Our Fleet, Ranks, and Special Features
Platinum Airways is arguably the first virtual airline that implements the Open Skies policy in the most radical way. Our pilots may fly any mission of their choice without prior approval, as long as the departure and arrival destinations can be identified, for instance and preferably with an ICAO code. In addition, Platinum Airways also offers a hubs based schedule of more than 800 flights, ranging from a hop around the corner to a complete world round trip. In order to fly these missions, we offer a strong and wide-ranging fleet in our Platinum Airways livery. Whenever possible, we will also make available alternative panel and sound files, which may be packaged with the models.
Fleet
Our fleet downloads offer many aircraft painted in Platinum Airways livery, both civilian and military aircraft. Most of these aircraft are freeware, available as executable files for easy addition to your flight simulator. We also offer a number of repaints for payware aircraft.
In the past we provided our repaints on public websites. We no longer do that. We have not removed our repaints from other websites, but we do NOT maintain those repaints, nor do we assume responsibility for any issues caused by downloading those items. All downloads from our downloads section on our site are guaranteed virus and malware free.
You can click on any aircraft to see a full-sized screenshot of the airplane.
Civilian Livery
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| Airbus A300-600ST Beluga |
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| Airbus A318 |
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| Airbus A319 |
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| Airbus A320 |
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| Airbus A321 |
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| Airbus A330 |
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| Airbus A340 |
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| Airbus A350 |
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| Airbus A380 |
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ATR42 |
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ATR72 |
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| Boeing 707 |
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| Boeing 717 |
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| Boeing 727 |
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| Boeing 737 |
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| Boeing 747 |
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Boeing 757 |
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| Boeing 767 |
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Boeing 777
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Boeing 787
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| Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter |
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| Boeing MD-83 |
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| Boeing MD-11 |
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| Antonov AN-225 |
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| BAe-146 |
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| Bombardier CS300 |
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| Dassault Falcon 7X |
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| DeHavilland Dash8 Q400 |
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| DeHavilland DHC6 Twin Otter |
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| Douglas C-47 Skytrain |
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| Embraer ERJ-135 |
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| Lockheed L-1011 |
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| Bell 206B Jet Ranger | Westland Merlin |
Military Livery
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| B-1B Lancer |
B-25 Mitchell |
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| B-52 Stratofortress |
F-4E Phantom II |
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| F-15 Eagle |
F-16 Fighting Falcon |
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| F-22 Raptor |
F-106 Delta Dart |
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| F-111 Aardvark |
Panavia Tornado GR-4 |
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| Saab Viggen |
C-5 Galaxy |
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| C-54 Skymaster |
C-130 Hercules |
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| Airbus A400M |
Airbus A330 MRTT |
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| KC-10 Extender |
KC-46 Pegasus |
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| KC-135 Stratotanker |
A-10 Thunderbolt II |
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| E-3D AWACS |
RQ-1 UAV |
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| AH-1W Super Cobra | Westland Merlin |
Special Features
We offer special add-on scenery files for some of our hubs, which provide a Platinum Airways presence. We also offer a download so that you can add our airline callsign to your flight simulator (FS9/FSX). In addition, our AI traffic files will provide you an immersive worldwide experience with airline, general aviation, and military operations tailored to the part of the world in which you choose to fly.
 EditVoicepack |
 AITraffic |
 Brussels Hub |
 Newark Hangar |
Downloads available via login in the Restricted Area
Rank Structure
Our rank structure is based on flight hours completed, like any other airline. When joining Platinum, we will assign you the rank of "Trainee" on approval of your application. We invite all pilots to submit proof of previously accumulated flight hours.
We then require you to complete your first (maiden) flight with Platinum within two weeks. After completion of this flight, we will credit your log file with previous flight hours, and we will update your rank accordingly.
Our PIREP system is a simple online form. We do not use an automated ACARS for recording flight hours. It is up to each pilot to record his own hours and report them.
Listed below are the ranks and associated shoulder boards, indicating the hours required to obtain the rank.
 0 to19 hrs
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 20 to 99 hrs
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 100 to 199 hrs
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 200 to 299 hrs
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 300 to 399 hrs
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 400 to 599 hrs
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 600 to 799 hrs
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 800 to 999 hrs
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 1000 - 1999
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Senior Pilot Shoulder Boards
 2000 - 2999 hrs
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 3000 - 3999 hrs
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 4000 - 4999 hrs
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 5000 - 5999 hrs
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 6000 - 6999 hrs
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7000 - 7999 hrs
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 8000 - 8999 hrs
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9000 - 9999 hrs
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 10,000 - 10,999 hrs
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 11,000 - 11,999 hrs
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 12,000 - 12,999 hrs
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 13,000 - 13,999 hrs
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 14,000 - 14,999 hrs
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 15,000 - 15,999 hrs
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 16,000 - 16,999 hrs
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 17,000 + hrs
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Livery, shoulder board & ribbon design by Alwyn Nel © Aircraft painted by Barry George