UK Planes identity

I was just wondering, on every UK licensed plane i can find there is a G at the beginning. Why is this and is it the same for all planes worldwide or is it just planes in the UK?

[honey lamb]

G signifies that the aircraft is registered in the UK. Other countries have a different registration letter. For example the USA has N as its registration letter, Ireland has EI and so on

Originally posted by honey lamb
G signifies that the aircraft is registered in the UK. Other countries have a different registration letter. For example the USA has N as its registration letter, Ireland has EI and so on

Thanks

The letter/s before the hyphen are the designator code for each country, although the reg is displayed without a hyphen in the US.

VS.

The country of registration isnt always the home country of the carrier though. Examples of this are plentful with Irelands code EI being on a number of Alitalia aircraft.

[Scrooge]

Originally posted by willd
The country of registration isnt always the home country of the carrier though. Examples of this are plentful with Irelands code EI being on a number of Alitalia aircraft.

Also if the aircraft is leased it may carry he registration of the lessors country.