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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 2:47 pm
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Originally Posted by thejungle
Oh!

Thanks! Said it was a stoopid question. I'd just never heard of one with a number before - just the usual, AA, UA, QF, NZ, etc etc

Thanks!
Well, the problem is there are just too many airlines, so they ran out of lettercodes at some point. Then they added the numbers, though that's probably also just a stop-gap solution if the business keeps growing like it has been. That's why some airlines have switched to ICAO codes, like EZY - Britain's Easyjet.

What doesn't help the issue is that there are still some legacy codes in the system that have not been reassigned yet. Like SR - Swissair. The new SWISS is using LX.
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