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So you just added a new aircraft to your fleet and it is stranded on a tarmac outside your airline's route network? Using the '''<Make A Ferry Flight>''' option enables you to strategically place your plane to airports around the globe | So you just added a new aircraft to your fleet and it is stranded on a tarmac outside your airline's route network? Using the '''<Make A Ferry Flight>''' option enables you to strategically place your plane to airports around the globe. There are three ways to schedule a '''Ferry Flight''', depending on your aircraft's status and [[First_Steps#Aircraft_operation_decision|operation decision]]: | ||
=== '''Ferry Flight out of Inactive Fleet''' === | === '''Ferry Flight out of Inactive Fleet''' === | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 13 September 2020
So you just added a new aircraft to your fleet and it is stranded on a tarmac outside your airline's route network? Using the <Make A Ferry Flight> option enables you to strategically place your plane to airports around the globe. There are three ways to schedule a Ferry Flight, depending on your aircraft's status and operation decision:
Ferry Flight out of Inactive Fleet
Operations -> Fleet -> Inactive Fleet -> Action -> Make A Ferry Flight
Confirm Do you really want to relocate this aircraft by performing a ferry flight?
Click the <Add flight to this flight plan> drop down menu and select the desired destination.
Your ferry flight will be performed instantly following a required 2 hour lead time prior to take-off.
Once saved, the aircraft will be marked with a Ferry flight symbol 
in the Inactive Fleet list. For the whole duration of the ferry flight (= 2 hours pre-flight preparations plus actual flight time) the aircraft will not be accessible for further changes.
Ferry Flight out of Active Fleet for aircraft that is part of an Execution Group
Operations -> Fleet -> Active Flee -> Action -> Make A Ferry Flight
Confirm Do you really want to relocate this aircraft by performing a ferry flight?
Click the <Add flight to this flight plan> drop down menu and select the desired destination.
Your ferry flight will be performed instantly following a required 2 hour lead time prior to take-off.
Once saved, the aircraft will be marked with a Ferry flight symbol in the Active Fleet list. For the whole duration of the ferry flight (= 2 hours pre-flight preparations plus actual flight time) the aircraft will not be accessible for further changes.
Ferry Flight out of Active Fleet for aircraft that has a fix flight plan
Operations -> Fleet -> Active Fleet -> Action -> Edit fix flight plan
Select Ferry Flight from the <Add flight to this flight plan> drop down menu and schedule
Schedule the ferry flight under consideration of the required 12 hour lead time for fix flights scheduling.
Once completed, the ferry flight will be auto-deleted from the aircraft's flight plan.