CALL SIGNS - Virgin
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CALL SIGNS - Virgin
This may have been asked already and answered, why do Virgin operate with radio call sign flight numbers instead of using aircraft rego on domestic Op's?
Can't answer your specific question, however, as per an AIC earlier this year ANY operator can apply for flight number callsigns. RPT or Charter.
So long as the chosen call/number meets ceratin guidelines....eg PAN 600 would not be permitted!
So long as the chosen call/number meets ceratin guidelines....eg PAN 600 would not be permitted!
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Personal airline preference as to whether they want to use them. In the case of Qantas and the former Ansett, the reason that they dont use them is that different aircraft operate different sector. For example a 737 may do Perth Sydney and a 767 continue the same number flight up to Brisbane. Therefor if the 737 is running late, the same flight number 767 will still depart up to Brisbane on time. The problem evolves that there may be two aircraft with the same flight number callsign operating at the same time. Obviously this isn't allowed by Airservices Australia, so both said companies choose not to use flight number callsigns at all.
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If what you say is true, Australia is once again the odd guy out, as most other countries will only deal in flight numbers.
I would have thought that the answer lies elsewhere.
If what you say is true, Australia is once again the odd guy out, as most other countries will only deal in flight numbers.
I would have thought that the answer lies elsewhere.
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I did some work experience at Airservices a couple of years ago. On a visit to the CBR tower, I asked this very question (particularly as many QF regionals use flt. callsigns but QF mainline domestic does not). The answer was that all domestic flights used to use reg. callsigns but that ASA wants a transition to flt. callsigns. However there is no firm date for a changeover. I am not sure, but I have a feeling that all new airlines (like virgin, impulse etc) and obliged to use flt. number callsigns? If that is actually the case, I wonder what that will mean for the "new" ansett.
