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Airline Callsigns

Extracted from the "Plane Talk" column by Jean Baker, Sept through Dec 98.

 

ABEX - Airborne Express

AEROMEXICO - Aerovias de Mexico SA DE CV

AIR FORCE ONE - US Presidential Flight

AIR FORCE TWO - US Vice Presidential Flight

AIRFRANS - Air France

AIR VAN - Air-Vanuatu

AIR ZAIRE - Air Zaire Societe

ALASKA - Alaska-Airlines, Inc.

ALL NIPPON - All Nippon Airways, Co., Ltd.

ALOHA - Aloha Airlines, Inc.

AMERICAN CHECK - Flight Line, Inc.

AMERIJET - Amerijet International

AMTRAN - American Trans-Air, Inc.

ANKGASA - Royal Malaysian Air Force

ANK AIR - Air Nippon Company, Ltd.

ANSETT - Ansett Airlines of Australia

ANZA - Ansett New Zealand

ARGENTINA - Aerolineas Argentinas

ARPA - Air Panama Internacional

ASCOT - Air Support Command Operations Task (RAF Air Transport)

ASIANA - Asiana Airlines

ASPEN AIR - Aspen Airways

AUSSIE - Royal Australian Air Force

AVIANCA - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia S.A.

BANGLADESH - Bangladesh Biman

BEECH TEST - Beech Aircraft Corp.

BIG "A" - Arrow Airways, Inc.

BLUE STREAK - USAirways Commuter

BLUE RIDGE - United Airlines Commuter

BIZEX - Business Express

BRUNEI - Royal Brunei Airlines

CACTUS - America West Airlines

CANFORCE - Canadian Forces Aircraft

CANFORCE 1 - Canadian Prime Minister Flight

CARGOLUX - Cargolux Airlines International

CARNIVAL AIR - Subsidiary of Carnival Cruise Lines

CATHAY - Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd.

CAYMAN - Cayman Airways, Ltd.

CHAUTAUQUA - USAirways Commuter

COMAIR - Comair, Inc.

CONNIE - Connie Kalitta Services, Inc.

DAHL - DHL Airways, Inc.

DEHAVILLND - Boeing-Dehavilland Canada

DUBAI - Dubai Airwing

DOVE - Danube Air Ltd

EGYPTAIR - Egypt Air

EL AL - El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd.

EXAM - CAA Flight Examiners

EXECJET - Executive Jet Aviation, Inc.

EXECUTIVE 1 FOXTROT - US President's Family Flight

FEDEX - Federal Express

FIRST AIR - First Air Courier, Inc.

FLIGHT CHECK - FAA FINFO Flight Inspection Aircraft

FORD - Ford Motor Company

FRANCE AIR FORCE - Force Aerienne Francaise

GULF FLIGHT - Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc.

GUY AIR - Guyana Airways Corp.

GENERAL MOTORS - General Motors Corp.

HAPAG-LLOYD - Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft MBH

HAWKER - Dunsfold BAE

HUSTLER - Exec Express, Inc.

ICEAIR - Icelandair

INDONESIA - Garuda Indonesian P. T.

IRANAIR - Iran National Airlines Corp.

IRAQI - Iraqi Airways

JAGUAR - Belize Trans Air

JAPAN CHARTER - Japan Air Charter Co. Ltd.

JETSET - Air 2000

JORDANIAN - Royal Jordanian Airlines

JOHN DEERE - Deere & Co.

JULIETT MIKE - Air Jamaica

KIWI - Royal New Zealand Air Force

KUWAITI - Kuwait Airways Corp.

LATE NIGHT - Midnite Express, Inc.

LOCKHEED - Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

MALEV - Hungarian Airlines

MAROCAIR - Royal Air Maroc

MEDIVAC - General Callsign Worldwide for Medical Evac Aircraft

MERIDIAN - Meridian Air Cargo, Inc.

MEXICANA - Conpania Mexicana de Aviacion S.A.

MID PAC - Mid Pacific Airlines, Inc.

METMAN - Meteorological Research Flights

MIDEX - Mid-West Express

MIKE ROMEO - Air Mauritanie

MOBIL - Mobil Oil, Ltd.

MOTOR CITY - Falcon Air, Inc.

NASA - National Aeronautics And Space Administration

NEW ZEALAND - Air New Zealand, Ltd.

NORWEGIAN - Royal Norwegian Air Force

ODYSSEY - Odyssey international

OLYMPIC - Olympic Airways S.A.

OSCAR NOVEMBER - Air Nauru

PARAGUYA - Lineas Aereas Paraguayas

PARCEL EXPRESS - Apex Air Cargo

PERU - Aeronaves Del Peru S. A.

PHILIPPINE - Philippine Air Lines, Inc.

POLISH AIR FORCE 1 - Presidential Flight

PROMPTAIR - Air Cargo Carriers, Inc.

QANTAS - QANTAS Airways Limited

RAINBIRD - Island Air Express

RED CROSS - International Red Cross

REEVE - Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc.

REGAL - Crownair

RELIANT - Reliant Airlines, Inc.

RICHAIR - Rich International Airways, Inc.

ROMEO NOVEMBER - Royal Air Inter

ROYAL JET 8200 - King's Flight VIP Aircraft (Jordan)

ROYAL NEPAL - Royal Nepal Airlines Corp.

RYAN AIR - Ryan Air Services, Inc.

SABENA - Sabena World Airlines

SAUDIA - Saudia Arabian Airlines

SAUDIA GREEN FLIGHT - VIP Government Flight

SCANDINAVIAN (SAS) - Scandinavian Airlines System

SEYCHELLES - Air Seychelles

SFACT - (France) Director of Civil Aviation

SHADOW - Air Exel Belgique

SHAMROCK - Aer Lingus - Teoranta

SHARJAH - Sharjah Ruler's Flight

SHEPHERD 1 - Papal Flight

SIERRA HOTEL - Honduras Air Service

SIERRA UNIFORM - Aeroflot

SINBAD - Arab Air Cargo

SINGA - Republic of Singapore Air Force

SISAL - Seychelles International Safari Air, Ltd.

SKYWALKER - General Aerospace, Inc.

SPAR - U.S. Air Force Military VIP Flight

SPECIAL - Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit (UK)

SPEEDBIRD - British Airways

SPRINGBOK - South African Airways

STAR CHECK - U.S. Check Airlines

SUDANAIR - Sudan Airways

SUGAR ALFA - Shaheen Airport Services

SUN COUNTRY - Sun Country Airlines, Inc.

SURVEY-CANADA - Geographical Air Surveys, Ltd.

SYRIANAIR - Syrian Arab Airlines

TACA - TACA International Airlines, S.A.

TANKER - Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre

TAROM - TAROM Romanian Air Transport

TEE AIR - Tower Air, Inc.

THAI-AIR - Thai Airways Co., Ltd.

THAINTER - Thai Airways International, Ltd.;

THUNDER BAY - Welch Aviation, Inc.

THUNDERBIRD - Northern Thunderbird Air, Ltd.

TIME AIR - Time Air, Ltd.

TITAN AIR - Viking Express, Inc.

TOMCAT - Cologne Commercial Flight GMBH, Koln

TONGA ROYAL - Friendly Islands Airways, Ltd.

TORONTAIR - Toronto Airways, Ltd.

TOYOTA - Toyota Canada, Inc.

TRADER - Canair Cargo

TRANS ARABIAN - Trans Arabian Air Transport

TRANSAFRIK - Air Transafrik, Ltd

TRANSAIR - TAA-Trans-Australia Airlines

TRANSBRASIL - Transbrasil S.A. Linhas Aereas

TRANSPAC - C and M Aviation

TRANSPORT - Transport Canada

TRIANGLE - Atlantic Island Air

TROOPER - Maryland State Police

TROPICAIR - Tropical Air Services

TURKAIR - Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.)

TYROLEAN - Tyrolean Airways

UGLY VAN - Inter-Island Air, Inc.

UNICORN - Prince of Wales VIP Flight

UNIFORCE - United Arab Emirates Air Force

UNIFORM OSCAR - Empresa "Aero Uruguay" S.A.

VENTURE - Capital Aviation Services, Ltd.

VIASA - Venezolana International de Aviacion S.A.

VIKING - Scanair, Ltd.

VIRGIN - Virgin Atlantic Airways

WATERBIRD - Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle, Inc.

WATERSKI - Trans States (Trans World Express)

WESTPAC - Western Pacific Air Service

WHISPERJET - Princess Air

WHISTLER - Canadian Helicopters, Ltd

WISCONSIN - Air Wisconsin

YEMENI - Yemenia Yemen Airways

ZEBRA - African Safari Airways, Ltd.