FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Purpose of Tail/Ship Number
Thread: Purpose of Tail/Ship Number
View Single Post
Old Feb 11, 2016 | 4:13 pm
  #1  
readywhenyouare
Suspended
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Orlando, FL Area
Programs: Delta SkySponge ExtraAbsorbent, SPG Gold
Posts: 29,980
Purpose of Tail/Ship Number
In addition to the registration, usually NXXXXX, airlines also add a ship or tail number to their aircraft. What is the purpose doing that? It seems any sort of database needs would do just fine using the registration. Why complicate matters?
readywhenyouare is offline  
Reply