Airlines are usually two letters, airports are normally three...
MCT comes up as Muscat airport.
Originally posted by GatorBaiter
Sorry to be pedantic Michael [:I]...but it's Muscat in Oman, think you might have read across the line above for Seelb?
It's in Muscat, yes - but the airport name is Seeb. See this page:
Airport Name : Seeb
City : Muscat
Country : Oman
Cheers
Michael
Originally posted by Paul H
Sorry, flight code is MCT.[:I] It doesn`t give the airline though.
Airlines have two main codes, the IATA and ICAO. For Virgin Atlantic it is VS and VIR, respectivly.
IATA is used for ticketing, ICAO is used for flight planning.
PaulH is asking for what MCT refers to as a ICAO code. The answer according to my resourses is it does not refer to a offical ICAO code rather a national or regional code.
Many aviation schools and charter operators have local codes that can be used in certian positive control zones. I suggest this is the case.
EZY's IATA code is U2 (ICAO code being "EZY) - all flights are "officially" U2xxxx
This site's quite useful for the 2-letter variety, too...
This site's quite useful for the 2-letter variety, too...
Originally posted by preiffer
EZY's IATA code is U2 (ICAO code being "EZY) - all flights are "officially" U2xxxx
This site's quite useful for the 2-letter variety, too...
Well thanks for that. You learn something new each day.
Paul
Then there is the callsign too. British Airways (IATA: BA, ICAO: BAW) uses Speedbird.
There is always something neat about hearing it. Do not hear it much but was really cool to hear the Concorde flights in to Dulles on my scanner when I was a young person.
OT: Why is the definite article left out before the proper noun, Concorde?
There is always something neat about hearing it. Do not hear it much but was really cool to hear the Concorde flights in to Dulles on my scanner when I was a young person.
OT: Why is the definite article left out before the proper noun, Concorde?
Yes, its nice that Concorde was Speedbird, but poor old VS (IATA)/VIR (ICAO) gets plain old 'Virgin'
I have had the absolute pleasure of being in the ATC tower at LHR watching (and listening) to the VS011 and VS004 take off. Sure there were a load of other aircraft there too, but if course only they held my interest!
Thanks,
Sarah
I have had the absolute pleasure of being in the ATC tower at LHR watching (and listening) to the VS011 and VS004 take off. Sure there were a load of other aircraft there too, but if course only they held my interest!
Thanks,
Sarah
Originally posted by HighFlyer
Yes, its nice that Concorde was Speedbird, but poor old VS (IATA)/VIR (ICAO) gets plain old 'Virgin'
I have had the absolute pleasure of being in the ATC tower at LHR watching (and listening) to the VS011 and VS004 take off. Sure there were a load of other aircraft there too, but if course only they held my interest!
Thanks,
Sarah
I think all BA aircraft have the callsign "Speedbird".
I do not know the offical policy but I have heard the Speedbird callsign in and out of Dulles. According to the link Michael provided the callsign for BA is Speedbird. Hey, at the end of the day it does not matter as long as they get you from A to B safety.
MCT does not exist- Im sure it maybe a typo and should be MYT.
But according to the Manchester airport website only MOnarch and Thomas Cook (MON and TCX respectivley) operate the route your flying!
Speedbird is the official call sign for BA- if you go onto any ATC website and listen they always call it Speedbird.
But according to the Manchester airport website only MOnarch and Thomas Cook (MON and TCX respectivley) operate the route your flying!
Speedbird is the official call sign for BA- if you go onto any ATC website and listen they always call it Speedbird.
I'm pretty sure I've heard BA called "Speedbird" on JFK ATC.
Airlines can set callsigns, for example, at Comair, we use "Comair", but Atlantic Southeast Airlines uses "Candler". It's a little akward because we share ops frequencies with them, because we're both Delta Connection (actually were sister companies until DL sold ASA). On a muffled radio, "comair" and "candler" sound a lot alike.
Just for kicks, we use "OH" and "COM". I think the airline code was derived from the companies base of operations being in Cincinnati, Ohio (despite the fact that the airport is really in Kentucky).
A lot of people don't understand how our DL flights work. Yes DL 5710 operates BGM-CVG, but that's just a DL designator for ticketing purposes. The actual flight is Comair 710, "COM0710".
Where DL uses 5712 for both inbound and outbound, CVG-BGM-CVG, we actually operate it as Comair 712 and Comair 1712 respectively. Our return flights are always 1,000 above inbound flights.
Airlines can set callsigns, for example, at Comair, we use "Comair", but Atlantic Southeast Airlines uses "Candler". It's a little akward because we share ops frequencies with them, because we're both Delta Connection (actually were sister companies until DL sold ASA). On a muffled radio, "comair" and "candler" sound a lot alike.
Just for kicks, we use "OH" and "COM". I think the airline code was derived from the companies base of operations being in Cincinnati, Ohio (despite the fact that the airport is really in Kentucky).
A lot of people don't understand how our DL flights work. Yes DL 5710 operates BGM-CVG, but that's just a DL designator for ticketing purposes. The actual flight is Comair 710, "COM0710".
Where DL uses 5712 for both inbound and outbound, CVG-BGM-CVG, we actually operate it as Comair 712 and Comair 1712 respectively. Our return flights are always 1,000 above inbound flights.
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