Most airlines assign “flight 1” to their prestige routes. I only know a few of these, like:
British Airways BA1 LHR-JFK (Concorde)
Air France AF1 CDG-JFK (Concorde)
Emirates EK1 DXB-LHR (B777)
Qantas QF1 SYD-LHR (B744)
Air New Zealand NZ1 AKL-LHR (B744)
Qatar Airways 1 DOH-LHR (A332)
Air Jamaica 1 KIN-LHR (A340)
Virgin Atlantic VS1 LHR-JFK (B744)
Does anyone know anymore?
By: Saab 2000 - 23rd February 2003 at 16:25
RE: Flight 1
Lufthansa did a major re-numbering type program in the early 1990s.There system uses different digits for different regions, like 4 for North America and 6 for South America.
By: KabirT - 23rd February 2003 at 16:12
RE: Flight 1
If thats the case high time they change it.
By: mongu - 23rd February 2003 at 16:10
RE: Flight 1
The Leipzig flights probably were presitguous in the cold war – there can’t have been many West/East German flights in those days so the few in existence probably had the best aircraft and crews, to show the commies who was winning!
Just a guess.
By: KabirT - 23rd February 2003 at 16:10
RE: Flight 1
Yes seeing NW001 is LA-Tokyo-BKK route.
By: Saab 2000 - 23rd February 2003 at 16:02
RE: Flight 1
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 23-02-03 AT 04:06 PM (GMT)]Leipzig-Frankfurt LH001
Toronto-Narita AC001
Lulea-Stockholm SK001
Gatwick-Mahe HM001
San Francisco-Hong Kong-Singapore SQ001
San Francisco-Tokyo JL001
Los Angeles-Narita-Bangkok NW001
Technically not all airlines assign their 001 code to their most prestigious route…Leipzig-Frankfurt!
By: KabirT - 23rd February 2003 at 15:38
RE: Flight 1
AI1 – IGI-LHR-JFK.
By: wysiwyg - 23rd February 2003 at 12:44
RE: Flight 1
Virgin did it because at the start it was the only flight they did! As a rule of thumb (yes there are a lot of exceptions) odd numbers are westbound and even are eastbound.
By: Bhoy - 23rd February 2003 at 02:41
RE: Flight 1
bmi British Midland BD1 GLA-LHR A320
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