DAC 11/09/2023

[OO-JFP]

Just came across this one…
Still going strong it seems https://www.planespotters.net/photo/148 ... -747-329sf
Credit to K.M. Abu Bakar Siddique

A 747-329 should ring a bell!
It started it’s career as
https://www.planespotters.net/photo/963 ... g-747-329m
I still regret it that Boeing dropped the airline code when referring to the aircraft type.

Cheers,
OO-JFP

[sn26567]

I still regret it that Boeing dropped the airline code when referring to the aircraft type.

Cheers,
OO-JFP

Indeed. I've lived (and worked) many years with Airline 29. But since Boeing is delivering planes to more than 100 airlines, the system became unsustainable!

[OO-JFP]

Yes I know.
The list goes far beyond 100 airlines as they also used alpha numerical codes. See under “list”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... omer_codes

OO-JFP