A Canadian virtual airline built on the craft
Taking you upwards in all directions — with realism, professionalism, and a community that loves the northern skies.
Where Avid Air comes from
Avid Air was founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta — a Peace-country town under the northern sky at CYQU. The first Avid tail, C-FAVX, was ferried south to Edmonton CYEG to open the network.
We're deliberately Canadian, and deliberately sim-agnostic. Whether you fly X-Plane 12, MSFS 2020, or MSFS 2024, you're welcome here. Our tools glue everything together — SimBrief dispatch, OnAir economy, SayIntentions.AI radio, and the Avid Companion desktop app that keeps them all talking.
We believe we have the power to alter our own destinies. Learn, grow, experience and reach for the skies with Avid.
What we fly for
Celebrate Canada
Celebrate the diversity in Canada's culture through a mutually shared love of aviation.
Serve Professionally
Serve our fellow virtual Canadians with professional and safe virtual flight to all of our destinations — now and in the future.
Hone the Craft
Hone our skills as virtual pilots to as close as reasonably possible within today's modern flight simulators.
Evolve Together
Evolve our own unique virtual aviation ecosystem based on learning, growth, integrity and respect.
Three hubs, one country, a growing world
Edmonton
The northern gateway and our operational heart.
Vancouver
Mountains behind, ocean ahead. Our launchpad for trans-Pacific flying.
Toronto
The gateway to Europe and the Americas. The busiest ramp we serve.
The tails our pilots ask for by name
C-FAVX
FounderOne of the founding tails. Ferried out of Grande Prairie (CYQU) to Edmonton (CYEG) to open the network.
C-FAVZ
FounderA founding tail of the domestic operation. First-generation Avid livery.
C-FLSE
FounderA founding tail of the domestic operation. Named for the winds that carried us out of the Peace country.
C-FUDU
HeartplaneThe pilot's plane. The one everyone wants to book, and the one every roster fights over on a Friday night.
C-FAVU
The TitanOur flagship heavy. Long-haul intercontinental capability and the ramp presence to match.
The best is still on approach
We're building a virtual airline that treats its pilots like adults, its aircraft like real machines, and its community like family. Ribbons for real credentials, ranks that mean something, and dispatch flow that actually saves time.