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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:02 pm
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philphys
 
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Originally Posted by BA Flyer
3. And one final query ... why do people often refer to JetBlue as B6 in their postings? I don't understand!?
Originally Posted by JAX2BOS
B6 is the airline's designator code with IATA (Intl Air Transport Association). I have never found out the real reason for B6, but people say it's B for "blue" and 6 for Terminal "6." Sounds about right to me.
I always thought B6 stood for "B and 6 more letters" since you know, only the 'B' is capitalized in "jetBlue", not 'j'.

I'm probably wrong though.
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