Welcome to JHB Airlines

Recent News

• 2025/01/04: Happy New Year. 2024 saw the retirement from the airline of Isaac C. soon after logging his 10,000th hour. Virtual gold watch has been awarded, and we wish him all the best. The remaining active pilot (your chief pilot) is continuing to log hours, most international freight flights in widebody aircraft and short-distance trips within Europe and the UK from Liverpool. A new hub has been opened in KDCA (Washington National) to provide more variety, and schedules added to the Flight Packs. JHB Airlines remains open to welcome new and previously active members.

• 2024/03/07: Congratulations to our first pilot to log 10,000 hours, Issac C. Virtual bonus and gong awarded. The Tour of Mexico is in progress, with the lead pilots having reached Mexico City and the half-way stage. From here, we will explore the northern half of Mexico including the Sonora Desert and Baja California.

• 2024/02/10: The JHB News page has been updated. We have also started a tour of Mexico, and Isaac C. has added a new Cessna C310 livery to our Executive Fleet for the purpose: see the fleet page.

• 2024/01/28: Rejigging of some of our short haul routes is under way, with a new DHC-8 Q400 turboprop. JHB Airlines livery of the Dreamwings model (converted by Philippe Marion, livery by Isaac C.) is now available on our fleet page.

• 2023/08/22: Minor modifications to the login system have been made to try to sort out a login glitch with certain browser/operating system combinations. If you can't log in or have other problems, please report on the forum.

• 2023/08/20: Liveries for the freeware B787 models for FSX/P3D from Tenkuu Developers Studio have been designed by Isaac C. Available for download on the fleet page.

Who Are We?

JHB is a virtual airline for flight simulator pilots who wish to fly in a relaxed environment. Started in Johannesburg in 1995, the airline relocated to the UK in 2001 to bases at Ronaldsway, Isle of Man and Liverpool, although we frequently fly much further afield.

While we provide a limited flight pack of schedules and tours, there is no requirement to fly fixed schedules or tasks. Pilots may even choose to operate flights using other real-world airline's flight numbers. Flights may be conducted using any flight simulator (Microsoft Flight Simulator family, Laminar Research X-Plane, or FlightGear), and flown either offline or online using the online server and ATC systems VATSIM or IVAO. Flights are logged by filling in a simple on-line form; there is no need to install any logger software.

Any aircraft may be flown, although preferably one from the comprehensive fleet which we maintain at our bases. The fleet is mostly FSX liveries and models, but a small number of aircraft for X-Plane 11 and for Prepar3D have been added recently.

Join JHB Airlines

JHB Airlines has a members' forum for discussion about anything regarding flight simulation. You can register on the forum and request a crew number. Once this is allocated, you can fly under the JHB flag and record your flights in our PIREP system. The only restriction is that new members must file a valid PIREP within one month of joining. Any questions you have will be answered on the forum.