G-LGxx, Boeing airline codes...

[n5296s]

Flew this morning on G-LGTG TLS-LGW and was surprised since I'd never seen this series before. I looked it up and it's a 737-3Q8. Is there a web page somewhere that translates these codes into the original airline? Google didn't find anything.

The G-LGxx seem to be a mixed bag as far as their origin is concerned. I thought BA was moving to A320 and variants for shorthaul - what prompted them to buy this bunch of second hand 737s?

n5296s

[Simtech]

http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/boeing.asp


These codes form the last two elements of the three-character customer code. So, your aeroplane is a 737-300, originally ordered by I.L.F.C (International Lease Finance Corporation).


........unless, of course, anyone knows different??

[yellowdog]

Simtech,

You are correct Q8, is the Boeing customer code for ILFC.

G-LGTG can be traced as follows,

PK-GWD 01 Garuda Indonesia 28.08.89
N470KB 02 Princess Airlines 22.05.98
SX-BFT 03 Princess Airlines 22.05.98
N696BJ 04 AAR International Inc 18.02.00
G-LGTG 05 British Airways 08.06.01

Hope this helps from someone who has now done over 800 flights on BA B737's.
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[Oshkosh George]

The CAA database shows this as 'Chartered',what everybody else calls leased,so probably STILL belongs to ILFC,and probably always has!

[BOAC]

Thank you yellowdog - when I operated this in BA I was always puzzled by the ''No lop cho manadoo' (or something) sign in the forward toilet (when one lifted the lid - as a gentleman does.................):D

[Scottie Dog]

I think the answer was provided on another thread- with it was on Pprune or not is another question!!.

The reply I saw was that the G-LG series were allocated out of sequence at a time when BA were looking as considerable expansion from Gatwick - code LGW. The LG was therefore to be used for the Gatwick based fleet.

No doubt somebody can either confirm or deny this.

Scottie Dog