Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 5618 posts, RR: 5 Posted (3 years 1 month 10 hours ago) and read 8447 times:
I am just looking for a flight to Newark next year and was searching the site of opodo.de. There was a flight from TXL via LHR/LGW to EWR with Virgin Atlantic using a Boeing 757 (Flight VS 3129). Can that be true ?
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Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 5618 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (3 years 1 month 10 hours ago) and read 8396 times:
Okay thank you. My preference was to travel on 747 since I have never been on a Jumbo and I think as an aviation enthusiast this a must. Also I don´t want to change airports. I have not booked yet but I will choose VS1 using a 744 from LHR. I have to wait a few days until I get paid (always the 15th).
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I may get proved wrong on this, but if memory serves me correct, and the airline actually put the 0's in the flight number (wasn't BA's Concorde flight BA001? rather then BA1) then the UK ATC will include the 0's, but American ATC usually cut them out.
Having just checked BA's and CO's websites, CO don't put the 0's in, while BA do, so that may add to the inclusion/exclusion of the 0 in the call sign, but I'll go with my thoughts above which are US ATC drop the 0's and UK don't.
Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 5618 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (3 years 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1233 times:
Quoting Skyexramper (Reply 9): You should check travel sites for a cheap fare on Continental TXL-EWR direct. It's straight 757 service.
Actually it was more expensive. AF cancelled and I have booked VS now. Less than less 600 Euro including connection to LHR with BA and operated with a 747.
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Theginge From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2006, 959 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (3 years 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 892 times:
ATC in the UK would probably call the flight 'Virgin 1', have heard this on many occasions.
Also BA and other Airlines use a lot of Alpha Numeric callsigns on flights now, for example the BA206 (To Passengers) is the BAW24M to ATC or something along those lines.
A lot of the US flights from some airlines are like that now.
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