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VATSIM has released the list of both arriving and departing airfields for this upcoming Cross the Pond Westbound. Once again, we are honored to be selected as one of those fields. BOS- Boston Logan Intl will be one of four United States airports featured. The others include ATL - Atlanta Hartsfield, JFK - New York Kennedy, and ORD- Chicago O’Hare. See the full list of fields in the VATSIM announcement here. On behalf of the Administration Team here at BVA, thank you for voting for Boston and we can’t wait to support the event!

VATSIM is pleased to announce that the airport voting for Cross the Pond Westbound 2023 has now opened. VATSIM members can now vote for their top airports until 19th February (Sunday) 2100 UTC via the CTP website. Members can vote for their 1st, 2nd and 3rd favorite choice on either side of the ocean, earning that airport 5, 3 and 2 points respectively. The Planning Team of the event will then meet with the user’s vote to include your favorite airports and occasionally a choice of their own. A full list of the airports available on each side of the ocean are listed at the end of my post. On behalf of the Planning Team, good luck to all the airports! #CTP23W Discord: https://ctp.vatsim.net/discord/ The airports on the ‘Europe and Africa’ side of the ocean are: Lajes - LPLA Vienna Intl. - LOWW London Gatwick - EGKK Mohammed V Intl. - GMMN Istanbul - LTFM Dublin - EIDW Milan Malpensa - LIMC Cape Town Intl. - FACT Amsterdam Schiphol - EHAM Murtala Muhammed - DNMM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt - EDDH East Midlands - EGNX Paris Charles de Gaulle - LFPG Zagreb Franjo Tudjman - LDZA Athens Eleftherios Venizelos - LGAV Madrid Barajas - LEMD Helsinki - EFHK Copenhagen - EKCH The airports on the ‘Americas’ side of the ocean are: Boston Logan Intl. - KBOS Chicago O’Hare Intl. - KORD Dallas-Fort Worth Intl. - KDFW Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Intl. - KATL Charlotte Douglas Intl. - KCLT Winnipeg Intl. - CYWG Toronto Pearson - CYYZ John F. Kennedy - KJFK Vancouver Intl. - CYYR Washington Dulles Intl. - KIAD Princess Juliana Intl. - TNCM Luis Muñoz Marín Intl. - TJSJ Guarulhos - SBGR Brasilia - SBBR Grantley Adams Intl. - TBPB Pointe-a-Pitre Le Raizet - TFFR El Dorado Intl. - SKBO Ministro Pistarini Intl. - SAEZ Houston - KIAH BVA has offered up KBOS - Boston Logan Intl. for this years event. We are asking all members to consider voting for us as their top choice. We are grateful for all the support in the past and we hope for it to continue! Thanks! #TeamBoston

The VATSIM Cross the Pond Team is happy to announce that the next iteration of largest and longest running network event returns, this time for a westbound journey, taking off on April 1st, 2023. For additional announcement information head over to https://forum.vatsim.net/t/1st-april-2023-cross-the-pond-westbound-discussion-thread/291 To keep in touch with news regarding the event, you can follow the CTP team on their social media accounts as well as look for the hashtag #CTP23W Twitter: https://twitter.com/vatsimctp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vatsimctp/ The team has also setup a dedicated CTP Official discord server, which is going to get busier as we approach show-day. To join, head over to ctp.vatsim.net and follow the instructions on your screen.