculation including Flight Plan according to latest AIRAC
• Fuel calculation for each scheduled flight for major aircraft types
• Automatic booking of flight into VATSIM
• Upon completion of flight, information is logged into pilot logbook on website

Virtual Airlines of Moldova and Romania system provides sufficient information to perform flights within VATSIM network.

Required Software to fly with Virtual Airlines of Moldova and Romania:

• Microsoft FS2004 or Microsoft FSX (X-Plane is partially supported)
• Registered version of FSUIPC
• FSInn or SB for VATSIM flights
• Current AIRAC
• FS Agent, Pilot Client – downloadable from this website

Virtual Airlines of Moldova and Romania is open for pilots with 100 or more online hours in VATSIM.

• System Description
• Call Sign
• Booking and Flying
• Schedule
• Routes
• Flight Plan
• Dispatch
• Pilot and Plane Location
• Weather

Virtual Airlines of Moldova and Romania emulates in VATSIM and IVAO environments operations of real Moldavian and Romanian airline companies.

The basic sources of data for flight system are VATSIM statistics and network client. The client utility (FS Agent) is designed to transmit to the website more detailed information about the flight.

The site uses the following units: feet, pounds, nautical miles, knots. All times are in UTC.

When performing scheduled and charter flights specified in the airline schedules pilot shall use a call sign corresponding to the Flight Number (for example MLD204).

Flying online with the pilot’s personal call sign (for example, MLD1125) allowed for group flights or fly-ins as well as when it is not possible to use Flight Number call sign (call sign is in use by another pilot in VATSIM).

The booking is performed on the website. A pilot selects an available scheduled flight, specifies some flight parameters and confirms the booking. The flight is registered in EUROBOOK and Flight Plan could be registered in VATSIM.

To be able to register Flight Plan in VATSIM it is necessary to allow pop-up windows for site https://vamdro.com/ in Internet Explorer.

The pilot could book the flight in 24 hours prior to departure. But VATSIM keeps Flight Plan two hours only and, because of this, Flight Plan could be registered in 2 hours prior to departure. The airplane and the flight stay booked during 30 minutes after planned departure. But if the flight is not started by this moment, the booking is canceled.

To perform the flight it is necessary to start Flight Simulator and FS Agent, login to VATSIM (via FSInn or SqawkBox) with proper callsign, check the Flight Plan (if it was registered in VATSIM) or create a new one. VATSIM renews its statistic every two minutes, so it could take a couple of minutes to confirm the flight in VAU system. It is recommended to make sure that the flight is accepted by VAU system before engine start, but it is possible by take-off.

If during the flight Internet connection is lost (or FS Agent is off) longer of 20-30 minutes, the flight is cancelled.

The flight is considered as completed, if the pilot entered VAU system before take-off, was airborne, covered 5 nm or more, landed, speed reduced below 20 knots, engines were off. Only online flights are registered by VAU system.

It is prohibited to change time rate during the flight. In this case the flight is ignored and will not be included to statistic.

Flights schedule based on real airline schedule. Recommended commercial loading and number of passengers are generated daily for each flight considering that weight of passenger is equal to 170 lbs independent of aircraft type or cabin class.

Departure and arrival time, length of route are supplemental information and could be specified during flight planning. On each flight could be assigned one or more types of aircraft by ICAO code. The pilot could choose any aircraft from available.

The company could include charters in common schedule, but these charters system treats as regular flights.

Recommended routes for regular flights are checked by administration and validated by current AIRAC. During flight planning system suggests a recommended route and flight level, however the pilot could enter own parameters.

To provide normal work of the VA system, it is necessary to put aircraft tail number in Remarks field of a Flight Plan in standard format REG/VPBVR (without hyphen). It is strictly recommended to use flight number as a callsign. In case if callsign is not corresponding to flight number, it should be included to Remarks in special format RTE/MLD1125.

Dispatch check route in accordance with current AIRAC and perform simplified fuel planning for some aircraft types. The total fuel quantity required to fly is the sum of the following quantities:

• TAXI: quantity required for startup and taxi, including APU fuel within 15 min
• TRIP: fuel required from departure to destination including takeoff and climb on selected speed, cruise on selected speed, descend from cruising level to altitude 1500 ft, approach and landing
• ALTERNATE: fuel required to fly from destination to alternate airport. It includes go-around, climb to cruising level, cruise at long range speed, descend and approach procedure (minimal distance to alternate 200 nm)
• HOLD: fuel for 30-min holding at 1500 feet
• RESERVE: contingency fuel (5% from a trip fuel)

The system keeps the last landing airport as locations of pilots and planes. The company could allow flights of pilots and planes from current location only, or set more flexible rules.

The VA system registers weather conditions during take-off and landing: intensity of perceptions (by five-point scale), lateral component of wind, horizontal visibility. The weather conditions are treated as complicated if intensity of perceptions is higher of 3 points, or lateral component is 10-20 knots, or horizontal visibility is lower 1,1 nm.

Minimal horizontal visibility for last six months stated as RVR (runway visual range) for each pilot.