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Old Aug 12, 2021 | 5:18 pm
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Originally Posted by happiest_at_40000
Thx.. Kind of what I thought But 10,000 options for flight numbers though no? Although maybe restrictions on zero in the first spot and tbh i've never thought about how many diff flights there are in a single day. However, having the same # as a flight flying intra Asia or something is okay no? Or you cant have the same flight number flying anywhere at the same time?
Cant have same flight number. One would cause confusion for passengers. Two, ATC systems cant handle this. Ie with a direct flight, if the 2nd portion takes off while 1st half is delayed, still in air, airline must uset"fake" flight number for ATC. Ie 9989
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