Our History

@Humberto resigned with @CaptJackson being promoted to Chief Executive Officer and began leading Southwest Virtual Airlines on the track it exists on today. Early in the year operations within the Virtual Airline were suspended as staff got to work reforming operations within Southwest Virtual to form a new VA. By April operations resumed within Southwest Virtual with reformed systems and routes benefitting pilots and passengers. By June of 2017 Southwest Virtual achieved the milestone of 25 active pilots. In August of the same year the recruitment side got a revamp to include a Line Check alongside the Written Exam to ensure a professional pilot base. In October following the launch of Infinite Flight Global Southwest Virtual launched over 1200 routes to over 103 destinations on the simulator. Southwest Virtual continued to be a pioneer within the Virtual Airline community with the introduction of a passenger option. This function allowed community members to book virtual flights onboard of Southwest Virtual routes, this system quickly grew in popularity.

In April of 2018 Southwest Virtual celebrated one year of operations within the Infinite Flight. During 2018 is also when we introduced our Crew Center providing Pilots with an easier way to manage flight time, ranks, and find routes. 

In April of 2019 Southwest Virtual celebrated 2 years of operations. Part of this celebration was an updated look to the Virtual Airline alongside additional freedom for our pilots. One major achievement for Southwest Virtual was the introduction of pilot led events. Southwest Virtual pushed to have pilots lead events and in 2019 became the first virtual airline to have pilot-led and hosted events instead of staff posted events. These freedoms for Pilots continued to expand in the following years and shape Southwest Virtual.

On April 24th Southwest Virtual officially made the transfer from Slack to Discord for Virtual Airline communications.

In 2022 Southwest Virtual Celebrated 5 Years of continual operation within the Infinite Flight Community. It was during this year that SWVA808 Jordan stepped down as CEO after multiple years of pioneering Southwest Virtual. Jordan pioneered the change from Slack to Discord along with numerous other Milestones. Following Jordans departure from Southwest Virtual Vegas King stepped up to fill the position. A few months after Vegas King became CEO he had to step down and his position was filled by Vix.

Late in 2024 with the introduction of the Max 8 SWVA began allowing pilots to perform delivery flights. With the addition of the Max in the sim Southwest Virtuals fleet was complete.

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