new cargo

SPA Special Operations Division.

Welcome to the St Paul Airlines Cargo and Freight branch!

SPA Alaska bush freight and cargo division now available!

How does it work?

Regularly updated and developed, this department is unlike the other SPA sections:

The fleet is “static”. It means that the pilot can use only the specific aircraft assigned to the division and these operate in “virtual reality” from specific airports (i.e. if your freight assignment is from Boston to St. Louis, but the needed aircraft is in Atlanta, you must fly from Atlanta to Boston first, before starting the selected flight. And then, once you have completed your flight to St Louis, you can either bring the plane back to its origin hub (Atlanta) or fly directly to the starting point of another cargo/freight mission if you intend to use the same aircraft.
Furthermore you will have to carefully plan your flight according to diverse consideration such as:

Pick the “right” aircraft according to the freight weight and and the plane's category matching your SPA rank.
Consider where the aircraft is available (in which airport) in relation with the cargo flight departure point... and if and where you can load another cargo "en route" to avoid empty flights (which cost a lot of money to the company)
Load the right amount of fuel so as to be able to carry the total freight weight.
Establish the flight-plan either direct, or with “en route” stop(s) over for refuelling.
Anticipate your next cargo flight so as to maybe/possibly use the same aircraft to avoid empty flights.

Important:

The assigned cargo flights (see below) offer a very wide range of missions adapted to different needs and able to satisfy all our SPA pilots, from rank I to rank VII. Furthermore, if you organise your cargo flights carefully and make a wise choice among all the assignements, you should be able to avoid most long empty hauls to bring the plane back to its hub (which is mandatory!).

The flight schedule, the cargo hubs, the aircraft type and availibility will be changed (updated) regularly and new develoments shall cover the whole World.

GENERAL CARGO AIRCRAFTS PERFORMANCE - SOURCE: FSX

Choose your aircraft!

Here are all the aircrafts you can choose from, for the USA & EUROPE/AFRICA Cargo & Freight flights.
It is mandatory to pick the selected plane in its specific hub and to bring it back once the assignement is finished.
Thus, you can choose any aircraft, anywhere. The only drawback is that you have to fly form the aircraft's airport/hub to the starting point of your cargo/freight mission and, of course, you must return to the hub at the end.

The main criterions for the choice of the right aircraft are:

Range
Freight load
Fuel capacity
Maximum take-off weight

Another useful tip is to consider which aircraft can be best used for successive mission, without returning to the base. A wise selection can spare a lot of empty legs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CARGO & FREIGHT ASSIGNEMENTS
USA Dept. / EUROPE AFRICA Dept.

Reporting your flights – PIREP:

Flight number, reports as usual, that is:

Indicate the flight number as indicated on the cargo schedule - i.e. 93001

Flight number, additional specific indication, that is:

If you have to fly from the aircraft hub to the cargo flight departure add a H to the flight number - i.e. 93001H
If you have to make stops over (refueling) , for each leg indicate the flight number + A (B,C, etc.) - i.e. 93001A, 93001B, etc
If you fly from previous cargo flight destination to the next cargo flights departure, indicate next flight number + N - i.e. 93002N
If you bring the aircraft back to its departure hub, indicates last flight numer + R - i.e. 93002R

USA DIVISION ASSIGNEMENTS