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Old Mar 17, 2018, 1:55 pm
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Curious about flight nunber
I've read that the lower the flight number, the prestigious the route/service is. So was just curious about BA 35, service to Chennai, India. Anyone knows how this service got a lower number, lowest of all flights to India?
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Old Mar 17, 2018, 1:59 pm
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I've read that the lower the flight number, the prestigious the route/service is
This is definitely not the case on BA once you get beyond number 4.
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Old Mar 17, 2018, 2:13 pm
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I think it was because we used to operate a flight to Singapore via Chennai and the Asian city flight number remains.
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Old Mar 17, 2018, 2:17 pm
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How come domestics get such 'crappy' flight numbers?
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Old Mar 17, 2018, 2:28 pm
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Why do you think they are “crappy”?
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Old Mar 17, 2018, 2:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Can I help you
Why do you think they are “crappy”?
I think they all have four digits, rather than three, or two.
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Old Mar 17, 2018, 2:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Can I help you
I think it was because we used to operate a flight to Singapore via Chennai and the Asian city flight number remains.
That makes sense. But Singapore is an Asian city as well. Perhaps you meant to say that the flight number was retained by the service to the first stop.
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Old Mar 17, 2018, 2:32 pm
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To differentiate them from International flights.
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Old Mar 17, 2018, 2:35 pm
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Originally Posted by BlackLab1
That makes sense. But Singapore is an Asian city as well. Perhaps you meant to say that the flight number was retained by the service to the first stop.
The Chennai flight kept the flight number when Singapore was dropped from this flight.
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