Anyone else noticed that recently, Excel Airways seem to be using a strange variation of flight numbers.
For example, today from LGW we have:
15.45 XLA5936 KALAMATA
18.20 XLA538V MALAGA
Why does the Malaga have a “V” on the end of the flight number?
Leaving MAN today we have:
10.30 XLA2194 PAPHOS
12.00 XLA219A LARNACA
Why does the Larnaca have an “A” on the of the flight number?
They seem to be using “V” a lot on the end of flight numbers, but not all. I wondered if it has anything to do with the AAE merger/buy out deal? Does the V symbolise its operated by an AAE aircraft I wonder???
:confused:
By: David Kerr - 8th May 2005 at 16:28
10.30 XLA2194 PAPHOS
12.00 XLA219A LARNACAWhy does the Larnaca have an “A” on the of the flight number?
:confused:
Err…noticed the similarity of the 1st three numbers? All it needs is for someone to read back the wrong instruction and we could have a bit of a bump in the sky! Hence, the variation in callsign.
The “V” means nothing with regard to “w-patterns” as yesterday at MAN we saw G-JMAA operate the XLA201V to Malaga in the morning, returning some 6 or 7 hours later as the XLA211V. Anyway, why wouldn’t they use W as the letter and not V if they wanted to signify not a based aircraft?
By: by738 - 8th May 2005 at 15:48
Mmm I saw a GLA -TFS flight which was outbound V and later returned inbound V, presumably , going by flight times, the same aircraft.
By: EK. - 8th May 2005 at 12:16
I think the V means ( feel free to correct me if i am wrong ) the aircraft does not return to original airport it departed from
ie.departs say Glasgow to Palma but returns to Gatwick
hence a W flight would be GLA to PMI to GAT to PMI to GLA.
Had alot of XLA flights with diffrent letters at the end at GLA in the last few days.
By: LBARULES - 8th May 2005 at 12:13
I too have wondered about this, dont know why either!
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May 8, 2005 at 10:37 am