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Quoting UA444 (Reply 4): Has NW and CO been reassigned? |
Quoting OzarkD9S (Reply 1): For instance Asiana Airlines could be AA or AS but those codes have been assigned. They received the old Ozark Airlines code OZ which was available. |
Quoting winterlight (Reply 8): |
Quoting UA444 (Reply 11): AL was able to get US after a while and effort. |
Quoting marosbts (Reply 12): I assume you mean American Airlines (AA) getting the US code - thats something different as its a merger and not a swap. IATA will not really allow swapping as that would most likely to "trading" with the desired airline codes and would create a mess administrating it on IATAs side. |
Quoting marosbts (Reply 10): Change of 2 letter designators is quite unusual, but - it does happen |
Quoting XAM2175 (Reply 14): Change of 2 letter designators is quite unusual, but - it does happen |
Quoting mayor (Reply 13): No, he's referring to Allegheny, which merged with Piedmont and became US Airways. |
Quoting lutfi (Reply 16): Aeroflot didn't get AF |
Quoting LatAmFlyer (Thread starter): Why would airlines choose (or be forced to accept) IATA codes that don't self-identify the carriers themselves? I'm referring to airlines/cargo carriers like JetBlue (B6), Allegiant (G4), UPS (5X),....... Compare these codes to the more sensible ones: United (UA), Air Berlin (AB) or American Airlines (AA). Stumped here. Shed some light? |
Quoting BoeingGuy (Reply 21): was Air New Zealand TS? |
Quoting LPDAL (Reply 23): I've always wondered why SkyWest's is OO. Seems like a really weird code given there are no O's in SkyWest. |
Quoting BoeingGuy (Reply 21): Wasn't Aloha something like TS? |
Quoting LPDAL (Reply 23): I've always wondered why SkyWest's |
Quoting ben175 (Reply 15): Virgin Australia went from DJ to VA. |
Quoting flyingdoc787 (Reply 27): EVA Air is BR, which used to belong to British Caledonian. |
Quoting flyingdoc787 (Reply 27): However, I I don't know why Crossair was LX? |
Quoting N1120A (Reply 18): Piedmont was acquired by US Air (it didn't become US Airways until the BA tie up years later.), well after it had become US Air. US Air was a name change by Allegheny to have a national name after Deregulation. Allegheny had grown out of absorbing Lake Central and Mohawk. |
Quoting lutfi (Reply 16): City codes never change, so still BOM and MAA. |
Quoting LimaFoxTango (Reply 28): |
Quoting LPDAL (Reply 22): I've always wondered why SkyWest's is OO. Seems like a really weird code given there are no O's in SkyWest. |
Quoting BoeingGuy (Reply 20): Wasn't Aloha something like TS? |
Quoting mayor (Reply 31): Quoting N1120A (Reply 18): Piedmont was acquired by US Air (it didn't become US Airways until the BA tie up years later.), well after it had become US Air. US Air was a name change by Allegheny to have a national name after Deregulation. Allegheny had grown out of absorbing Lake Central and Mohawk. Thanks for the clarification, but his assumption was wrong that it was about AA/US. |
Quoting superjeff (Reply 43): Huh? US Air did have a tie up with BA after their first Bankruptcy. BA invested in 25% ownership; then the old Piedmont route between Charlotte and London was operated by US on a wet lease basis with US's airplanes painted in BA colors. The OP was correct. |
Quoting XAM2175 (Reply 27): EVA Air is BR, which used to belong to British Caledonian. The BR code was also used for a while on British Asia Airways flights to Taiwan |
Quoting eal (Reply 47): Is there any relation between the old British Asia Airways and EVA, besides flying into Taiwan. I find it weird that EVA would want the BR code. |
Quoting superjeff (Reply 43): until much later under a subsidiary called "Aloha Pacific", IIRC, which didn't last long. |