Airline codes-I
A list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators, the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also included for completeness.
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IATA airline designator
IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the world's airlines in accordance with the provisions of IATA Resolution 762. They form the first two characters of the flight number.
Designators are used to identify an airline for all commercial purposes, including reservations, timetables, tickets, tariffs, air waybills, and in airline interline telecommunications. There are three types of designator: unique, alphanumeric, and controlled duplicate.
IATA maintains two policies to deal with the limited number of available codes:
- After an airline is delisted, the code becomes available for reuse after six months.
- IATA issues "controlled duplicates".
Controlled duplicates are issued to regional airlines whose destinations are not likely to overlap, in such a way that the same code would be shared by two different airlines. The controlled duplicate is denoted here with an asterisk (*) following the code and in IATA literature as well.
ICAO airline designator
The ICAO airline designator is a code assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization 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. The ICAO codes originally based on a two-letter-system and were identical to the airline codes used by IATA. After an airline joined IATA its existing ICAO-two-letter-code was taken over as IATA code. So in the 1970s the abbreviation BA was the ICAO code and the IATA code of British Airways while non-IATA-airlines like Court Line used their 2-letter-abbreviation as ICAO code only. In the early 1980s ICAO introduced the current three-letter-system due to the increasing number of airlines. It became the official new standard system in November 1987.
An example is:
- Operator: American Airlines
- Three-letter-ICAO-designator: AAL (the original ICAO-two-letter-designator AA was used until 1987 and is also the IATA code of the airline)
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 organizations.
Designator YYY is used for operators that do not have a code allocated.
Call signs
Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognized call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. The flight number is normally then published in their public timetable and appears on the arrivals and departure screens in the airport terminals served by that particular flight. In cases of emergency, the airline name and flight number, rather than the individual aircraft's registration, are normally mentioned by the main news media.
Some call signs are less obviously associated with a particular airline than others. This might be for historic reasons, or possibly to avoid confusion with a call sign used by an established airline.
Not all of these operators of aircraft are civilian and some only operate ad hoc chartered flights rather than scheduled flights; some operate both types of flights. Some cargo airlines specialize in freight transport, an emphasis that may be reflected in the company's name.
Companies' assigned names may change over time as a result of mergers, acquisitions, or change in company name or status. Country names can also change over time and new call signs may be agreed in substitution for traditional ones. The country shown alongside an airline's call sign is that wherein most of its aircraft are believed to be registered, which may not always be the same as the country in which the firm is officially incorporated or registered. There are many other airlines in business whose radio call signs are more obviously derived from the trading name.
The callsign should normally resemble the operators name or function and not be confused with callsigns used by other operators. The callsign should be easily and phonetically pronounceable in at least English, French, Spanish or Russian.
Codes
| IATA | ICAO | Airline | Call sign | Country | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IJW | Interjet Inc. | JET WEST | United States | 2015[1] | |
| IIC | Inter Island Air Charter | Bahamas | 2014[2] | ||
| EXP | Island Air Express | ISLAND EXPRESS | United States | 2014[2] | |
| IWL | Island Wings | Bahamas | 2014[2] | ||
| IK | KAR | Ikar | IKAR | Russian Federation | |
| ICN | Iconair | Pakistan | |||
| IAC | Interaviation Charter | INTERCHARTER | Romania | ||
| IFM | Ifly | ICOPTER | Greece | ||
| ITC | International Air Carrier Association | Belgium | |||
| II | CSQ | IBC Airways | CHASQUI | United States | |
| 0C | IBL | IBL Aviation | CATOVAIR | Mauritius | |
| BBL | IBM Euroflight Operations | BLUE | Switzerland | ||
| YYY | ICAO | Used by airlines without a specific code | |||
| C3 | IPR | Independent Carrier (ICAR) | ICAR | Ukraine | |
| CIC | ICC Canada | AIR TRADER | Canada | ||
| IDG | IDG Technology Air | INDIGO | Czech Republic | ||
| IFL | IFL Group | EIFEL | United States | ||
| RDE | II Lione Alato Arl | FLIGHT RED | United Kingdom | ||
| IJM | IJM International Jet Management | JET MANAGEMENT | Austria | ||
| IKK | IKI International Airlines | IKIAIR | Japan | ||
| IKN | IKON FTO | IKON | Germany | ||
| BLU | IMP Aviation Services | BLUENOSE | Canada | ||
| XGG | IMP Group Aviation Services | Canada | |||
| 1F | INFINI Travel Information | Japan | Computer Reservation System | ||
| IPA | IPEC Aviation | IPEC | Australia | ||
| IPM | IPM Europe | SHIPEX | United Kingdom | ||
| LVB | IRS Airlines | SILVERBIRD | Nigeria | ||
| ISD | ISD Avia | ISDAVIA | Ukraine | ||
| 1U | ITA Software | United States | Computer reservation system | ||
| FDF | IVV Femida | Russia | |||
| IB | IBE | Iberia Airlines | IBERIA | Spain | |
| I2 | IBS | Iberia Express | IBEREXPRESS | Spain | Charter service, low cost carrier for EU flights of Iberia operating only A320's |
| IBR | Ibertour Servicios Aéreos | IBERTOUR | Spain | ||
| IBT | Ibertrans Aérea | IBERTRANS | Spain | ||
| TY | IWD | Iberworld | IBERWORLD | Spain | |
| FW | IBX | Ibex Airlines | IBEX | Japan | |
| IBC | Ibicenca Air | IBICENCA | Spain | ||
| AKI | Ibk-Petra | Sudan | |||
| RAC | Icar Air | TUZLA AIR | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| FRC | Icare Franche Compte | FRANCHE COMPTE | France | ||
| ICD | Icaro Air | ICARO | Ecuador | Defunct 2011 | |
| ICA | Icaro | ICARFLY | Italy | ||
| IUS | Icarus | ICARUS | Italy | ||
| ICJ | Icejet | ICEJET | Iceland | ||
| FI | ICE | Icelandair | ICEAIR | Iceland | |
| ICG | Icelandic Coast Guard | ICELAND COAST | Iceland | ||
| IKR | Ikaros DK | IKAROS | Denmark | ||
| CIO | Il Ciocco International Travel Service | CIOCCO | Italy | ||
| ILV | Il-Avia | ILAVIA | Russia | ||
| IDL | Ildefonso Redriguez | ILDEFONSO | Mexico | ||
| V8 | IAR | Iliamna Air Taxi | ILIAMNA AIR | United States | |
| ILP | Ilpo Aruba Cargo | Aruba | |||
| ILL | Ilyich-Avia | ILYICHAVIA | Ukraine | ||
| IMR | Imaer | IMAER | Portugal | ||
| ITX | Imair Airlines | IMPROTEX | Azerbaijan | ||
| PNX | Imperial Airways | PHOENIX | United States | ||
| IMT | Imtrec Aviation | IMTREC | Cambodia | ||
| DH | IDE | Independence Air | INDEPENDENCE AIR | United States | defunct |
| IDP | Independent Air Freighters | INDEPENDENT | Australia | ||
| 6E | IGO | IndiGo Airlines | IFLY | India | Interglobe Aviation |
| IIL | India International Airways | INDIA INTER | India | ||
| IFC | Indian Air Force | INDIAN AIRFORCE | India | ||
| IC | IAC | Indian Airlines | INDAIR | India | |
| IDR | Indicator Company | INDICATOR | Hungary | ||
| I9 | IBU | Indigo | INDIGO BLUE | United States | |
| IDA | Indonesia Air Transport | INTRA | Indonesia | ||
| QZ | AWQ | Indonesia AirAsia | WAGON AIR | Indonesia | |
| IO | IAA | Indonesian Airlines | INDO LINES | Indonesia | |
| IPN | Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara | NUSANTARA | Indonesia | ||
| ITN | Industrias Titan | TITANLUX | Spain | ||
| FFI | Infinit Air | INFINIT | Spain | ||
| INS | Inflite The Jet Centre | United Kingdom | |||
| IVA | Innotech Aviation | INNOTECH | Canada | ||
| INC | Insel Air International | INSELAIR | Netherlands Antilles | ||
| ICC | Instituto Cartografico de Cataluna | CARTO | Spain | ||
| INT | Intair | INTAIRCO | Canada | ||
| INL | Intal Avia | INTAL AVIA | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| FFL | Intavia Limited | United Kingdom | |||
| XRA | Intensive Air | INTENSIVE | South Africa | ||
| ITW | Inter Air | INTER WINGS | Bulgaria | ||
| INX | Inter Express | INTER-EURO | Turkey | ||
| H4 | IIN | Inter Island Airways | Cape Verde | ||
| CAR | Inter RCA | QUEBEC ROMEO | Central African Republic | ||
| NTT | Inter Tropic Airlines | INTER-TROPIC | Sierra Leone | ||
| ITA | Inter-Air | CAFEX | United States | ||
| ICN | Inter-Canadian | INTER-CANADIAN | Canada | ||
| UGL | Inter-Island Air | UGLY VAN | United States | ||
| IMA | Inter-Mountain Airways | INTER-MOUNTAIN | United States | ||
| ITS | Inter-State Aviation | INTER-STATE | United States | ||
| D6 | ILN | Interair South Africa | INLINE | South Africa | |
| NTE | Interaire | INTERMEX | Mexico | ||
| ZA | SUW | Interavia Airlines | ASTAIR | Russia | |
| IVT | Interaviatrans | INTERAVIA | Ukraine | ||
| RS | ICT | Intercontinental de Aviación | CONTAVIA | Colombia | |
| ICP | Intercopters | CHOPER | Spain | ||
| IFT | Interflight | INTERFLIGHT | United Kingdom | ||
| IJT | Interflight (Learjet) | United Kingdom | |||
| RFL | Interfly | INFLY | Italy | ||
| IFF | Interfreight Forwarding | INTERFREIGHT | Sudan | ||
| IGN | Interguide Air | DIVINE AIR | Nigeria | ||
| ISN | Interisland Airlines | TRI-BIRD | Philippines | ||
| IWY | Interisland Airways Limited | ISLANDWAYS | Turks and Caicos Islands | Name changed to Air Turks and Caicos | |
| MTF | Interjet | INTERJET | Italy | ||
| IHE | Interjet Helicopters | INTERCOPTER | Greece | ||
| ID | ITK | Interlink Airlines | INTERLINK | South Africa | |
| IAK | International Air Cargo Corporation | AIR CARGO EGYPT | Egypt | ||
| EXX | International Air Corporation | EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL | United States | ||
| IAS | International Air Service | STARFLEET | United States | ||
| IAX | International Air Services | INTERAIR SERVICES | Liberia | ||
| 6I | IBZ | International Business Air | INTERBIZ | Sweden | was U5 |
| IBY | International Business Aircraft | CENTRAL STAGE | United States | ||
| ICS | International Charter Services | INTERSERVI | Mexico | ||
| ICX | International Charter Xpress | INTEX | United States | Defunct 1994 | |
| RED | International Committee of the Red Cross | RED CROSS | Switzerland | ||
| IIG | International Company for Transport, Trade and Public Works | ALDAWLYH AIR | Libya | ||
| IFX | International Flight Training Academy | IFTA | United States | ||
| IJA | International Jet Aviation Services | I-JET | United States | ||
| HSP | International Jet Charter | HOSPITAL | United States | The Flying Hospital | |
| RSQ | International SOS WIndhoek | SKYMEDIC | Namibia | ||
| ISF | International Stabilisation Assistance Force | United Kingdom | |||
| THN | International Security Assistance Force | ATHENA | Canada | ||
| ITH | International Trans-Air | INTRANS NIGERIA | Nigeria | ||
| IPT | Interport Corporation | INTERPORT | United States | ||
| IKY | Intersky Bulgary | GENERAL SKY | Bulgaria | ||
| 3L | ISK | Intersky | INTERSKY | Austria | |
| I4 | FWA | Interstate Airlines | FREEWAYAIR | Netherlands | |
| ITU | Intervuelos | INTERLOS | Mexico | ||
| INV | Inversija | INVER | Latvia | ||
| IND | Iona National Airways | IONA | Ireland | ||
| IOA | Iowa Airways | IOWA AIR | United States | ||
| IR | IRA | Iran Air | IRANAIR | Iran | Was B9 |
| EP | IRC | Iran Aseman Airlines | ASEMAN | Iran | |
| IRB | Iranair Tours | Iran | |||
| IRG | Iranian Naft Airlines | NAFT | Iran | ||
| IA | IAW | Iraqi Airways | IRAQI | Iraq | |
| BIS | Irbis Air | IRBIS | Kazakhstan | ||
| IRL | Irish Air Corps | IRISH | Ireland | ||
| RDK | Irish Air Transport | IRISH TRANS | Ireland | ||
| XMR | Irish Aviation Authority | AUTHORITY | Ireland | ||
| IH | MZA | Irtysh Air | IRTYSH AIRLINES | Kazakhstan | Old IATA code: IT; old ICAO code: IRT |
| KCE | Irving Oil | KACEY | Canada | ||
| ISI | Island Air | ISLANDMEX | Mexico | ||
| ILF | Island Air Charters | ISLAND FLIGHT | United States | ||
| XYZ | Island Air Express | RAINBIRD | United States | ||
| ISA | Island Airlines | United States | |||
| SOY | Island Aviation | SORIANO | Philippines | ||
| DQA | Island Aviation Services | Maldives | |||
| IOM | Island Aviation and Travel | ISLE AVIA | United Kingdom | ||
| 2S | SDY | Island Express | SANDY ISLE | United States | |
| MTP | Island Helicopters | METROCOPTER | United States | ||
| ILC | ILAS Air | Japan | |||
| IAJ | Islandair Jersey | JARLAND | United Kingdom | ||
| CN | Islands Nationair | Papua New Guinea | |||
| ICB | Icebird Airline | ICEBIRD | Iceland | ||
| IF | ISW | Islas Airways | PINTADERA | Spain | |
| IGS | Isle Grande Flying School | ISLA GRANDE | United States | ||
| WC | ISV | Islena De Inversiones | Honduras | ||
| IOS | Isles of Scilly Skybus | SCILLONIA | United Kingdom | ||
| IAI | Israel Aircraft Industries | ISRAEL AIRCRAFT | Israel | ||
| IAF | Israeli Air Force | Israel | |||
| 6H | ISR | Israir | ISRAIR | Israel | |
| IST | Istanbul Airlines | ISTANBUL | Turkey | ||
| FS | ACL | Itali Airlines | SPADA | Italy | Former name: Transporti Aerei Italiani; former IATA Code: 9X*; former ICAO code: ACO |
| IFS | Italy First | RIVIERA | Italy | ||
| GI | IKA | Itek Air | ITEK-AIR | Kyrgyzstan | ?ICAO confirmed; IATA not |
| IVS | Ivoire Aero Services | IVOIRE AERO | Ivory Coast | ||
| IVW | Ivoire Airways | IVOIRAIRWAYS | Ivory Coast | ||
| IJE | Ivoire Jet Express | IVOIRE JET | Ivory Coast | ||
| OIC | Iwamoto Crane Co Ltd | Japan | |||
| IXR | Ixair | X-BIRD | France | ||
| H9 | IZM | Izair | IZMIR | Turkey | |
| IZA | Izhavia | IZHAVIA | Russia | ||
| HC | Iceland Express | Iceland | Ceased operations 2012 | ||
| IMG | Imperial Cargo Airlines | IMPERIAL AIRLINES | Ghana |
* on IATA code indicates a controlled duplicate. italics indicates a defunct airline.
See also
Notes
External links
- International Civil Aviation Organization (official site)
- ICAO On-line Publications Purchasing (official site)
- Airline Designator / Code Database Search (from The Airline Codes Web Site)
- Airline Designator / Code Database Search (from Aviation Codes Central Web Site - Regular Updates)
- Airline Designator/Code Listing (from FAA Web Site)