I interpreted the question as "On which airlines, does same flight number always mean same plane?"
I agree. The fact that all of the US legacies have some flights that run xxx-hub-yyy on the same planes is meaningless insofar as people who would prefer not to deal with connections are concerned. On WN, by contrast, if I book a flight from BUR to PDX, I know that I won't have to get off the plane (at SMF, SJC, RNO, or OAK) unless I choose to do so.
alanh
Sep 6, 2007 10:58 pm
In the case of XXX-hub-YYY, even if it's normally the same flight it's still possible to miss the connection if your inbound flight is late. They may decide to run the second leg with a different aircraft to keep the schedule.
Kiwi Flyer
Sep 6, 2007 11:43 pm
Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
(Post 8362683)
but they are all through a 3rd country, not a home country hub.
Not all of them. For example QF has xxx-MEL-SYD and yyy-SYD-MEL and zzz-ADL-SYD, NZ has NRT-CHC-AKL and KIX-CHC-AKL
