FlightNumber
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Business term | Flight Number |
Definition | A numeric identifier assigned to a specific Flight service by an Airline. Is part of the FlightId. |
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Comments | FlightNumber is sometimes referred to as the "Trip Number". Reference: IATA Standard Schedules Information Manual, Feb 1997, 2.2.62. Flight Numbers are assigned by a carrier as a multi-purpose reference in connection with the planning and control of the operation of flights. It is recommended to pad the number with leading zeros until the length is three. If it is numeric and longer than three, leading zeros are removed if they exist. Examples (“XX” is the OperatingAirlineCode):
NB! Non-numeric flight “numbers” are kept as they are. NB! Non-numeric flight numbers are a relic of systems that require FlightNumber or FlightId, and where Callsign are used as the FlightId to satisfy the system requirement. Non-numeric FlightNumbers don't really exist. |
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XML type | string (4) |
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AIDM equivalent | AIDM: Flight Number_ Text https://airtechzone.iata.org/aidm_model/22.1/index.htm?goto=5:3:5:7:1:12649 |