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Old Mar 12, 2016, 5:16 pm
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winnipegrev
 
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Originally Posted by GJS - yow
Thanks for the link to FlightRadar24. You are partially right - it shows C-FIVQ for tonight's flight to Paris, but FlightRadar24 identifies the fin as S/N 749 (not 740). The aircraft has just arrived at the gate (nice view from the temporary international YUL lounge), and I can confirm that it is fin 740 and C-FIVQ. The fin (S/N) data on FlightRadar24 is incorrect.
No, it's not incorrect. S/N is Boeing's manufacturing number for the aircraft, fin numbers are AC internal fleet identification numbers. They're different.
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