At the moment I am in the middle of transfering my registrations from last years “Airlines” into this years, something I’ve done since I strted the hobby in about 1988. Something that I have alwas wondered is what the last to numbers / letters or mix, stand for at the end of an aircraft type. Can anyone finally tell me what this means?
The other thing is the SELCAL eg DS-GL, is this anything significant?
By: KabirT - 21st July 2001 at 05:21
RE: Boeing 747-436 – What does the 36 stand for?
I think Airbus adds alphabets insted on numbers. Thats right on the boeing question, 36 is for BA, 37 for Air India.
By: dan330 - 20th July 2001 at 19:51
RE: Boeing 747-436 – What does the 36 stand for?
Thanks for the quick responses. I’ve now found a couple of web sites with a large list of airline codes.
How do Airbus use their last two digits? There are a lot that are the same, I’m presuming they use a different method to Boeing.
By: V1 - 20th July 2001 at 17:26
RE: Boeing 747-436 – What does the 36 stand for?
The ’36’ in 747-436 is the Boeing customer code for British Airways. If you look at the other Boeing types in the BA fleet, you will see that they also have the same code, eg Boeing 767-336 and Boeing 757-236.
Other customer codes include ’04’ for Britannia Airways (BY). If you see one of their B757’s, it will be a -204. Japan Airlines have the designated code ’46’, so for example if you saw a 744 in their colours, it would be a Boeing 747-446.
Leasing companies such as GECAS have their own Boeing customer code too, hence why you may see something weird like a Boeing 757-2G5 or Boeing 737-3S3.
hope this helps,
regards,
V1
By: Matilainen - 20th July 2001 at 17:14
RE: Boeing 747-436 – What does the 36 stand for?
It is explained in the lates issue of Airliner world. It is a sort of customer code.
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