We've been on a roll lately adding airlines as affiliates. This means all their routes can be flown without gateway restrictions. We've added several airlines with the 737NGX in mind.

 - Caribbean Airlines / Air Jamaica

- LAN Colombia while they still have the NG

- Flydubai

- Qatar Airways

- Aerolineas Argentinas

- Lion Air

- Webjet

We've also added the following classic airlines

- Swissair from the '50s to the '90s

- Alitalia from 1995

 

For Cargo we've added:

- EVA Air Cargo

- Saudi Arabian Cargo

- Cargojet

Three new affiliates have joined the Flying Tigers Group. The three airlines are Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines and on March 6 Nok Air will be a new affiliate. This gives our members 3 new LCCs with many interesting routes and some really cool liveries. Repaints are available for all three airlines and there's some nice scenery for KDEN and KFLL from Imaginesim and FSDreamTeam.

I just wanted to inform our members that we are seriously considering closing some of our virtual airlines and opening some new ones.

We have a huge backlog of stuff to add working on it little by little. Anyway some new cargo, classics and updates.

Added:
TNT Airways Cargo
China Airlines Cargo
Cargolux

Classics:
Qantas 2001, some 747 routes
Virgin Atlantic 1992

Updated:
Emirates Cargo schedules

Remember to fly the new airlines you need to reset system files in FTG ACARS.

Have fun

We are thrilled to bring the legendary classic airline Pan Am to the FTG family. One if the pioneer airlines, a truly global airline with a huge route network and many interesting aircraft types throughout it's history. From Boeing 377 to the 747-100, Pan Am always had some interesting Clippers in the air.  This is a classic VA and we've been working on their schedules for a long time, since before the "incident" and now we're finally ready. We even have Pan Am cargo routes with the 707, 727 and 747. Over the next months we will be adding more and more classic schedules for Pan Am. Right now we have schedules for 1947, 1978, 1985 & 1987. We have their schedule from 1939 and also 50s and 60s which we will be working on next for some interesting 707 routes.  Enjoy and hopefully we'll see FTG tigers flying these classic routes. For these classic routes please use Standard Flight Levels.

 Link to our Pan Am Virtual

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The updated FTG Ops Manual Revision 14 is available for download.

We are also overhauling all of our classic schedules. First up are classics for British Airways Concorde routes across the world, many thanks to Malcom Wood for these. Next we added classic routes for Cathay Pacific from the 1950s to the 1960s. Thanks to the guys at Qantas Virtual we added schedules from 1969 and 1987. Then we added some really interesting schedules for the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser for United, Northwest and Pan Am; perfect for wonderful A2A model.

Next Sunday, Sept. 25 we will be announcing a surprise addition to FTG. Stay tuned.

We are happy to announce that the Flying Tigers Group is now open to the public. It has been a long road but this was all possible thanks to the entire management team for making it happen. Keep in mind this is a work in progress, the prefile/briefing is getting upgraded. Classics are getting an overhaul, some routes may be missing, etc, etc. If it's broke we know and we are working on it. Anything else just contact management. Blue skies and have fun.

Registration for new members is closed until we officially reopen. We expect to open early September and we will make the announcement when this happens. The final phase of working out all the bugs is in progress and the rebuild is progressing nicely. Thanks for your patience.

After a long hiatus FTG is beggining to rumble once again. We are in the final phase of preparation for the FTG relaunch. Some of what you'll see looks the same but there will be some new as well.

Markus has already finished FTG ACARS V3.1 and that is being tested. This portal is in the works with all kinds of possibilities for the future. All the news and updates will be posted right here in this blog. We'll see if we can intergrate the portal user database with our virtual pilot member database, something we're looking into. Also in development is our very own FTG Wiki. Instead of having a user manual we'll have all of our rules and regulations right on the wiki. This will be much more convenient for management to update and for change control.