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Vulture Air is a non-commercial virtual airline in Second Life®. VA serves the Second Life® Grid with commuter travel between regional airports in the Blake Sea, Nautilus, Corsica, and Satori continents. Vulture Air also owns a subsidiary company, GridEx, which specializes in shipping role-play services.

History

Born from 'Vulture Gear Shipping & Salvage' on the sooty shores of Port Babbage in 2011, Vulture Air has grown into one of the oldest and largest airlines in Second Life.

The airline now operates a "pay what you want" system where tipping is encouraged but not required. Scenic tours, personal and group charters also continue to be available.

During June 2014 Grid Airlines and Vulture Air announced "Vulture Connection," an extension of the Vulture Air brand, operating on the Sansara and Heterocera Atoll continents by Grid Airlines. Grid Airlines operate flights for Vulture Connection on its already established routes. During the same year, Vulture Air became the premium carrier for Tastemaker's Travel offering airfare and support for their Premium Travel Club and other travel services. On June 30th 2015, airline management issued a press statement which confirmed that Sophi Moore Charter Services had been bought by Vulture Air and would be merged with it's air division effective July 1st 2015.[1]

During the time period when SL flying became extremely difficult, Vulture Air shrunk down as more pilots left flying altogether to avoid the pitfalls of lag and bad region crossings.

Current

Vulture Air is undergoing restructuring. Since the uplift of SL servers to Amazon Web Services, and the discovery and correction of the main issue that made region crossings more survivable, there is a slow renaissance in SL Aviation. Vulture Air and it's partner company, GridEx are coming back to the skies. We recently opened new facilities at Second Norway and Gateway Intercontinental.

The connection of the continents opens opportunities for new routes, some longer flights and airports rarely used in the past by our fellow virtual airlines.

Destinations

Airports in Second Life® served by Vulture Air include:

Fleet

As of March 2016, the Vulture Air fleet includes the following aircraft:

References

  1. SLNN NEWS 9 (8th July 2015). Sophi moore charter service acquired by transport giant (English) (Blog). Wordpress. Retrieved on 2015-09-10.
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