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Old Jan 21, 2002 | 9:06 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Hagbard Viking:
I think this practise (of the airlines) of using the same flight number even though there is a planned change of aircraft at an intermediate point is kind of deceptive.</font>
IMO, it's not "kind of deceptive", it is an outright lie. Just like codeshares. They should both be banned. If there is a planned change of planes, the airlines should be required to give the flights different flight numbers.
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