Fleet Updates and Fall Timetable

Greetings!

With our Fall Timetable, we have 9 new aircraft that are entering service! Five Boeing 737-800 (WL) aircraft and four Boeing 767-300ER (WL) aircraft will operate numerous more flights, with service to 15 new destinations! Because of these acquisitions, Fusion Airways was able to put them into service about two weeks ago and paint our entire 737-800 fleet in our “new colors.” This means that ship numbers 380 through 389 are in Fusion’s new color scheme.

With the release of PMDG’s NGX platform, we have dropped official support of the Legacy FS9 PMDG 737. Pilots may still download the aircraft, but the airplane will not be painted in our current livery. Fusion Airways now recommends (and officially supports) the iFly 737-800 and -700 for users of FS9 due to it’s performance and realism improvements over the PMDG 737NG. Once PMDG releases their paintkit for the 737NGX, Fusion Airways will provide 737NGX repaints for our crew members.

All of these new aircraft, including our 4 new 767′s can be downloaded through the Fleet-Ops page of the Crew Center in the coming hours!

Blue Skies,
(And check our forums soon, we are making some exciting aircraft orders soon.)
Bobby Cosgrove
President and Chief Operating Officer | Fusion Airways
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iFly 737-700 Repaints Available

Greetings,
The iFly 737-700 Repaints have officially been uploaded to our website. The repaints feature N330FS through N341FN including separate registrations for each aircraft. PMDG’s 1st Generation 737 line will continue to be supported.

The repaints can be downloaded through the Crew Center by clicking on the Fleet Operations page.

Blue Skies,
Bobby Cosgrove
President and Chief Operating Officer
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An Update from Fusion

Greetings!

As I ferry Fusion’s newest 737-800 from Australia, I was able to finalize some much-requested improvements in our dispatch system. Not only will our system now allow us to dispatch ETOPS Boeing 737-800s (hint hint, maybe Hawaii service soon?), it also improves fuel burn and cargo numbers for our entire fleet. A majority of the changes for this release took place on the backend, as Fusion dispatchers now have the ability to release flights with even more flexibility than before. Our new system will allow charters, equipment swaps, and other non-normal routes be dispatched with a breeze. Not to mention the backend has been updated to the standards that our Crew Members have been using for almost a year.

One of the most requested changes that is visible for our pilots is the ability to “delete” a release from your previously dispatched flights section. Crew Members can log into the dispatch center, click the delete button, and remove releases that may have been incorrectly dispatched, or releases that are old and already flown. As always, when our new schedule is released in the fall, our dispatch server will be reset to allow more flights to be dispatched.

We are very excited about some behind-the-scenes work that is going on. Not only are we planning a major announcement with regards to a new focus city (think middle of the country!) but we are also looking at ways to maximize our existing route network, while also adding new routes to make flying more interesting. Where would you like to see us serve? And where do you think our newest focus city will be? Please post below, we’d love to hear your feedback!

Finally, we are in need of two more 737 pilots to ferry our new (but used) 737′s from Germany. Please check the forums if you are interested. We are also looking for feedback regarding some special liveries that are in the paint shop, and so please stop by and give us your opinion. Our forums are located at http://www.fusionairways.com/forums/.

That is all for now, N385FS should be in Victorville getting a new interior and paint within the next few hours.

Blue Skies,
Bobby Cosgrove
President of Operations
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Updates to the 757 Fleet

The 757-200 Fleet has officially been converted over to QualityWings. Fusion Airways will no longer provide support for the PSS 757, however existing paints will still be made available no new updates will be painted. For those crew members wishing to continue to use the PSS 757, those repaints can be downloaded at http://www.fusionairways.com/_downloads/fs9/PSS_752/.

We have just finished uploading a new QualityWings package. This package contains Fusion’s new colors on tails 350, 352, 356 and 360-362. Fusion’s Generation 2 colors are on all of the other paints. All of the aircraft are equipped with blended winglets. The paints can be downloaded through the Crew Center, Fleet Operations page.

Enjoy these new paints. Crew Members interested in learning about a QualityWings – PSS Merge can find more information in the Fusion Forums.

Blue Skies,
Bobby Cosgrove
President and Chief Operating Officer
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Fusion Completes Winglet Installation on Boeing 767 Fleet!

Good Afternoon!
I am proud to announce that Fusion Airways has finished blended winglet installation on it’s entire Boeing 767-300 fleet. The blended winglets will provide Fusion with a much more efficient aircraft to operate it’s long-haul operations. During the installation of winglets, Fusion’s 767 fleet all recieved Fusion’s new updated colors that incorporate a lighter blue and the new Fusion Airways logo.

Crew Members can download the updated aircraft packages (370/371) in the Crew Center.

For Now,
Bobby Cosgrove
President and Chief Operating Officer
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Fleet Repaint Status

Good Afternoon!

On the heels of daylight savings (don’t forget to adjust your clocks), I wanted to post quickly to update everybody on our current fleet repainting status. Winglet installation and repainting on our 767 fleet has been going a little bit slower than anticipated, however we are expecting to enter 2 aircraft into service this week, with our final 2 767′s receiving winglet installation (and paint for 371FS) by this time next week. 370 FS is expected to remain in Fusion’s first generation colors as a heritage aircraft to remind us where we came from, and see where we are going. After our 767 subfleet is outfitted with winglets and paint, our focus will shift to repainting our 757 and 737 fleets.

Due to the projected rise in fuel costs, at this time it appears that we will install blended winglets on our two 737-700 aircraft that do not have them when the aircraft are removed from service for repainting.

We will keep everybody updated if anything changes.

Blue Skies,
Bobby Cosgrove
President and Chief Operating Officer
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Good evening everyone, I wanted to take a moment to address you all and let you know about the progress of our VA and solicit some suggestions and ideas from our very faithful staff. Before I do that I want to take a little time to talk about our plans for 2011. Although I can’t release to much I wanted to point out a couple of key new features and changes that we will be implementing over the next 12 months or so.

We are currently in the process of updating our PAX website, estimated completion of this is scheduled for Q3 of this year, of course subject to change. Feel free to email me with suggestions and things you would like to see fixed with our current site.

We are also unifying the Cargo division into their own website, back end systems will remain within the Fusion website but you box haulers will have somewhere to call your own. Tom has done a great job with the cargo division and I feel we all need to give him real praise for making it nearly on par with pax in terms of activity.

A few other items,  it seems as if our bids have been doing well and I appreciate everyone making the effort to bid and complete their flights in a timely fashion! If you have suggestions for new bids / destinations please post in the forums or send Rex an email or PM.

A few fleet related items, we now have 3 757s in our NNC, as well as the whole ERJ / 767 fleet*. This said i’m sorry for the delay in the 737 upgrades, we do operate realistically here, the first 737 is due for paint in the next week or so so you should be seeing an updated PMDG / iFly somewhat soon. I cant promise anything in terms of time frame but expect it within 4 weeks (pending the return of my trashed MacBook).

Other than that, I just want to thank you all for your enthusiasm and dedication to Fusion, I know we aren’t the biggest but we are by far the most realistic and one of the most staff friendly airlines in the sky! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me on Skype / forums or even email, I will attach all of my info below and am always happy to speak to and answer questions about or VA or help our pilots out.

Thank you everyone!

Blue Skies,

Welcome Zeke Elias to the Fusion Airways Management Team!

Fusion Airways is very honored to announce that Zeke Elias has joined the Fusion Airways Management Team as the Vice President of Human Resources and Public Affairs. Zeke has been one of the most active pilots at Fusion Airways and constantly strives to be one of Fusion’s most active and most dedicated crew members. Zeke comes from almost 10 years of Flight Simulator experience and brings with him 4 years of combined experience as a Station Operations Manager at American Virtual Airlines’ San Juan and Miami hubs. Zeke is currently enrolled in an Aviation Management Course in the real-world and brings with him a real-world Private Pilot’s Certificate.

Zeke will be managing the ‘human’ aspect of the airline. He will be responsible for our public image, and will be the go-to person for any issues that our crew members may encounter. Applications will be reviewed by Zeke, as well as LOA and Crew Base transfer requests. Zeke will also be the initial contact for new crew members, and will help them to feel more welcome in our airline. He will always be available to answer questions, and can be reached at zelias(a t)fusionairways(d o t)com.

Welcome Aboard Zeke!

Blue Skies,
Bobby Cosgrove
President and Chief Operating Officer
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New 767 Paint Package, 374FS Gets Winglets!

Greetings!

It has been a little bit too quiet around the blog lately, and to get things rolling again I am pleased to announce that we now have 2 767′s with blended winglets! N374FS will enter service later today in our latest livery with winglets. The new paint packages are available from the Fleet Operations Page. We have also fixed a bug with 375FS (the engine textures were not displaying) and the fix has been uploaded in both the 375FS package and in the whole 767 fleet package.

Now it is time to get back to work, it may seem quiet but isn’t there always calm before a big announcement? Maybe not big, but pack your bags, Fusion is launching daily service to a popular beach destination in Florida later this month. Can you guess where?

Blue Skies!
Bobby Cosgrove
President and Chief Operating Officer
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Fusion Launches New Pilot Recruitment Center!

Greetings!

We are pleased to announce that Fusion has officially launched it’s new Pilot Recruitment Center. This new portal is accessible through http://join.fusionairways.com/ and it provides prospective crew members with a plethora of information about the airline, what sets us apart, and why they should consider a career at Fusion. Not only has the entire application been revised, but now it includes an easier to use interface, a more personal experience, and the ability for more flexibility with the application. Check it out, and let us know what you think!

The pilot recruitment center also allows Fusion Airways to hire based on the needs of the airline. As of now, pilots are free to fly any fleet type, however if in the future Fusion Airways decides to implement a restriction of what fleet type each crew member can fly, this system will allow a seamless transition and will allow us to realistically hire for the actual amount of aircraft that we have available in our domestic and international networks.

Spread the word about Fusion, and invite them to give us a try. We hope to see new faces with the advertisement that this site will give us, and we hope that potential crew members will realize why Fusion truly is so different and so much more realistic than any other airline out there especially airlines that claim to be “realistic” but they may only encompass one aspect of the Fusion difference (for example they focus on financial aspects only, and not realistic flight operations such as dispatch releases and a dispatch center).

Also, since it is halfway through December now, from all of us at Fusion Airways we want to wish everybody a safe and happy holiday season and a happy new year!

Blue Skies,
Bobby Cosgrove
President and Chief Operating Officer
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