Fj911

[Mark Grima]

Hey guys,

Firstly happy Australia Day :-)

A couple days ago my sister returned from Mexico City via LAX and NAN with Air Pacific. When my dad told me she was on FJ 911 he questioned the use of '911" as the flight number thinking that since that infamous day in our worlds history no airline would want to identify a flight by anything that could draw memories to the event. Valid point I guess but not one I had thought of.

I was at work so had a very quick look at few websites and it appears the United, American, Delta nor Qantas use 911 as a flight number, although as I said my look was very very quick so I could of missed something.

Does anyone know if any other airlines use 911 as a flight number?

Cheers

M

Domestic wise, Qantas uses QF911 on KTA-PER, and Jetstar uses JQ911 on TSV-BNE

[Mark Grima]

Told you it was only a quick look

[phil.l]

Ba911 lhr-fra

[Andrew P]

NH911 ANA Tokyo Hong Kong

[Grahame Hutchison]

City Rail's 0911 to Liverpool ?

[Bill S]

AP were using FJ911 when I flew for them in 1998 - 2000.

[Grant Smith]

Using that logic, the same argument could be raised for the change of the emergency services number in the states (911)...



But to keep it on topic - TG911 LHRBKK

[James Smith]

Another thing, on the radio the callsign is pronounced nine-one-one so you are not constantly reminded of the NY events like it would be if pronounced nine-eleven.

[Chris B.]

Originally Posted by James Smith

Another thing, on the radio the callsign is pronounced nine-one-one so you are not constantly reminded of the NY events like it would be if pronounced nine-eleven.

In Australia the likes of QF911 and JQ911 would be pronounced Qantas/Jetstar nine-eleven. Internationally however I'm pretty sure that the standard is to pronounce each individual number.