Service to Rio

This month we begin a new journey to far away places. AeroTexas opens international service to South America with a direct return flight from our headquarters in Austin, Texas to beautiful Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. From Rio, our newest flight dispatcher, Sill (ATX47), has scheduled a round robin to Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, La Paz and return to Rio. This international service plan starts August 1, 2008.

Quarterly Update

Second quarter results are in for 2008 - we flew 615 flights and carried 37,884 passengers and 467 tons of cargo. Compared to last year, overall flights are down about 38%.

VATSIM Event

VATSIM's ZFW ARTCC has invited AeroTexas to attend their Friday Night Operations (FNO) event on Friday, July 25. They will be extending their hours for FNO from 0000 to 1200 Zulu - to allow for more flexibility for domestic and international arrivals. They will be using an arrival and departure slot method. Pilots can either sign up for an arrival or departure slot or ATC will assign one to them. This event will serve as a "warm up" for their annual Summer Sizzle, which takes place August 2. Summer Sizzle is a 12 hour, live event, where ZFW controllers gather together at a hotel in Dallas, Texas. Don't forget to use your AeroTexas ID (ATX**) when flying on VATSIM. Visit http://zfwartcc.com/events2.php for more event information.