IVAO Events are a highlight of the IVAO Community experience, for Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers.
The IVAO Events Department is constantly working, in partnership with Divisional Events Departments, to provide extraordinary opportunities and experiences – always aiming for the best our network has to offer!
The HQ IVAO Events Department team is composed of the Events Director (ED), the Events Assistant Director (EAD), and the Events Advisors (EAx).
By working in consonance, each member of our team aims at planning – or supporting the planning of – events with excellence in the IVAO Network.
The events department is made up of members from all over the world, Spain, Switzerland, France, Chile, Turkey, UK, Italy, Poland... Next, we'd like to provide a brief introduction about ourselves so you can get to know us better.
- Brais - ED : "I started on IVAO at a very young age thanks to my father, who is also an IVAO user. After several years on the network, I had the opportunity to start working in aviation after finishing my studies. I am very grateful to IVAO and to all the people who make this possible (both staff and users). Currently, I have been staff for almost seven years, but I believe it will never be enough to bring back everything IVAO has helped me with."
- Niccolo - EAD
- Julien - EA1 : "Hey hi! I'm Julien, 33 years old and I come from Geneva, in Switzerland. In real life I work in the medical and care area. My passion for the world of aviation comes from my father who often took me to Geneva airport (LSGG) to see the planes. I was captivated by this world, this love for aviation continued to grow. In the world of aviation, my big passion virtualy and in real life is helicopters. For me, since 2016, IVAO has been a true community of aviation enthusiasts! I met a lot of people who have become real friends. I speak every day with amazing people as well! It is a true honor for me to serve the community through the Events department as advisor and also with my positions as IVAO-TDM and IVAO-EC1."
- Jehad - EA2: "I'm Jehad, aged 34, with a blend of Palestinian and Colombian heritage, originally hailing from a mountain village in Palestine. Raised in Saudi Arabia throughout my life, I pursued civil engineering, completing my bachelor's degree in Malaysia. Aviation has captivated me since childhood, igniting my passion through flight simulation with FS98, a gift from my father. For nearly 14 years, I've been an active member of IVAO, finding my niche in the Saudi Arabia division's event department for the past 13 years. Beyond aviation, I enjoy traveling to new destinations, indulging in swimming, and expressing my creativity through wood crafting."
- Fernando - EA3: "Hello, started on ivao a long while ago, which allowed me to see different changes on its life and by been as Staff of the network also gave me the opportunity to be part of them on different aspects. always there to help and assist with my experience and point of view. my philosophy and values are simple honestity, clarity and service to other."
- Joaquín - EA4
- Mateusz - EA5: "Hey, my name is Mateusz. I'm 19 years old and I come from Poland. When I was 5 I flew first time an aircraft, and from that time I did my best to become an Airline Pilot sometime in the future. I am Private Pilot Licence owner and student of "Aviation and Cosmonautics" at Rzeszów University of Technology. On the IVAO I joined in the April of 2019. Thanks to that I learned a lot about aviation and met many people. From 2022 I am a member of the divisional event department and training department. In May 2023 I joined the HQ Event Department family, where I can continue to develop and at the same time contribute to the development of IVAO. Hope to see you on our virtual sky, and at upcoming events!"
- Dan - EA6: "Hey, my name is Dan and I am an Electrical Engineer from the UK. Been involved with IVAO now for 2 years and haven't regreted any decision I have made since joining. The community is fantastic and within Event we can really make a difference for the community and family spirit. I am currently the IVAO FA, IVAO EA6, XU WM and XU EC."
- Steven - EA7: "My name is Steven, I'm 24 years old and I'm a commercial pilot. I started IVAO on 2018 during my training to practice what I was learning, but since then I got more and more involved, until today when I joined the great Event Department family in early 2024. Hoping to see you at an upcoming event !"
- Miguel - EA8: "*¡Hola! My name is Miguel, I come from the beautiful city of Valencia in Spain. Felt in love with airplanes since I saw my first aircraft taking off when I was bringing my mother to the airport when I was a teenager. Since then I started to get more curious about how aviation industry works and spent hours going to the airport just to sit there and enjoy the engine roaring sound.After having my first computer which let me do some flight simulation I got to know IVAO which I joined in 2017 and gave me since then so much fun and the opportunity to meet lot of people and learn about real safety and operational procedures. Thanks to that, I finished my studies and decided I wanted to be more involved into aviation and ended up becoming Cabin Crew which now is my passion and living from the past 5 years being now in between the virtual and real skies all the time.There is no better sentence that can describe me such as a way of saying in Spain which is “You are all day above the clouds”."
- Efe - EA9: "Hi I'm Efe and I'm 43 years old. I joined IVAO back in 2007 right before I got interested in home cockpit building but the majority of my hours on the network (including all my ATC hours) have come since March of 2023 when I returned after a long hiatus. In the meanwhile I got to experience many hours of real flight behind the controls and in both home built and Level D simulators. I have over 15 years of professional experience in event and project management and I currently work for a game development company based in the US. In aviation, I have worked for cockpit building companies as well as Turkish Airlines as the international events coordinator and Pegasus Airlines for 5 years as part of the cockpit crew training department. I consider myself an aviator at heart and hope to resume my training to become a pilot soon."
Click here to know the IVAO Events Department Team.
If you need to contact us, please write to events@ivao.aero for any Event-related questions, suggestions or concerns. Do not forget to mention your VID.
We've decided to place one (1) Events Advisor per division plus a Support Events Advisor, to improve and expedite the communication, coordination, support and constant monitoring of your division's events-related activities.
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The Americas |
Julien - EA1 |
Joaquìn - EA4 |
Eastern Europe |
Mateusz - EA5 |
Miguel - EA8 |
Western Europe |
Dan - EA6 |
Fernando - EA3 |
Africa and Middle East |
Jehad - EA2 |
Steven - EA7 |
Asia and Oceania |
Efe - EA9 |
Fernando - EA3 |
The IVAO Events Department is represented divisionally by the Divisional Events Department team, composed of the Events Coordinator (ZZ-EC), the Events Assistant Coordinator (ZZ-EAC), and the Divisional Events Advisors (ZZ-EAx).
Click here to know the Divisional Events Department teams.
The IVAO Events Department is responsible for creating, organising, planning, reviewing, supporting, and publishing IVAO Events on the network, as well as maintaining and validating reports for Events Awards.
- The IVAO Events Department aims to quantitatively increase the network activity through organised events that ultimately represent the friendship and the spirit of the IVAO Community.
- The IVAO Events Department aims to review, promote and support existing IVAO Events in the network at senior level, divisional level, and/or in areas without local organisation, and to propose the creation of new IVAO Events concepts according to the developments of our organisation and community needs.
- The IVAO Events Department aims to achieve qualitative excellence in IVAO Events through innovative — and traditional — event concepts as well as creating — and maintaining — partnerships with the IVAO Community, other IVAO Departments and other third-party organisations.
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