This weekend on the 13th August, after nearly a year of planning, Pacific Airways will open a new division: Pacific Airways Europe. With it's origins in London, the European Division of Pacific Airways has evolved to reflectthe interest and support from Pacific Airways Members located throughout Europe andbeyond. Our aim is to encourage flight simmers to get the most out of their flight simulatorexperience. You can keep in contact with us via email (europe.pay@gmail.com) and on Twitter (@payeurope). The range of airports on our various routes cover all the major cities throughout Europehowever, we have centred the routes on a number of key (or ‘focus’) airports in order to putstructure and interest into the flying. These focus airports are: Heathrow, Luton, Stanstead,Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Oslo, Madrid and Innsbruck. Each of these airports offer differentoperational characteristics, categories of aircraft, a variety of approaches and, last but notleast, navigational challenges. We want to increase membership of PAY Europe by providing support, help and assistanceto pilots who are new to simulator and virtual airline flying and at the same time give thoseof you who have ‘got some hours in’ a variety of realistic and interesting challenges. With training and information in mind we have created a Pilot Resource Centre where thereis to be found digestible guidance on various aspects of flying and navigating. We regularly have informal online group events on VATSIM where anyone and everyone can join in including visitors from other hubs. We try and find some interesting locations, some quite remote, and fly as a group giving us opportunity to chat and exchange ideas and pose questions. Our friendly hub staff include experienced simulator pilots, some with real aviationbackground. So ...Welcome, Bienvenue, Willkommen, Bienvenida, Benvenuto, Welkom, Velkommen to Pacific Airways Europe www.pacficairways.net Please note, if you wish to join PAY Europe before the 13th August you will need to sign up to the London hub which can be found here: http://pacificairways.net/hub.php?id=8 All pilot logbooks and data will be transferred on the 13th August.