ICAO airline designator
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The ICAO airline designator is a code assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to aircraft operating agencies, aeronautical authorities and services. The codes are unique by airline which is not true for the IATA airline designator codes.
Each aircraft operating agency, aeronautical authority and services related to international aviation is allocated both a three-letter designator and a telephony designator. The designators are listed in ICAO Document 8585: Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services.
An example is:
- Three-letter designator - AAL
- Telephony designator - AMERICAN
- Operator - American Airlines
Certain combinations of letters are not allocated to avoid confusion with other systems (for example SOS). Other designators particularly those starting with Y and Z are reserved for government organisations.
Designator YYY is used for operators that do not have a code allocated.
If the code is not known then the refer to the article on the individual operator concerned.
For a list of three-letter designators use the appropriate starting letter in the box below.
| ICAO airline designator codes beginning: |
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A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- International Civil Aviation Organization (official site)
- ICAO On-line Publications Purchasing (official site)
- ICAO 8585 - Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies (online version provided by EUROCONTROL)
- Airline Designator / Code Database Search (from The Airline Codes Web Site)
