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About Us[]
Abel Jets MCC's Boeing 737-900ER in the "Sunset Two"-themed livery
PT Abel Jets Group Sejahtera Tbk. (YSSE: AJGS), or more commonly referred to Abel Jets Group or simply Abel Jets – is a virtual business group that primarily runs in the business of commercial air transportation. The group is formed of multiple virtual airlines that are primarily operating out from the fictional Central Mediterranean Islands – although the group itself runs on virtually any countries worldwide that YSFlight Simulator has their maps of.
Our History[]
ACES' Boeing 747-8i "Skytiger" flying above Wake Island.
PT Abel Jets Group Sejahtera Tbk. was founded in December 2013 under the public brand of "Abel Jets VA" as an LCC (low-cost carrier) virtual airline. The airline was initiated as a one-man airline of which its founder and CEO, Faza Abel a.k.a. FreezingFalcon (then known as Abel Flyer), handled all sectors of the airline - from business-related ones up to flight operations. We commenced our earliest flight operations with a fleet of second-hand Boeing 737-400s and ATR-72s - basing them out from Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Hawaii as the island chain was one of the most profitable staging areas for YSFlight virtual airlines at that time - especially when we noticed the lack of LCC airlines present in the region, a perfect opportunity to make one.
In 2014, the airline expanded its fleet after perceiving that it was profitable enough to do so. We proceeded to dry-lease several airframes of Bombardier (now Mitsubishi) CRJ-900ERs for inter-island operations within the island chain of Hawaii. Following the CRJs were Airbus A320-200s and Airbus A321-200s to reach the furthest islands of the Hawaiian archipelago. The turning point for the virtual airline came when introduced ourselves to YSFlight communities, with the first one being the Indonesia-based YSFlight Indonesia Division (YSF-ID) - with the airline's revenue skyrocketing from the spike of passenger traffic. From that point, we were able to dry-lease two Airbus A330-200s and a single Boeing 777-300ER, of which the latter became our flagship at that time, from a Hongkong-based aircraft leasing firm. The three widebody aircraft were utilized to connect Hawaii with the mainland United States, gaining massive profit for the airline due to the lucrative routes. Snowball-effect-alike, Abel Jets was able to expand its fleet rapidly following massive growth of passenger traffic as a chain-reaction effect from the airline introducing itself to the international English-speaking YSFlight community, YSFlight Headquarters, more commonly referred to as YSFHQ. By the end of 2014, the airline operates more than fifty airframes, with a high passenger load factor and profit.
In 2015, after seeing a highly-potent market in the fictional Central Mediterranean Islands (CMI) to be utilized as an international hub for business and holiday travelers, Abel Jets Virtual Airline was able to acquire the dying flag carrier airline of the island chain, named AirCMI. With the acquisition of AirCMI, we moved our headquarters to the city of Mandiola on the island of Turbot - part of the CMI island chain. The decision was warmly welcomed by the citizens of the CMI and the creator of the CMI map itself, YSFHQ member Turbofan. In the same year, a decision was made to reform Abel Jets VA from an airline into an air-transportation business group, called Abel Jets Group. This was first revealed to the public by the creation of our website - which has the name of “Abel Jets Group” on it instead of “Abel Jets VA." In the same year, Karl Hellberg a.k.a. ksh joined Abel Jets Group and became the President of the business group later that year. With ksh’s presence in Abel Jets Group, the business group was able to attract many new YSFlight players’ attention with his marketing strategy and recruited them as pilots for Abel Jets Group’s airlines. During his period in the office, he was the one who insisted on the first livery update to Abel Jets Group’s fleet - of which he changed the pattern of the yellow “cheatlines” on the fleet’s aircraft fuselages. Although minor, it was a stepping stone before the then-upcoming massive livery refurbishment. Karl stayed in his position of President until the middle of the year 2015, he had to leave due to personal issues. With the President position vacant following ksh’s leave from Abel Jets Group, Mark Arkan, of whom was the Chief Pilot of Abel Jets Group, stepped up to the President position. During Mark Arkan’s time as the President, Abel Jets Group was able to aid the projects to attract new players to the Indonesian-based YSFlight community YSF-ID. As the year ends, the performance of Abel Jets Group kept rising, and our contribution to the island chain gave us the tagline of “The airline of the CMI” - which was given by CMI citizens.
In 2016, ksh returned from his leave and stepped back up to the President position. In the same year, Thomas Siahaan a.k.a. Thomascook221 joined Abel Jets Group as a pilot cadet - of whom later would become the well-known President of Abel Jets Group. He then progressively ranked up his position to the first officer rank as time flew by. In late 2016, the first massive livery update of Abel Jets Group was performed, with the jetliner fleet of Abel Jets Virtual Airline within Abel Jets Group itself is split into two divisions - namely Regional and International fleets. In the same year - a milestone within the YSFlight history book was made between Herven and YSBRA virtual airlines - the first airline alliance within the simulation, named “Vingar Alliance” - which means “Wings” in Swedish. This was soon followed up by the creation of “Nation’s Alliance” by Moa Airways, Cal-Air, and E-Fair Airways. After polls that were available to the public were made considerations were taken, Abel Jets Group joined Vingar Alliance in the same year that it was made. The continuous growth of the business group went to a halt when the year was about to end, ksh left Abel Jets Group for the second time - this time again for personal issues with no intent to return on short notice.
Days after 2016 reformed into 2017, Thomascook221 - which was bearing the Captain rank at that time, stepped up as the President of Abel Jets Group due to his outstanding achievement and activity within the airlines of the business group. Although having no prior experience in managing the business sector of a virtual business group, his determination to learn was able to keep him in pace with the competition across the market. Disaster almost struck when in the middle of the year, FreezingFalcon had to take a leave due to academic-related issues for half a year. A meeting was then held and it was decided that Thomascook221 was to step up to the position of the CEO until FreezingFalcon returns. During this period, the President slot was vacant with Thomascook221 handling almost all business-related sectors within Abel Jets Group. With his efforts, he was able to keep the group running up to FreezingFalcon’s return later on that year - of which he returned to the President position following the founder of Abel Jets Group’s return. The business group then performed the second massive overhaul to its fleet as 2017 was coming to an end - giving birth to the famous Fleet Pack 7.5.
The year 2018 up to 2019 was quite uneventful up to the point where FreezingFalcon took his second leave in the middle of 2019 due to academic matters. During this time, Thomascook221 returned to the CEO rank that he once assumed but this time with Fikri Kawakibi a.k.a. TheLegend27, and Dr. Simon O. Cohen stepping up to the President rank - he was previously in the position of flight operations staff. In this period Abel Jets Group went almost completely dormant, with little-to-no flights performed in online YSFlight servers.
As the decade turns into a new chapter, 2020, the events of the COVID-19 pandemic delayed FreezingFalcon’s return to two months late. But before his official return, he had performed a series of discussions with Abel Jets Group’s staff to perform the ultimate fleet overhaul that the virtual business group and online YSFlight communities would have ever seen. Dubbed the Abel Jets Extended Pack project, it was aimed to aggressively expand and completely reinvent the business group. The project was officially commenced in Q2 2020 upon FreezingFalcon’s official return to the CEO rank of Abel Jets Group. Thomascook221 then returned to the President rank, followed by Dr. Simon O. Cohen who reverted himself as a flight operations staff. Hundreds if not thousands of work hours were performed almost non-stop for almost 24/7, with work shifts made for Abel Jets Group’s modders. Three main shifts were created, one from the morning up to the afternoon, followed by the one from dusk up to almost bedtime, and the most dreadful one being from midnight up to sunrise - all were referenced to Western Indonesia Time (WIB/UTC+7). After eight months of hard work and with two of the business group’s modders almost losing their sanity - on the last day of the year 2020, we are more than proud to deliver the product of Abel Jets Extended Pack program - now named as the famous Fleet Pack 8.0. During this development period, Abel Jets Group also acquired Intercontinental Airways Virtual Airline more popularly referred to as IAVA. It was agreed between FreezingFalcon and HawkbitAlpha, who is a co-founder of IAVA, that the acquired airline would operate as a primary feeder airline for Abel Jets Group. Taking the so-called “Sunset Two” theme as our new colors, gone are the classic orange-yellow striping liveries of Abel Jets Group as we refreshed ourselves with the new color palette - predominantly consisted of color gradients that could be found in the skies. The business group’s airlines also reinvented themselves into numerous newer airlines such as Abel Jets Platinum, Abel Pixel, AbelJump, Holi-Abel-Day!, Intercontinental Airways, and many more - each is specific to the market they operate in. Abel Jets Virtual Airline itself reformed into Abel Jets MCC (Medium-Cost Carrier) - an upgrade from its being previously operating as an LCC airline. At the end of the year, we also refreshed our slogan to better suit the release of Fleet Pack 8.0 and the future. “Progress to Connect” has been chosen to replace “The Airline of the CMI” as our motto - with the latter one now serving as the tagline for Abel Jets MCC instead of the whole group itself. Why did we choose Progress to Connect? This is due to the constantly evolving dynamics of the world of commercial aviation, which provokes us to constantly innovate to stay ahead within the game. We are constantly making progress, to reduce the distance between you and your beloved ones (virtually), by placing girders for worldwide airborne bridges, diversification for extra ranges, all available within your reach. We would also like to connect those, who are cut off from the rest of the globe to have a method to travel to places they would go to and receive attention from the world, which they truly deserve.
As 2020 reformed into 2021, inputs from multiple YSFlight players and communities regarding Fleet Pack 8.0 soon arose. Those inputs culminated in efforts of bug troubleshooting and the development of the Fleet Pack 8.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Service Pack 1 does not only pack patches to seal off the bugs in Fleet Pack 8.0, but it also contains new subsidiaries, special liveries, and aircraft types introduced to the virtual business group. In early 2021, StarLight Virtual Airline (SLVA) was born, SLVA is a low-cost carrier (LCC) that flies out from the UK and around Europe to "somewhat secret" routes that other European LCCs have yet to set their foot on - although it also operates long-haul routes to multiple destinations worldwide during holiday seasons with its wide-body aircraft. The virtual airline is owned by YSFlight Indonesia Division (YSF-ID) member Reuben Billy who started the VA via AJVG's Mandiola Aviation Clear Holdings (M. A. C. H.) program. All StarLight VA aircraft are operated by Abel Jets Virtual Group as requested by the virtual airline's founder - in which, its fleet is combined with that of AJVG. In May 2021, Abel Jets Virtual Group resurrected the defunct MahouAir Virtual Airline (MAVA) after talks with Nodoka Hanamura, the founder of MAVA, were performed. Under AJVG's umbrella, the all-new MAVA extends the virtual business group's hands to the Far East market sector, as MAVA primarily operates out from the fictional Mahora City International Airport in Japan. In mid-2021, a corporate partnership was performed between AJVG and the newly-founded Rianto Company (RC), a fictional multinational corporation that runs on logistics, oil and gas, mineral mining, and international trade. It has a fleet of executive transports that does not have a hub nor a base that it mainly operates from since its fleet is stationed worldwide and can be called into service whenever RC top-brasses need a lift. It was founded by a YSF-ID member, Deval Riantoro, who trusts Abel Jets Virtual Group to operate the organization's fleet within YSFlight. As 2021 came to an end, Fleet Pack 8.0 SP1 finally completed its development phase and was released to the public on January 3rd, 2022.
With more than 3,000 registered-airframe within our fleet and counting, Abel Jets Virtual Group has become the largest virtual business group in the world that primarily runs in the business sector of air transportation by fleet size. This massive number is humbling to us - as we reflect on our past when we were a one-man airline. We hope that the story would be inspiring to those who have read to this part - and we hope that we would be able to continue our progress, to connect people across the globe.
Our Airlines and Divisions[]
Abel Jets MCC's Boeing 787-10 "Goldenliner" in the "Abel Jets Group 7th Anniversary" livery flying in formation with Abel Jets MCC's Boeing 747-8i in the "Abel Jets Group" livery above the Island of Turbot.
Abel Jets MCC (Medium-Cost-Carrier) - The Airline of the CMI, what you guys normally refer as “Abel Jets” Abel Jets Platinum - The airline for those who are willing to experience the true Platinum treatment for their trip. Starting from red-carpet welcome at an exclusive terminal, fine-dining experience and live cooking above the clouds while listening to live music, up to designated VIP vehicles upon your arrival at your destination.
Holi-Abel-Day! - Do you want to go for a tropical escape or to other holiday places in the world? No need to worry since in Holi-Abel-Day!, we are ABEL to make your dream holidays come true.
Abel Pixel - For those who are craving to travel via the air but cannot afford for a standard Abel Jets MCC airfare. Strap yourself with Abel Pixel, it’s Fast, it’s “Safe”, and most importantly, it’s Cheap.
Intercontinental Airways - Well, although Abel Jets Group is known to have the largest fleet when compared to other virtual airlines with a staggering fleet size of 3000 airframes and counting as we speak, unfortunately it is a fact that not all of our aircraft fly directly to several destinations in the world (such as Pyongyang). This is where Intercontinental Airways a.k.a. IAVA comes to the rescue! With the most state-of-the-art fleet of Boeing 737-MAX7s, Boeing 747-8i-s, and Boeing 777-9Xs and with passenger treatment that is on par or some even said excels that found in Abel Jets MCC, IAVA is surely your pal to fly with.
AbelJump - Going along with its tagline, “A good way to bust through the traffic”, AbelJump surely will take you who are commuting from one city to another nearby faster than any kind of transporation methods.
Abel Executive - Abel Jets Platinum’s already Platinum treatment is not enough for you? Hire a private aircraft with Abel Executive! With a fleet ranging from the P.180 Avanti for those businessmen/women who are puddle-jumping up to our Concorde-VIP for those CEOs who are late for a meeting.
Abel Helicopters - Do you want to commute within a city but want to avoid the traffic? Fly with Abel Helicopters with an airfare that is even cheaper than your local taxi fare.
Abel Xplore - Fly to the deepest jungles of Papua in the Indonesia Map or get lost in the Antarctica. AbelXplore with its fleet of bush-flying aircraft and helicopters will take you to the unknown just like its slogan - Xploring the Unknown.
ACES (Abel Cargo Expeditionary Service) - The delivery services company of Abel Jets Group. Also serving as the group’s cargo airline with a massive fleet of freighter-configured aircraft.
ACES ICT (Insane Cargo Transporter) - Do you have something that is too insane to be shipped with ACES’ services? No need to worry since ACES ICT will handle the insanity of your shipment with ease. We can airdrop your shipments via our DHC-4 Caribou if you are shipping it to remote locations - or if you need to transport your blue whale, hire our Airbus A330-743 BelugaXL or Boeing 747-400LCF Dreamlifter instead. Lest not forget the Antonov An-225M Mriya-NG that is an upgraded version of the super airlifter.
Abel Cosmos - “Space is Just the Beginning”, that’s what its tagline says. With Abel Cosmos you can send smaller satellites or literally anything that fits within our Vahana OLV (orbital launch vehicle) that is strapped onboard our Boeing 747-400LVC. Your payload doesn’t fit the Vahana? Strap it in the Ikaros, our (only) Space Shuttle orbiter that we acquired from YSASA several years ago. You could also take a ride to the orbit with the Ikaros in case you would wish for.
Abel Fire and Rescue (AFR) - Your house is on fire? Your neighbour’s house on fire? Or is there a nearby wildfire? Contact AFR so we could send the airtankers in to extinguish those flames. AFR also works as a disaster-relief emergency division that would fly into ravaged zones of YSFlight maps to provide humanitarian aid and as a SAR (search-and-rescue) division of Abel Jets Group as well.
Abel Aviateur - This is the place where Abel Jets Group’s new pilots are trained so they could tackle the skies of commercial aviation in YSFlight.
Abel Jets Retro - A blast to the past. With the upcoming opening of the CMI Museum of Flight in Linbury (cue Turbofan’s works), Abel Jets Retro will provide the museum’s visitors rides with our legacy aircraft that have been withdrawn from service in other divisions of Abel Jets Group.
Orange Skies Aerobatic Team - The lightning bolts of the CMI. The aerobatic team division that represents Abel Jets Group's colors in international airshows with its fleet that is composed of Boeing F/A-18B Hornets, Dassault Mirage 2000-5Fs, Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning IIs, and the Airbus A400M Atlas nicknamed "The Chubby Alex". Available in a separate pack that is used on airshows.
Abel Ground Service Equipment - The true heroes of our daily operations, every day they will fight the odds so that our fleet could stay airbourne at any given time.
Inspection Aircraft - No need to explain this, it’s too complicated.
Abel Jets Advanced Xperimental (AJAX) - A flight-testing division of Ovovivipar Industries - a research and development (RnD) corporation within Abel Jets Group. Rumors spread that the division’s name is a reminiscence of a designation given to advanced experimental projects of a YSFlight virtual group in the past.
Our Fleet[]
Holi-Abel-Day!'s Airbus A330-900neo flying above the Canary Islands.
Total airframes: 3,000 registered aircraft
Abel Jets Medium-Cost-Carrier (MCC)
A318-100
A320-200neo
A321-200
A330-200
A330-900neo
A340-300
A340-600
A350-900ULR
A350-1000XWB
A380-800
B727-200Adv
B737-200Adv w/ Gravel Kit
B737-700
B737-900
B737-900ER
B737-MAX7
B737-MAX10
B747-400ER
B747-400M
B747-8i
B757-200WL
B757-300WL
B767-200WL
B767-300ER
B767-400ER
B777-200ER
B777-300ER
B777-9X
B787-8 Dreamliner
B787-9 Dreamliner
B787-10 Dreamliner
CRJ-900ER
CS300
Il-96-300
M90 SpaceJet
MD-11
MD-90
OVR-4500 AuroraJet
Tu-154M
Abel Jets Platinum
A320-200neo
A321-200
A350-1000XWB
B737-900ER
B737-MAX10
B747-8i Silverbird
B777-9X
B787-10 Dreamliner
B2707-300 SST
Concorde
Sonic Cruiser
Holi-Abel-Day!
A320-200neo
A321-200
A330-900neo
B717-200
B737-MAX10
B747-400
DHC-8 Q400
Abel Pixel
B737-700
B737-900
B737-MAX7
B737-MAX10
B757-300WL
B787-9 Dreamliner
Intercontinental Airways
B737-MAX7
B747-8i
B777-9X
AbelJump
A318-100
B717-200
BAe146-200
CRJ-700
CS100
DHC-8 Q400
ERJ-175
Global 6000XRS
Let-410-UVP-E
Legacy 600
OVR-4500 AuroraJet
S340B
Abel Executive
BBJ
BBJ-747SP
BBJ-747-8i
Citation-X
Concorde-VIP
P.180 Avanti
Abel Helicopters
AW139
AW189
Bell 206 Jetranger
Bell 407
OVR-47
OVR-62A Speedhawk
Abel Xplore
B200 Super King Air
Bell 412SP
C208 Amphibian
C208B Grand Caravan
DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
MU-2S Peacock
OVR-1A Centauri EFIS
PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
PC-12/47
S70i Blackhawk
Abel Cargo Expeditionary Service (ACES) - including ACES Insane Cargo Transporter (ACES ICT)
A320-200P2F
A330-200F
A330-743 BelugaXL
A340-600OCF
An-225M Mriya-NG
B727-200F
B737-200F
B737-400F
B737-900ERF
B747-200F
B747-400F
B747-400LCF Dreamlifter
B747-400OCF
B747-8F
B757-200F
B777-200F
B777-300ERSF
BC-17 Globemaster III
C208BOCF Grand Caravan
DHC-4 Caribou
DHC-8 Q400F
H/OVR-10
Il-96-400T
L-1011-1OCF TriStar
LM-100J Super Hercules
KC-767
MD-10-30F
MD-11F
S340BF
Isuzu Forward Max
Italic/OVT-16 Astryt
Abel Cosmos
B737-700LOA Bigfoot
B747-400-LVC
B767-300ER Zero-G
B777-200ER-LVC
OV-110 Ikaros
OVR-18B Hornet Eye
Vahana OLV
Abel Fire and Rescue (AFR)
A340-600 Supertanker
AB-212 Huey
B737-900ER Airtanker
DHC-4 Caribou Smokejumper
L-1011-1 TriStar Smart-tanker
M90 Skyshepherd Surveiller
NH90 NFH SAR
Scorpion Firespotter FAC-A
S-64E Skycrane Airtanker
S70i Firehawk
Abel Aviateur
Bell 206 Jetranger
B737-700
C208 Amphibian
Citation-X
DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
OVR-1A Centauri Analog
Abel Jets Retro
A340B4-220
An-12 Cub
B707-320
B707-320F
B727-100
B727-100F
B727-200
B737-200
B737-400
B737-500WL
B747-200
B747-400
DC-3 Dakota
DC-8-63
DC-9-30
DC-9-50
DC-10-30
DH-106 Comet-4C
DHC-7-100
F50
F100
Fw200A Condor
L-1049 Super Constellation
L-1011-1 TriStar
MD-83
MD-87
Tu-134A Crusty
VC-10 1101
Yak-42D
Abel Ground Service Equipment
Toyota Hiace
Loasus Apron Bus
Mercedes-Benz G500
Italic Skycatering
Cosmam Ambulance
Interpret Follow-Me Car
Iloasa
Inter7 Commander
Limousine
Stranger-AFE
TARAP Car
Inspection Aircraft
Global 6000XRS-ADV
Abel Jets Advanced Xperimental (AJAX)
OVR-1A Centauri EFIS Prototype
OVR-4500 AuroraJet Prototype