Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Nov 11th: Advance Notice: VARA - test your airline

Polish VACC has announced the date of the next edition of Virtual Airlines Reliability Award (VARA) event. It will take place on November 11th, 1400-2300 UTC, in Poland and some other Eastern and Central Europe countries (confirmed are: Austria, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Switzerland). The registration of airlines has already started and will be completed on November 4th.

VARA is an event organized by Polish VACC especially for Virtual Airlines(also unofficial ones). Their task is to create an realistic timetable for the afternoon and evening of NOV 11 for selected airports in Poland and someother countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Than they should fly scheduled flights avoiding delays and cancellations. An automatic script will measure all delays and check for other errors. The average of scores of individual flights is called THE RELIABILITY INDEX. Based on the RI, an airline can be honored by the VARA or the VARA GOLD Award. It is a title and a graphic symbol, which could be used on the webpage and in other documents as a sign of extreme reliability.

To learn more and to register your airline visit the VARA web page on www.pl-vacc.org/vara Do not leave the registration to the last minute, as creating a good timetable requires some time.

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