December 1, 1999

Airline codes, airport codes and equipment codes

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These are various codes you could encounter the next time you fly.

This is a list of common words in civil aviation and air travel terminology. Definitions were assembled from many sources, including the online version of Pilot Magazine, compiled by James Allan, Mike Jerram and Tony French.

Are you ready to view the advertisement that has probably kept you bugging forever... well, actually for a whole month? It is obvious that it is an advertisement for an Asian airline. Many of you submitted answers as varied as Singapore Airlines, JAL, Thai, Korean Air and Garuda

This is the movie that started it... The trend of the 1970s disaster movies. It was at the time when the Boeing 707 was king of the airports, and a lot of drama and an all-start cast made movies great. This is what Airport, based on Arthur Hailey's excellent novel of the same name, is all about.

You've heard stories when the plane crashes in the city or the village, and leaves many dead, including those on the ground. The planes crash into civilisation. But what if the passengers are stranded in a hostile environment, such as a jungle?