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Callsign question?

Old 14th May 2007 | 17:25
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Callsign question?

Who has the callsign "Yellow cab"?

We hear it quite often in the evening whilst transiting through Manch airspace.

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Old 14th May 2007 | 17:38
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Hapag Lloyd airlines, I believe that the colour scheme on the aeroplane is a black and white checked tail like a New York City taxicab, hence the callsign.
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Old 14th May 2007 | 17:47
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and i think its the callsign that recently changed from Excellence
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Old 15th May 2007 | 12:46
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It's Hapag Lloyd Express, Hapag Lloyd's budget line. Formerly they used the callsign Excellence.
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Old 15th May 2007 | 14:05
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And it's not just the tail but the whole plane that looks like a yellow cab, hence yellow cab
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Old 15th May 2007 | 14:08
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I bet they`re good at taxying!

I`ll get my coat.
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Old 15th May 2007 | 17:56
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Thanks guys!!
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Old 15th May 2007 | 18:38
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And it's not just the tail but the whole plane that looks like a yellow cab, hence yellow cab
But some are Pink, some are now in TUI colours, both blue and yellow, and some have Composers on the fin.
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Old 17th May 2007 | 22:21
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....and they stopped to use the image of a taxi/cab for the advertisement.

They are now "TUIfly". All the planes get the new livery (yellow) and they are doing now both - holiday-destinations like Palma, the canaries or Greece and buisiness-flights to Manchester, Paris, Stockholm etc.

The good old "Hapag Lloyd" does not exist any longer!
What a pitty!
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