Fun Flight Numbers
Oct 15, 2002 | 2:39 pm
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Fun Flight Numbers
Just a bit of fun on the board. Has anyone noticed any "fun" flight numbers at Northwest? For example, one of the flights to Las Vegas is #777. One of the agents told me that these are not accidental, noting that flight 1492 used to go to Columbus.
Oct 15, 2002 | 3:03 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mikeef:
One of the agents told me that these are not accidental, noting that flight 1492 used to go to Columbus.</font>
One of the agents told me that these are not accidental, noting that flight 1492 used to go to Columbus.</font>
where does NW 666 go to?
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Oct 15, 2002 | 3:06 pm
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IAH, where else? 
(isn't that a codeshare??)
(isn't that a codeshare??)
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fly co to see the yanks:
where does NW 666 go to?
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where does NW 666 go to?
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Oct 15, 2002 | 3:11 pm
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NW 1776 DTW to PHL
NW 500 (FAR to) MSP to IND
NW 711 MSP to LAS
I think I've seen threads on these before......
Also CO 1492 (TUL to) IAH to CMH
DL 711 LAS to SLC
UA 500 (BUF to) ORD to IND
UA 1492 (MSP to) ORD to CMH
UA 1776 ORD to PHL
UA 711 ORD to LAS
US 1776 FLL to PHL (no big surprise-- into the PHL hub)
US 711 LAS to PHL
AA isn't any fun.....
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NW 500 (FAR to) MSP to IND
NW 711 MSP to LAS
I think I've seen threads on these before......
Also CO 1492 (TUL to) IAH to CMH
DL 711 LAS to SLC
UA 500 (BUF to) ORD to IND
UA 1492 (MSP to) ORD to CMH
UA 1776 ORD to PHL
UA 711 ORD to LAS
US 1776 FLL to PHL (no big surprise-- into the PHL hub)
US 711 LAS to PHL
AA isn't any fun.....
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Oct 15, 2002 | 3:13 pm
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Well right now, 777 goes ORD-MSP-LAS. Starting 10/27, just MSP-LAS.
666 Doesn't exist.
1492 doesn't exist right now, but starting 10/27 goes GRB-DTW-ROC..hardly the route Columbus took..
1776 is indeed DTW-PHL
500 currently does FAR-MSP-IND, starting 10/27 just MSP-IND.
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666 Doesn't exist.
1492 doesn't exist right now, but starting 10/27 goes GRB-DTW-ROC..hardly the route Columbus took..
1776 is indeed DTW-PHL
500 currently does FAR-MSP-IND, starting 10/27 just MSP-IND.
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Oct 15, 2002 | 3:23 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bonzaiflyer:
1492 doesn't exist right now, but starting 10/27 goes GRB-DTW-ROC..hardly the route Columbus took..</font>
1492 doesn't exist right now, but starting 10/27 goes GRB-DTW-ROC..hardly the route Columbus took..</font>
Maybe they weren't paying attention when they assigned the number for Oct.
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Update: Looks like NW uses Airlink on this early MSP-CMH now, so that would explain why the 1492 flight number went away.
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Oct 15, 2002 | 3:32 pm
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Theres also a 711 flight to Vegas
Oct 15, 2002 | 5:06 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bonzaiflyer:
666 Doesn't exist.</font>
666 Doesn't exist.</font>
How appropos NW's devil-red logo color, and the way its ground and cabin denizens alike invoke misery, pain, and suffering.
Oct 15, 2002 | 8:44 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
IAH, where else?
(isn't that a codeshare??)
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IAH, where else?
(isn't that a codeshare??)
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Oct 15, 2002 | 9:04 pm
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Come Out roll in Craps is 7 or 11.
Oct 16, 2002 | 1:46 pm
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There is no UA 911 or AA 911. Good sense. Even worse if they operated to LGA or JFK.
How about a flight 707 to Seattle or a flight 321 to Hamburg?
How about a flight 707 to Seattle or a flight 321 to Hamburg?
Oct 16, 2002 | 2:09 pm
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Where does Flight 69 go? Interstate 69 freeway goes from Indy--Fort Wayne--Lansing--Flint--Port Huron, ending at the Bluewater Bridge to Sarnia, Ontario, where Canadian freeways continue to Toronto & Montreal.
How about DL999 from Hell to ATL?
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How about DL999 from Hell to ATL?
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Oct 16, 2002 | 2:32 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Brendan:
Where does Flight 69 go? Interstate 69 freeway goes from Indy--Fort Wayne--Lansing--Flint--Port Huron, ending at the Bluewater Bridge to Sarnia, Ontario, where Canadian freeways continue to Toronto & Montreal.
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Where does Flight 69 go? Interstate 69 freeway goes from Indy--Fort Wayne--Lansing--Flint--Port Huron, ending at the Bluewater Bridge to Sarnia, Ontario, where Canadian freeways continue to Toronto & Montreal.
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AA 69 MAD-MIA-DFW
UA 69 EWR-LAX
CO 69 NO OP
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Oct 17, 2002 | 9:12 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Skylink USA:
There is no UA 911 or AA 911. Good sense. Even worse if they operated to LGA or JFK.
How about a flight 707 to Seattle or a flight 321 to Hamburg?</font>
There is no UA 911 or AA 911. Good sense. Even worse if they operated to LGA or JFK.
How about a flight 707 to Seattle or a flight 321 to Hamburg?</font>
There are also no UA flights that correspond to model numbers of equipment UA owns: no 319, 320, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767 or 777. You can imagine the potential confusion with ATC: "United 757, follow behind the United 757 and the United 767 will give way to you." "No wait, I'M United 767!"
UA 707, however, currently runs MFR-SFO-BUR, and there do exist UA 318, 330 and 340.
Finally, it's probably not coincidence that all the UA Asian flights begin with 8, and very few of them contain the digit 4.
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