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0 pointslxgr1y ago0 comments

Are you sure that’s a real flight number, and you’re not confusing it with AAL777 (which would be AA’s ICAO code, AA being IATA)?

I don’t think alphanumeric flight numbers are a thing currently.

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chgs1y ago

AF296Q was a flight which crashed in 1988

They are rare though

They are not very rare. Letter suffixes are very common in Europe to avoid potential ambiguity. However they do not change the actual flight number portion. https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/clearing-up-call-sign-con...

chgs1y ago

Call signs have letters sure, but while I think I’ve seen letters on departure boards they are rare.

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0 pointslxgr1y ago0 comments

Are you sure that’s a real flight number, and you’re not confusing it with AAL777 (which would be AA’s ICAO code, AA being IATA)?

I don’t think alphanumeric flight numbers are a thing currently.

chgs1y ago

AF296Q was a flight which crashed in 1988

They are rare though

chgs1y ago

Call signs have letters sure, but while I think I’ve seen letters on departure boards they are rare.

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