Jessica takes a look at a lesser-known Virtual Airline
VIRTUAL AIRLINES
This issue, I thought it would be nice to find a ‘lesser-known’ realworld airline that has a virtual presence. It sounds easy but is surprisingly difficult. By definition, lesser-known can mean ‘overlooked’. As I sat scratching my head, a message popped up from a nice chap called Jure Griljc. He happens to be the CEO of Adria Airways Virtual. There’s a phrase about ‘looking a gift horse in a mouth’…Curious to know more, I thought it was worth a look.
Who’s Adria?
Founded in 1961, Adria Airways is the national airline of Slovenia, based in Ljubljana. To say they have a small fleet would be an understatement, with just 12 aircraft active, plus three in storage. They’re frequent visitors to Vienna, with their Bombardier CRJs making daily visits. The fleet consists mostly of CRJs and a small number of Airbus A319s, so it’s a small airline, with a tiny fleet. There’s something a bit ‘cool’ about that. I like Adria already. However, with such a small real world airline, how on earth can a VA cope?
History
Like so many of the VAs I’ve looked at in this series, Adria Airways Virtual grew out of frustration. The original Adria Airway Virtual …
