Ed Correia Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Welcome to Greece's premier holiday destination, Kos - an island surrounded by history! Kos is one of the largest islands in the Dodecanese Island chain of Greece and is a very popular tourist destination, especially during the summer. With direct service flights from most European countries, there is a good chance that you've heard of it or even ventured there for a holiday. Over 1 million tourists flock there each year to explore one of the most amazing areas in the Mediterranean. Kos Ippokratis Airport (LGKO) is located at the central part of the island with a runway fit for virtually all aircraft - from an ATR to the A320 and even as large as a Dreamliner - Kos' Airport sees them all. During the peak summer time, the airport sees 46 different airlines fly in with many passengers hungry to explore the sights. From Riga to Rome, Stockholm to Stansted or Milan to Maastricht, there's no shortage of airports to begin your adventure from. Gaya Simulations are known for developing airports for X-Plane and Prepar3D and have recently developed EGPH Edinburgh and EGNM East Midlands for Orbx. Other notable releases for Orbx are Courchevel and Meribel and be sure to keep and an eye out for Key West Airport. Orbx and Gaya has seen a strong partnership evolve with collaborations on many projects from airports to populating the TrueEarth regions with 1000's of POIs. This new venture sees Gaya publish as an independent developer under the Orbx banner and will be available on Orbx Direct and Orbx Central soon! Features (P3Dv4) Comprehensive recreation of Kos Ippokratis Airport Custom Greek autogen for the entire island Custom-made animated & accurate ground service vehicles specific to the airport Ultra realistic night lighting Animated mosquitos (!) near the lamps during nights for extreme realism Accurate tree and vegetation placement across the entire island Dozens of custom points of interests around the island including resorts, churches, windfarms and more Hand-made recreation of Kastri Island in the Kefalos Bay 2019 airport ground layout Terminal and control tower interiors Optimised for smooth performance Seasonal variations Features (XP11) Comprehensive recreation of Kos Ippokratis Airport with 4k textures Custom made animated and accurate Kos ground service vehicles Ultra realistic night lighting Realistic sloped runway Custom made Greek overlays and placements for the entire island Accurate tree and vegetation placement Dozen of custom POIs including resorts, churches, wind turbines and more Custom made render of the Kastri Island Accurate and updated ground layout of the airport Interior model of the control tower and the terminal Custom localised ground traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberhard Haberkorn Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Thanks for sharing. Another great airport coming our way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Looks fantastic. Good to see Orbx is expanding to other lovely areas of the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I think Mike in Nocosia will be VERY happy. Nice surprise! Cheers Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond van der Ploeg Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Looking forward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 What a cool surprise! Looks like quite an interesting location and airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 That's surprising indeed. So Gaya will market their airport via Orbx. On FSElite, they announced that you can get a free copy when you register over at the Gaya site. Now I wonder if this will still be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseCFII Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 26 minutes ago, Captain Lars said: That's surprising indeed. So Gaya will market their airport via Orbx. On FSElite, they announced that you can get a free copy when you register over at the Gaya site. Now I wonder if this will still be the case. I was about to post the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raz Goeta Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 There were 8 days before the new year when we made Kos as giveaway for any one registered. The giveaway registeration option has ended by the 1.1.2020. For those who doesn't registered, Orbx is the exclusive publisher of Gaya's Kos for both P3D and XP11 versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Kalimera … You must be kidding me !! What a pleasant Surprise !!! I am speechless ……… I have been there and the whole island is Amazing !!! Thank you very much ED for the previews, they look incredible, looking forward to it !! Euxaristo !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 6 hours ago, boetie said: I think Mike in Nocosia will be VERY happy. Nice surprise! Cheers Graeme Yes I am Graeme !! What a Nice Surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebear Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Will we get also a mosquito swatter with the airport addon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Correia Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Updated now with X-Plane details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 What an amazing surprise! Launch it soon please, waiting kills me in agony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricio Naude Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Cant Wait , looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beat578 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Amazing. Was there last year, i really feel like beeing there again. Did you model the new Terminal "under construction" or already finished as it will hopefully be soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raz Goeta Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 The terminal expansion is not include since it's still under heavy construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 looks very good....great addition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 12:25 PM, razgo said: There were 8 days before the new year when we made Kos as giveaway for any one registered. The giveaway registeration option has ended by the 1.1.2020. For those who doesn't registered, Orbx is the exclusive publisher of Gaya's Kos for both P3D and XP11 versions. Pity I didn't even know Gaya existed but thank you, that was nice from you and good to know Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea1974 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Great job!!! I also would like to ask you what about LOWW project ?? still exist ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raz Goeta Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 @andrea1974 Thanks! LOWW is going very well! Plan to come right after Kos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea1974 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Fantastic .. tks a lot for your reply .. Hopefully soon !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJC16 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Hoping I'll get my email soon too lol, really looking forward to flying down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caluma65 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Wow - this looks superb!! Cheers, Calum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raz Goeta Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 As we approaching the release of Kos for both P3D and XP, here is something to inspire and give ideas for some of the summer destinations. of course you can always have some nice Islands Hopping :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Hi, is the rest of the island covered? I am buying anyway but just asking Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raz Goeta Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 We created and spread over the island dozen of POI- resorts, landmarks, air turbines and even models a full sub-island in opposite to Kefalos (Kastri island). as for orthos, there are 2 fully freeware packs anyone can get on x-plane.org and avsim (links shared on the user manual). Our Kos blend perfect with those 2 island photoreal for both sims. as for the airport itself, it come with aerial imagery we licensed which blend very nice and smooth for default land class of XP and also for the P3D default and/or FTX global. The area inside the fence of the airport was hand-drawn by us and you can expect an amazing ground resolution. here the coverage maps taken from both simulators (XP with ortho4xp tiles and P3D with freeware photoreal for the entire island): X-Plane 11: Prepar3D: Raz. @Benny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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