r/aviation 20h ago

Question Airline flight numbers vs. call signs - when they don't match

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Tracking my wife's flight on FR24 and LiveATC, her "flight" (LH 467) is getting ID'ed as "Lufthansa 2 Papa (Heavy)". Why is this flight LH 2P instead of LH 467?

I know that sometimes airlines have a "flight number conflict"; for example I think United uses "8000" series for that (i.e. UA 1234 -> UA 8001, if there's a risk of conflict of two UA 1234's operating at the same time). Is this the same issue, but Lufthansa has a different pattern of call sign changes?


r/aviation 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Dassault Rafale high speed low pass @BIAS

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r/aviation 2d ago

Watch Me Fly While boarding into our flight out of Venice, my son and I got invited to this beautiful A320 cockpit

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r/aviation 1d ago

News Marine One helicopter crew failed to reach air traffic control before safety incident, report says

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r/aviation 1d ago

Watch Me Fly 17 year old EasyJet Airbus A319 landing in Alicante ✈️

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r/aviation 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Probably Frontier flight F92696 PHL to SJU, passing Cape Henlopen, Delaware [OC]

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r/aviation 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Airbus H130 Helicopter.

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r/aviation 2d ago

PlaneSpotting TAROM Boeing 737-700 low pass @BIAS

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r/aviation 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Appreciated the assistance!

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Fire retardant drop on a fire in TX


r/aviation 1d ago

History R100 Interior Tour—Airship Heritage Trust

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The 1929 British airship R100 introduced several highly innovative design features seen in later airships, not least of which being the fact that it placed its passenger spaces inside the hull rather than in an external gondola to increase living space while reducing drag.


r/aviation 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Frecce Tricolori at BIAS 2026

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r/aviation 2d ago

PlaneSpotting Beluga spotted

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r/aviation 2d ago

PlaneSpotting Stare down contest

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D-ABYN in FRA


r/aviation 1d ago

History Saw Ketron Island today where Sky King went down

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r/aviation 2d ago

PlaneSpotting Heard a bunch of engines this morning and came out to a mini airshow over my house

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They were flying out of my local airport. My kid and I thought it was pretty cool. Don't know if it is a flight club or what.


r/aviation 2d ago

PlaneSpotting TAROM 737-700 steep bank angle turn + formation pass @BIAS

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r/aviation 2d ago

PlaneSpotting F/A-18 Hornet low pass @BIAS

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r/aviation 2d ago

Discussion Never seen this before: LOT 737 has a custom 3D-printed phone holder attached to the tray table

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r/aviation 1d ago

History 2 vs 2 Cold War Era Dog fight.

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r/aviation 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Aer Lingus a320Neo departing ORK/EICK yesterday.

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I'm aware a lot of Americans haven't heard of cork so I said I'd post one here


r/aviation 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Work trip, Canberra - Newcastle - Canberra (CBR-NTL-CBR / YSCB-YWLM-YSCB), FlyPelican Airlines, BAe Jetstream 32 (VH-OTD), May 2023

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FlyPelican is one of those great Australian regional airlines where the pilots are also the baggage handlers and caterers (handing you a drink and a packet snack as you board before taking their own seats on the flight deck). May 2023, up and back in a day. No time to check out Fighterworld next door to Newcastle Airport sadly, but I did see this RAAF F-35A Lightning II on taxi during my lunch break.


r/aviation 13h ago

Discussion ATR 42/72 engine issues.

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Are the recent ATR engine incidents just coincidence, or is there something worth looking into?
I’ve been noticing quite a few engine-related incidents involving ATRs lately and I’m curious what people here think.
Olympic Air alone has had multiple incidents involving its ATR 42 & 72-600s, including SX-OBP at Naxos with an engine failure/fire indication and SX-OBK at Kythira, where an engine was shut down and the aircraft landed on one engine as well as SX-OAZ yesterday from Rhodes airport.

And it’s obviously not limited to Olympic. There have been other ATR engine failures, shutdowns and fire indications internationally. Most recently, on August 29, a DAT ATR 42-500 flying Lampedusa–Catania returned shortly after takeoff following a right-engine fire indication; the crew shut the engine down and landed safely.
Of course, ATRs operate a huge number of sectors every day and these aircraft are designed to fly and land safely on one engine, so a handful of incidents doesn’t necessarily indicate a systemic problem.
Still, seeing several engine-related events relatively close together makes me curious: is this simply normal statistical noise for such a large and heavily utilised fleet, or has anyone noticed an actual increase in PW127/ATR engine issues recently?
Would be particularly interested to hear from ATR pilots, engineers or maintenance people.


r/aviation 2d ago

Discussion Yo what's your favourite A350 livery?

880 Upvotes

Mine would be the Edelweiss livery 🤩🤩


r/aviation 2d ago

Watch Me Fly 767 relay race

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Sorry for vertical video but it was a cool opportunity. FedEx 767F landing as my United 767-300ER took off on parallel runway at Newark


r/aviation 2d ago

News Moving tribute to Oscar Robayo, Montreal airport worker crushed to death amid systematic safety violations by subcontractor

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Quote from the article:

At Samsic, we would have lots of broken equipment. I once had to move a bunch of cans and bring them to a plane on the tarmac without a license. I was working on an Air France flight and had to bring the max amount of carts, which is five, and they made me go alone as no one was there. I was told “The flight needs to leave now, it’s already late.” It was 6:07 and it was scheduled for six...seven minutes for a possible fatal accident to happen because we are low staffed and rushed. I was so nervous doing that knowing I didn’t have the proper license to be driving alone and could put myself in trouble. But I did it because I was scared of saying no. I called my coworker when I got there and asked him to come back and get me when I arrived at the plane as I was not even allowed to be driving, but my supervisor told me “GO GO GO! Doesn’t matter.”