Welcome to Partner Spotlight, our series featuring the real-world airlines you can fly at VirtualUA. First up: Avianca, your gateway to Latin America.
Latin America is one of the most rewarding — and underrated — regions to fly in flight simulation. Dramatic terrain approaches, high-altitude airports, dense hub operations, and a mix of short regional hops and long international legs make it a region that rewards real stick-and-rudder flying. At VirtualUA, our Avianca operations put all of it within reach, and you can fly every route today on the vAMSYS platform.
Why Avianca is worth flying
Avianca is one of the oldest airlines in the world and the flag carrier of Colombia, built around one of Latin America’s busiest hubs: Bogotá–El Dorado (SKBO). That makes it a perfect base for the kind of flying that keeps you sharp:
- Challenging terrain. Approaches into cities ringed by mountains demand real planning and precision.
- High-altitude airports. Bogotá sits above 8,000 feet — elevation changes how your aircraft performs on takeoff and landing, and learning to manage it is part of the fun.
- A true hub-and-spoke network. Bogotá feeds a web of domestic and international routes across the continent and beyond, from short regional turns to long-haul legs into North America and Europe.
- Variety in every session. A 45-minute domestic hop one night, a long international haul the next.
Flying Avianca with VirtualUA
Every Avianca flight you fly is tracked automatically through our Pegasus ACARS system, logging your route, aircraft, and performance straight to your pilot dashboard — no spreadsheets, no manual entry. Pair that with our custom-built Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) — charts, checklists, a live map, and SimBrief integration — and you have everything you need for a realistic Latin American operation in one place.
The A320 family is a great place to start for Avianca regional flying, and it’s widely available across every major simulator.
What you’ll need
- A flight simulator: MSFS, X-Plane, or Prepar3D (P3D)
- An Avianca-liveried aircraft (the A320 family is ideal for regional routes)
- A free VirtualUA account
- Our Pegasus tracker, downloaded from your dashboard after you register
No VATSIM experience or prior virtual-airline time required — beginners are welcome, and we accept transfer hours from VATSIM, IVAO, and other recognized VAs.
How to start flying Avianca today
- Register free at flyvua.org — about two minutes, no approval wait.
- Log into your dashboard and filter the route network for Avianca.
- Download and set up Pegasus, then launch it before your flight.
- Fly the route and submit your report — your hours build automatically.
- Join our Discord to fly Latin American group events and swap approach tips.
Ready to explore Latin America?
Bogotá is waiting. Whether Avianca is the reason you’re joining or just one more region to add to your logbook, VirtualUA gives you the routes, the tools, and the community to fly it well — completely free.
Join VirtualUA free and start flying Avianca today →
Next in Partner Spotlight: Lufthansa. VirtualUA is a United virtual airline flying eleven real-world carriers across MSFS, X-Plane, and P3D.
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