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Who is "B6"? Can you just spell out the airline name instead?
by coin 13y ago
Who is "B6"? Can you just spell out the airline name instead?
- ubernostrum 13y agoB6 is the IATA designator for JetBlue. People who travel heavily, or otherwise spend a lot of time talking about airlines, often use these to refer to airlines rather than writing out the full names over and over. IATA designators for commonly-discussed US-based airlines: * AirTrain: FL * Alaska: AS * Allegiant: G4 * American: AA * Delta: DL * Frontier: F9 * Hawaiian: HA * JetBlue: B6 * Southwest: WN * Spirit: NK * Sun Country: SY * United: UA * US Airways: US * Virgin America: VX
- dclowd9901 13y agoYeah, definitely appropriate abbreviation for the airplane nuts at Hacker News. It's an interesting TIL, but for future reference, @WildUtah, I'd wager less than 1% of the population knows anything about airline designations.
- goatforce5 13y agoThey're on every boarding pass anyone has ever handled, and there are screens full of them on the Departure/Arrival boards at every airport. Airline codes aren't that obscure...
- thoughtpalette 13y agoI wouldn't say they're common knowledge either. Sure, when ones traveling they may notice their abbreviation, but beyond a glance, it's not of much import to most.
- coin 13y agoMaybe overseas, but I've never seen IATA airlines codes used on an arrival/departure board in the US. Is the US we just spell out the airline, there are plenty of pixels.