UPSVO GUIDE · SIMULATED LOGISTICS

Understanding a virtual cargo flight

A cargo virtual airline gives simulator flights a shared context: published routes, eligible freighter registrations and records that connect one flight to the next. UPS Virtual Operations combines that flying community with MINA’s persistent simulated shipments. No real freight is transported.

Start with location, not your home hub

Your home hub is your membership base; Current Location determines the departure context available to you. Browsing a destination does not move you there. Use the public Network to explore connections, then check your own authorized Flight Center for the routes and aircraft you can actually use.

A shipment is not the entire aircraft payload

Illustrative example, not a live flight: a booking carries 20,000 kg of total cargo and its MINA manifest identifies a 2,000 kg consignment within that total. The planning payload remains 20,000 kg—not 22,000 kg. MINA adds continuity and a shipment record, not extra weight.

Reservation and delivery mean different things

A reservation links eligible cargo to a booking and prevents another allocation from claiming it. It does not establish departure or delivery. Matching flight evidence and reconciliation determine whether the consignment advances. A submitted flight report alone is not a promise of delivery. Where a supported cancellation releases a reservation, that release is not a cargo arrival.

Read freshness and availability together

A map with no active flights can be accurate. An unavailable feed is different from an empty network. Check the source time and status before interpreting a display. Airport labels and readable route details complement the map, especially on a small screen.

Before using a planning profile

Check the simulator aircraft, variant, registration and cargo inputs together. A profile that silently reduces the booked payload is not a matching plan. Resolve that difference before continuing; never invent a higher aircraft limit.

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