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Welcome!

Welcome to Compass! We are an Australian & New Zealand based Virtual Airline seeking to replicate the varied operations of a major airline. We cover a wide variety of operations from long haul international flights based out of Australia and New Zealand to the Pacific, South East Asia, the Middle East, Europe Africa and the Americas, right down to short regional hops. We also have a fully developed domestic routes along major trunk routes throughout Australia and New Zealand. Two allied divisions, Compass Express and Compass Logistics provide regional and cargo services.

August Challenge - Lord Howe Island (YLHI)

Compass has decided to do something a little bit different from the usual big monthly event this year.

We invite all members of the VATPAC and VATNZ communities to join with us for a new concept, the Compass Monthly Challenge. Each month the Compass management team will choose an airport somewhere around the world. They'll all be challenging. We will even make it a bit harder from time to time by adding extra dimensions to the challenge (like make sure the ceiling is down to 100' and there is a big crosswind)

There will be no set date to complete the challenge, you're free to fly it on any day that month, you can even have multiple cracks at it. Anyone can take part and then simply upload your screen shots and FS videos of your efforts to the Compass forums (there is a special Monthly Challenge forum in the events section). You don't have to be a Compass pilot, it's open to all. We'll have open voting on which is the best shot and video. In August it's one of the shortest runways in our region that sees RPT traffic and part of the Compass network yet again.

New Schedules

The schedules page has just been updated with the new schedule changes that were recently outlined in the forums.

Please ensure you are using the latest version of our schedules.

Vale the A340

Compass has decided to retire the A340-200 and A340-300 from the fleet. The more fuel efficient B777-300ER will gradually replace the A342 and A343 over the next 18 months. The 777-300 will operate along side the B777-200ER on our medium density long haul routes, in particular our services to Japan, North America and selected European routes that do not justify the larger B747-400 or A380. Flights to return the aircraft to the lessor or to pass them on to their new owner have already started. Compass pilots may bid for these flights as they would for delivery flights via the delivery page.

The A340-500 will continue to share the ultra long haul services with the B777-200LR

This will necessitate a slight chage in our career structure as the A340-500 will be the only Airbus aircraft in the fleet between the A330 and A380

Operations Manual

Compass is proud to release our long awaited Operations Manual. This document has been a long time coming but it is finally at a stage where it can be made available to the Compass community. It covers all the basics that our crews require to conduct their day to day operations. The breadth of knowledge it covers is remarkable from the very basics all the way up to such things as preferred alternates during prolonged over ocean flights, fuel reserve policy, stable approaches, QFE operations in Russian and Chinese airspace, and much much more. All in all, 64 pages of quality material that no Compass pilot can afford to do without. You can find the manual on our Manuals Page.

Join Us!

The management team at Compass have a wealth of VA and real life aviation experience. Our aim is to create the best VA in the Australian skies and to ensure you get the most out of flying for Compass. Why not join us today?

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