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Old Feb 11, 2016 | 8:57 pm
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Originally Posted by DesertNomad
I wonder why this is? The cost to register an airplane is $5... no matter if you are registering a Cessna 172 or a Boeing 747.
I'd bet it has to do with not having contiguous numbers in the range to move those fleets into. I don't believe any airline owns all the NnnnZZ numbers for its particular ZZ IATA code.
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