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B6 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
by ubernostrum 13y ago
B6 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.