Airline Acronyms

[LGS6753]

To alleviate the tedium of the "festive" season, does anyone know any acronyms for airlines?

I'll start the ball rolling with:

SABENA - Such A Bl00dy Experience Never Again
TWA - Try Walking Across

Any more?

[xtypeman]

TAP Try another plane

BOAC Better On A Camel or Baggage On Another Continent.

Happy Christmas to all Ppruners.....

Xtypeman

[Phileas Fogg]

SAS = Same As Sabena

BWIA = Britain's Worst Investment Abroad

[daz211]

EASYJET - Easy And Simple Yes Just Extremely Tacky :oh:.

[JSCL]

jet2 - just echoing the-other 2
Flybe - fly better elsewhere
cathay - c**ts and tits help aid yields

[Groundloop]

QANTAS - Quite A Nasty Trip - All Spewing.

Get ready to be moved to Jet Blast!:ok:

[Narrow Runway]

DELTA: Dont Expect Luggage To Arrive

[Capetonian]

AEROFLOT Airline Every Russian Or Foreigner Leaves on Terrified
Accidents Expected Regularly On F****** Lethal Old Tupolevs

AI Allah Informed
AIR FRANCE mAIRde France (merde is French for ****)
An International Reputation for Rude and Non Caring Employees

AIR ZIMBABWE After Independent Rhodesia, Zimbabwean Imbecile Mugabe's Black Airline Became Worst Ever.
After Independent Rhodesia, Zimbabwean Idiots Motivated Arseholes Before White Engineers

ALIA Arabs Like It Anally
ALITALIA Always Late In Takeoff And Lucky If Arriving
AUSTRAL Argentina's Useless ****ty Third Rate Airline
Argentinian Users Shun This Rotten Airline

AVIANCA A Very Inferior And Nasty Colombian Airline
BALKAN Bulgarian Aircraft Leaving Kiss Arse Now
BWIA Britain's Worst Investment Abroad
CAAC China Airlines, Always Crashing
CATHAY Commie Arseholes Took Hongkong AwaY
CSA Cute Stewardesses Available / Crappy Service Aboard
CUBANA Crashes Usual Before Arriving at Nearest Airport
Castro Usually Boards Another National Airline
DELTA Don't Expect Luxury Treatment Aboard
EMIRATES Expat Managed Indian Run and Thousands Exploited Sexually
GARUDA Gets Airborne Relying Upon Divine Assistance
IBERIA It Breaks Every Rule In Aviation
Its Badness Exceeds Records In Aviation
OLYMPIC Onassis Liked Young Male Pinups in Cockpit
PIA Please Inform Allah / Paki Illegals Aboard
QANTAS Queers And Nymphos Trained As Stewards
SAA ****ting All over Africans
South Africa's Apology for An Airline
SABENA Such A Bloody Experience Never Again
SAUDIA Saudi Airlines Underhand Deals Include Alcohol
SWISSAIR Swiss Wankers Insist on Sexless Stewardesses And Impeccable Reliability
TAP Transports All Peasants
TAROM Travellers Avoid this Russian Organised Mess
TWA The W@ankers' Airline
VARIG Virgins Are Rare In Guanabara
VIASA Venezuela's Insolvent Airline, Sadly Absent

[Fly380]

El AL - every landing always late.
LUFTHANSA - Let Us *uck The Hostesses And Not Say Anything :O

[B Fraser]

and some old favourites

BEA - Back Every Afternoon
BOAC - Bend Over Again Christine (Keeler) or Better On A Camel

SWISS - So What, It's Still Swissair
LUFTHANSA - Luggage Usually Flies To Hannover And Never (the) Selected Airport

[TwinAisle]

ALITALIA - All Landings in Turin, All Luggage in Africa
TWA - Three-hundred Wet Americans (post TWA 800)
Emirates - European Managed, Indian Run, Australian Trained - Everyone Screwed
SAHSA - Stay At Home, Stay Alive
Delta - Don't Ever Leave The Airport

[JSCL]

BMI - Bast**d management, idiots.

[xtypeman]

LIAT - Leave the Islands Any Time

[jabird]

LIAT - Leave the Islands Any Time

But they actually use that for marketing!

More like Luggage In Another Terminal

BWIA = But Will It (Ever) Arrive?

BA - Bloody Arrogant
AA - Arrogant Ars*holes / American Assh*loes
TWA - T*t, W*nk, A*sehole

[allosaurus]

World Airways-- We Organize Really Long Delays

[jabird]

Nothing for Ryanair?

Really? You Are Now Actually In Rome!

[TwinAisle]

Really? You Are Now Actually In Rome!

More like 'Rome? You Are Now Actually in Rotherham'....

TA

[edi_local]

1Time-Is enough :ok:

Aer Lingus- Almost Equals Ryanair, Legroom Is Not Great, Uncomfortable Seats

Flugfelag Islands- Flying Low Under God, Flying Everyday Lifting Above Glaciers, Interesting Sights, Landing At Northerly Deserted Strips

[getonittt]

Nothing for Ryanair?


Ryanair You Are Nearly Always Ignorant Rude .

[Monty Gordo]

A little know fact about Ryanair's Russian ancestry:-

Really Yuri, All Nobheads Acknowledge I'm Russian

[Resurgam]

flybe
- Feels Like You're Being Exploited
- Forget Life - You Belong to Exeter

[getonittt]

TAM - Timetables are makebelieve.
UPS - use pidgeons , speedier.
BMI baby - Buisness model interesting - Branding , absolutely bloody yuk.

[Splat]

PLUNA - pocos locos usan nuestros aviones...

[Capetonian]

Since we're going Spanish :
RENFE : Rogamos empujen nuestros ferrocarriles estropeados.
(I know it's not an airline but AVE does mean bird)

[jabird]

More like 'Rome? You Are Now Actually in Rotherham'....

But Rome was the only place Ryanair went to I could think of, and it is one of the few where they take you closer ;)

How about:

Ruins Your Appetite, Nuts An Inordinate Ripoff

Reach Yerevan, Armenia, navigate alternative India route (a future route aspiration for Delhi West)

WOW (Iceland) - Why Oh Why?

Flybe - French's little yucky belly extractors

BMI baby - Buisness model interesting - Branding , absolutely bloody yuk.

Love it!:D

[jabird]

IBERIA

In Barcelona, Expect Ridiculously Inexperienced Airhostesses
In Bay (of Tor), Explicit Rudeness In Airporthotels (especially towards German guests)

[jabird]

Rotterdam? Yup! Amsterdam North, Actually In Rygge.

[jackieofalltrades]

DELTA: Divert Every Landing To Atlanta

[TCX69]

bmi = Buy More Insurance!

[EISNN]

Aer Lingus: Attractive Elderly Randy Ladies In Nice Green Uniform Skirts

[QF94]

QANTAS Queers And Nymphomaniacs Transported Anywhere Safely

BOAC Britain's Overseas Aerial Circus

TAA Try Another Airline

[smith]

Ryanair- Drop your trousers and pants to your ankles, turn round and bend over!

[daz211]

Is that a request or have you missed the point :ooh:.

[IslandPilot]

TWA: Try Walking Across
AF: Air Chance

[EuroChallenger]

JMC - just more c**p

[birdstrike]

DHL :

Day and a Half Late
or
Drop it, Hide it, Lose it
or
Delayed and Horribly Lost

[smith]

Is that a request or have you missed the point

No niether, just a feeble attempt at humour/sarcasm ha ha ha ha :-D

[compton3bravo]

BOAC - Boeing Aircraft Company
BAF - Bloody Awful Flight
PEACH Air = anagram of CHEAP Air
THAI - Nothing just a wonderful airline!
BMI - Bloody Minded Individuals
JMC - Just Muddling Charters

[Hartington]

Sex And Satisfaction
Over London You May Piss In Comfort
Britains Excuse for an Airline

[Monty Gordo]

Slightly off topic but as TWA has featured in a number of acronyms, I recount a story involving the famous early US film star Tallulah Bankhead, a renowned lesbian.

Flying TWA to London she was asked by the attrative air stewardess if she would like coffee.

Her alleged reply was: "No thank you, I would rather have your T.W.A. tea...."

[getonittt]

Aer Arran - Avoids every runway , actually rural roads are needed.
Avianca - Aircraft vile inside and now cleaned annually.

[speed13ird]

Ryanair

Roger Your Aircrew and Nail Another Internet Ripoff

[Peter47]

US Airways (u/s airways) - Unserviceable Airways

[iggie]

Eva Air
Every Voyage An Agonizing Involuntary Re-route

Finnair
Flights Into Northern Neighbourhoods And Icy Regions

Ryanair
Ridiculously Yellow And Naff Ambience Is Risible
Reservations You Are Needing Are Increasingly Restricted
Relishing Your Appalling Nosh Aloft Is Revolting

[daz211]

Ryanair - Ridiculously Yellow And Not Alot Inside Really.
Ryanair - Relatively young Aircrew New Aircraft Interesting Routes.

[Doug E Style]

Due to the exceptionally good CRM skills of the crews, BMed (British Mediterranean Airways) were known as Begin Married, End Divorced.

[Aero Mad]

Easyjet: Engines Are Silly Yet Just Endure Takeoff.

[Heatseeker]

I always believed that BOAC stood for better off at Caledonian
(or was it bought on American credit - i forget)

[Planespeaking]

I always believed that BOAC stood for better off at Caledonian
(or was it bought on American credit - i forget)
When I worked for BOAC in the 60s it was known as Boys Overseas After Crumpet!!

[Asturias56]

Garuda - Good Airline Under Dutch Administration

[DaveReidUK]

Due to the exceptionally good CRM skills of the crews, BMed (British Mediterranean Airways) were known as Begin Married, End Divorced.

Easyjet: Engines Are Silly Yet Just Endure Takeoff.

2 down, 117 to go.

This might save a bit of time:

AA - Arrogant Ars*holes / American Assh*loes
AEROFLOT Accidents Expected Regularly On F****** Lethal Old Tupolevs
AEROFLOT Airline Every Russian Or Foreigner Leaves on Terrified
AF: Air Chance
AI Allah Informed
AIR FRANCE An International Reputation for Rude and Non Caring Employees
AIR FRANCE mAIRde France (merde is French for ****)
AIR ZIMBABWE After Independent Rhodesia, Zimbabwean Idiots Motivated Arseholes Before White Engineers
AIR ZIMBABWE After Independent Rhodesia, Zimbabwean Imbecile Mugabe's Black Airline Became Worst Ever
ALIA Arabs Like It Anally
ALITALIA - All Landings in Turin, All Luggage in Africa
ALITALIA Always Late In Takeoff And Lucky If Arriving
AUSTRAL Argentina's Useless ****ty Third Rate Airline
AUSTRAL Argentinian Users Shun This Rotten Airline
AVIANCA A Very Inferior And Nasty Colombian Airline
Aer Arran - Avoids every runway, actually rural roads are needed.
Aer Lingus - Almost Equals Ryanair, Legroom Is Not Great, Uncomfortable Seats
Aer Lingus: Attractive Elderly Randy Ladies In Nice Green Uniform Skirts
Avianca - Aircraft vile inside and now cleaned annually.
BA - Bloody Arrogant
BAF - Bloody Awful Flight
BALKAN Bulgarian Aircraft Leaving Kiss Arse Now
BEA - Back Every Afternoon
BEA Britains Excuse for an Airline
BMI - Bast**d management, idiots.
BMI - Bloody Minded Individuals
BMI = Buy More Insurance!
BMI baby - Buisness model interesting - Branding , absolutely bloody yuk.
BMed (British Mediterranean Airways) Begin Married, End Divorced.
BOAC - Bend Over Again Christine (Keeler)
BOAC - Boeing Aircraft Company
BOAC Better On A Camel or Baggage On Another Continent.
BOAC Britain's Overseas Aerial Circus
BWIA = Britain's Worst Investment Abroad
BWIA = But Will It (Ever) Arrive?
BWIA Britain's Worst Investment Abroad
CAAC China Airlines, Always Crashing
CATHAY - c**ts and tits help aid yields
CATHAY Commie Arseholes Took Hongkong AwaY
CSA Cute Stewardesses Available / Crappy Service Aboard
CUBANA Castro Usually Boards Another National Airline
CUBANA Crashes Usual Before Arriving at Nearest Airport
DELTA Don't Expect Luxury Treatment Aboard
DELTA: Divert Every Landing To Atlanta
DELTA: Dont Expect Luggage To Arrive
DHL : Day and a Half Late
DHL Delayed and Horribly Lost
DHL Drop it, Hide it, Lose it
Delta - Don't Ever Leave The Airport
EASYJET - Easy And Simple Yes Just Extremely Tacky
EMIRATES Expat Managed Indian Run and Thousands Exploited Sexually
Easyjet: Engines Are Silly Yet Just Endure Takeoff.
El AL - every landing always late.
Emirates - European Managed, Indian Run, Australian Trained - Everyone Screwed
Eva Air Every Voyage An Agonizing Involuntary Re-route
Finnair Flights Into Northern Neighbourhoods And Icy Regions
Flugfelag Islands - Flying Low Under God, Flying Everyday Lifting Above Glaciers, Interesting Sights, Landing At Northerly Deserted Strips
Flybe - Feels Like You're Being Exploited
Flybe - Forget Life - You Belong to Exeter
Flybe - French's little yucky belly extractors
Flybe - fly better elsewhere
GARUDA Gets Airborne Relying Upon Divine Assistance
IBERIA In Barcelona, Expect Ridiculously Inexperienced Airhostesses
IBERIA In Bay (of Tor), Explicit Rudeness In Airporthotels
IBERIA It Breaks Every Rule In Aviation
IBERIA Its Badness Exceeds Records In Aviation
JET2 - just echoing the-other 2
JMC - Just Muddling Charters
JMC - just more c**p
LIAT - Leave the Islands Any Time
LIAT Luggage In Another Terminal
LUFTHANSA - Let Us *uck The Hostesses And Not Say Anything :O
LUFTHANSA - Luggage Usually Flies To Hannover And Never (the) Selected Airport
OLYMPIC Onassis Liked Young Male Pinups in Cockpit
OLYMPIC Over London You May Piss In Comfort
PIA Please Inform Allah / Paki Illegals Aboard
PLUNA - pocos locos usan nuestros aviones...
QANTAS - Quite A Nasty Trip - All Spewing.
QANTAS Queers And Nymphomaniacs Transported Anywhere Safely
QANTAS Queers And Nymphos Trained As Stewards
RENFE : Rogamos empujen nuestros ferrocarriles estropeados.
RYANAIR 'Rome? You Are Now Actually in Rotherham'....
RYANAIR Reach Yerevan, Armenia, navigate alternative India route
RYANAIR Really Yuri, All Nobheads Acknowledge I'm Russian
RYANAIR Really? You Are Now Actually In Rome!
RYANAIR Relishing Your Appalling Nosh Aloft Is Revolting
RYANAIR Reservations You Are Needing Are Increasingly Restricted
RYANAIR Ridiculously Yellow And Naff Ambience Is Risible
RYANAIR Roger Your Aircrew and Nail Another Internet Ripoff
RYANAIR Rotterdam? Yup! Amsterdam North, Actually In Rygge.
RYANAIR Ruins Your Appetite, Nuts An Inordinate Ripoff
Ryanair - Relatively young Aircrew New Aircraft Interesting Routes.
Ryanair - Ridiculously Yellow And Not Alot Inside Really.
Ryanair You Are Nearly Always Ignorant Rude .
Ryanair- Drop your trousers and pants to your ankles, turn round and bend over!
SAA ****ting All over Africans
SAA South Africa's Apology for An Airline
SABENA Such A Bloody Experience Never Again
SAHSA - Stay At Home, Stay Alive
SAS = Same As Sabena
SAS Sex And Satisfaction
SAUDIA Saudi Airlines Underhand Deals Include Alcohol
SWISS - So What, It's Still Swissair
SWISSAIR Swiss Wankers Insist on Sexless Stewardesses And Impeccable Reliability
TAA Try Another Airline
TAM - Timetables are makebelieve.
TAP Transports All Peasants
TAP Try another plane
TAROM Travellers Avoid this Russian Organised Mess
TWA - T*t, W*nk, A*sehole
TWA - Three-hundred Wet Americans (post TWA 800)
TWA - Try Walking Across
TWA The W@ankers' Airline
UPS - use pidgeons , speedier.
US Airways (u/s airways) - Unserviceable Airways
VARIG Virgins Are Rare In Guanabara
VIASA Venezuela's Insolvent Airline, Sadly Absent
WOW (Iceland) - Why Oh Why?
World Airways - We Organize Really Long Delays

New ones welcomed, of course. :O

[Michael S]

LOT - later or tomorrow

[barry lloyd]

LAP (Paraguay) Líneas Aéreas Peligrosas (Dangerous Air Lines)
Varig (Brazilian version) Vários Alemães Roubando Inocentes Gaúchos Various Germans robbing innocent cowboys. Varig was founded by Germans in the south of Brazil which is known as cowboy country.

[Asturias56]

PAL - Plane Always Late

[racedo]

7 1/2 years and someone reawakens a Necrothread :ugh::ugh:

[SealinkBF]

Haven't read the full thread...

TWA: Try Walking Across
BA: Bloody Awful
SABENA: Was a funny acronym but i cant remember it

[LN-KGL]

SABENA = Such A Bloody Experience Never Again

[DaveReidUK]

SABENA = Such A Bloody Experience Never Again

See above.