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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.

The Bwana is Back!

Back in 2006 we ran an event called World Safari. It was an absolute corker, a 12 month series of round the world flights from West to East, with legs gradualy getting longer and longer with the final being a monster long haul from Dubai to Melbourne. It also included some fabulous approaches such as St Maarten and Gibraltar.

We decided it was time to hit the Safari trail again and so it's all systems go for World Safari II. We've decided to make a few changes this time. We'll go the other way, East to West and we'll keep the legs a little shorter on the whole. There will be lots more of them and we'll run a leg every fortnight.

To fit in with other recurring events on VATPAC we'll be doing these on a Sunday afternoon Australian time, so there's still time to fly in the VATNZ SNO as well.. Just like last time we'll have a dedicaed Safari page with all the details you need for the whole year long trip. The next leg see's us reaching the west coast: Alice Springs to Perth and the Bwana expects to see you all there.

Port of the Month

Continuing the new Port of the Month, in July we'll focus our attention on the other side of the Tasman and this month the City of Sails will be the destination.

So in July plan to fly to or from Auckland and we'll see you there!

Last month the honours go to:

Hours: David Swanborough 40.59 (4 flights)
Flights Scott Partington 10 flights (15.10 hours)

First Safari Leg a Success

The World Safari II kicked of Sunday 28 June and a good turn out saw a number of Compass crew enjoy their flight from Sydney up to the Alice.

The Boss maintains the strange behaviour of his 777 on landing is due to the steering tiller not cutting in until after the rudder ceases to be effective or perhaps a dodgy USB hub.

There are plenty of opportunities throughout the rest of the Safari and plenty of other VATPAC and VATNZ events as well.

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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