Originally Posted by
Repooc17
Is there any issue with the same flight number (scheduled, no irrops) to be in the air at the same time?
UA2416 on March 30 took off from IND at 710am eastern time; destination IAH
At the same time, a redeye UA flight from SFO to EWR was in the air using the same number, from 710am until landing at 753am.
SFO-EWR (March 29 +1) handed off the use of 2416 to IND-IAH as of March 30, so this was an one time event.
I am bored. Have been grounded for about a month now due to a family matter.
In these situations UA often uses an 8XXX flight number for one of the duplicate flights solely for ATC communication purposes. The only public way to see this duplicate flight number is on Flightradar24, AFAIK.
Originally Posted by
FCfree
UA27 is DEN-LHR. Is that a flagship route?
However UA263 is a return flight LHR-DEN
DEN-LHR flight number pairs are 27/26 (year round) and 262/263 (second daily summer seasonal).