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Featured Destinations September 5th 2025  (5 Sep 2025, 4:33 pm)

Hello AAVA Crew & Happy Friday!

If you have not had the opportunity to fly to KPBI or KSBN for your 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours for this week, you still have some time to get it done. However, flights must be completed no later than 23:59z today for the bonus to apply.

This weeks Featured Destinations are as follows:
Mainline destination: Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, Wisconsin
Regional destination: Portland International Jetport, Maine

Please remember the bonus hours and miles ONLY APPLY TO ONE of the new featured destinations. Beginning this evening at 00:00z, a flight to KMKE or KPWM will earn you 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours added to your flight time. As per the usual policy, the weekly featured destination may only be flown once for the bonus and will expire next Friday, September 12th 2025 at 23:59z.

Have a great week of groovy cloud surfing!

HubOps 2025 Semifinals (30 Aug 2025, 3:50 pm)

It is once again my great privilege to announce a HubOps Challenge winner! Our last Semifinal round was fought between CLT & DCA and the winner was…

Charlotte!

Congratulations to our Charlotte crew, their leadership Jack McPeek & Justin Hooker!

Scores:
CLT: 1707.6002
DCA: 1263.9663

Both hubs battled valiantly but of course there can only be one winner.

As you might have guessed, this means the final competition will be between Charlotte and Phoenix starting on September 20th.

Before that, we have an additional competition for third place between DCA and DFW starting now!

Thank you to everyone who has given their time, effort and enthusiasm for our annual HubOps Challenge!

Featured Destinations August 29th 2025  (29 Aug 2025, 5:36 pm)

Hello AAVA Crew & Happy Friday!

If you have not had the opportunity to fly to KDFW or KFAR for your 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours for this week, you still have some time to get it done. However, flights must be completed no later than 23:59z today for the bonus to apply.

Which will you choose this week?
Mainline destination: Palm Beach International Airport, Florida
Regional destination: South Bend International Airport, Indiana

Please remember the bonus hours and miles ONLY APPLY TO ONE of the new featured destinations. Beginning this evening at 00:00z, a flight to KPBI or KSBN will earn you 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours added to your flight time. As per the usual policy, the weekly featured destination may only be flown once for the bonus and will expire next Friday, September 5th 2025 at 23:59z.

Have a great week full of adventures!

Featured Destinations August 22nd 2025 (22 Aug 2025, 5:10 pm)

Hello AAVA Crew & Happy Friday!

If you have not had the opportunity to fly to KSAV or KDRO for your 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours for this week, you still have some time to get it done. However, flights must be completed no later than 23:59z today for the bonus to apply.

This weeks Featured Destinations are as follows:
Mainline destination: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Texas
Regional destination: Hector International Airport, North Dakota

Please remember the bonus hours and miles ONLY APPLY TO ONE of the new featured destinations. Beginning this evening at 00:00z, a flight to KDFW or KFAR will earn you 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours added to your flight time. As per the usual policy, the weekly featured destination may only be flown once for the bonus and will expire next Friday, August 29th 2025 at 23:59z.

Have a great week full of fun & don’t forget about our group flights with your compadres!

Featured Destinations August 15th 2025 (15 Aug 2025, 4:44 pm)

Hello AAVA Crew! It must be Friday again!

If you have not had the opportunity to fly to KSJC or KSBA for your 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours for this week, you still have some time to get it done. However, flights must be completed no later than 23:59z today for the bonus to apply.

This weeks Featured Destinations are as follows:
Mainline destination: Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Georgia
Regional destination: Durango-La Plata County Airport, Colorado

Please remember the bonus hours and miles ONLY APPLY TO ONE of the new featured destinations. Beginning this evening at 00:00z, a flight to KSAV or KDRO will earn you 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours added to your flight time. As per the usual policy, the weekly featured destination may only be flown once for the bonus and will expire next Friday, August 22nd 2025 at 23:59z.

Have a spectacular week of flights with superb in-flight snacks and happy PAX!

Staff Changes (11 Aug 2025, 9:57 pm)

I’m sorry to say that Kyle has retired his post as our DCA Hub Manager.

Please join me in celebrating the amazing three years he served our DCA hub! He will be greatly missed by pilots and staff alike and as we offer sincere appreciation for everything he did to propel DCA forward!

At the same time, I’m pleased to announce our new DCA hub manager Miles Oliver.

He’s no newbie to flight simulation; beginning with MSFS version 1.0 in the mid 1980s!

Miles is a talented virtual pilot with experience aboard a wide variety of aircraft, and plenty of available time dedicated to continue the success Kyle inspired plus an incredible vision of the skies ahead for DCA!

Please join me in celebrating Kyle and welcoming Miles!

Featured Destinations August 8th 2025 (8 Aug 2025, 5:55 pm)

Hello AAVA Crew & Happy Friday!

If you have not had the opportunity to fly to KSLC or KFLG for your 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours for this week, you still have some time to get it done. However, flights must be completed no later than 23:59z today for the bonus to apply.

This weeks Featured Destinations are as follows:
Mainline destination: San Jose Mineta International Airport, California
Regional destination: Santa Barbara Airport, California

Please remember the bonus hours and miles ONLY APPLY TO ONE of the new featured destinations. Beginning this evening at 00:00z, a flight to KSJC or KSBA will earn you 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours added to your flight time. As per the usual policy, the weekly featured destination may only be flown once for the bonus and will expire next Friday, August 15th 2025 at 23:59z.

We’ll wrap up our 2025 HubOps Semifinal round between DFW and PHX tonight then launch immediately into another Semifinal round between CLT & DCA. From there, the two finalists will battle it out for the championship!

Have a great week full of flights with on-time departures and happy PAX!

Featured Destinations August 1st 2025 (1 Aug 2025, 9:20 pm)

Hello AAVA Crew & Happy Friday!

If you have not had the opportunity to fly to KTPA or KHOU for your 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours for this week, you still have some time to get it done. However, flights must be completed no later than 23:59z today for the bonus to apply.

This weeks Featured Destinations are as follows:

• Mainline destination: Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Regional destination: Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, Flagstaff, Arizona

Please remember the bonus hours and miles ONLY APPLY TO ONE of the new featured destinations. Beginning this evening at 00:00z, a flight to KSLC or KFLG will earn you 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours added to your flight time. As per the usual policy, the weekly featured destination may only be flown once for the bonus and will expire next Friday, August 8th 2025 at 23:59z.

Have a great week full of terrific summer flights!

Featured Destinations July 25th 2025 (25 Jul 2025, 5:16 pm)

Hello AAVA Crew & Happy Friday!

If you have not had the opportunity to fly to LFPG or KABQ for your 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours for this week, you still have some time to get it done. However, flights must be completed no later than 23:59z today for the bonus to apply.

For those who chose it, we hope you enjoyed your brief vacation in Paris! This week let’s get back to the good ‘ol USA with two terrific destinations chosen by our most recently appointed staff member Ben Eckerson.

This weeks Featured Destinations are as follows:
Mainline destination: Tampa International Airport, Florida
Regional destination: William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas

Please remember the bonus hours and miles ONLY APPLY TO ONE of the new featured destinations. Beginning this evening at 00:00z, a flight to KTPA or KHOU will earn you 15,000 Bonus Premium Miles and 3 extra hours added to your flight time. As per the usual policy, the weekly featured destination may only be flown once for the bonus and will expire next Friday, August 1st 2025 at 23:59z.

Have a great week full of flights with dancing ground crews and terrific in-flight coffee!

HubOps 2025 Final Quarterfinal Round (19 Jul 2025, 11:20 am)

Greetings AAVA near and far!

It is my great privilege to announce the winner of our final HubOps Challenge Quarterfinal round:

Congratulations to our Charlotte Hub!

Scores were:
Charlotte: 1937.9827
Philadelphia: 1184.6828

Under the guidance of Jack McPeek and Justin Hooker with their ambitious and dedicated crew, they’ve emerged victorious!
Please join me in celebrating their victory but also the contributions from both hubs for their great efforts in the round!
We’ve already begun the Semifinals with a round between Dallas and Phoenix.

May the most enthusiastic and energetic hub win and proceed forward!