Friday, November 16, 2007

Brussels Airlines: new callsign

from the NOTAM's (notice to airmen) of Belgocontrol:
A1592/2007
Valid from : 14/11/2007 00:00 Until : PERM
Text : BRUSSELS AIRLINES ACFT OPERATOR WILL USE NEW RADIO TELEPHONY DESIGNATOR ''BEE-LINE'' IN THEIR COMMUNICATION WITH ATC UNITS INFO WILL BE INCLUDED IN NEXT EDITION OF ICAO DOC 8585

That reminds me about a remark of our instructor of Flight Planning (Tim, pilot at Brussels Airlines): some people sugested "beatle" (say: bé-tail) ... what a pitty they didn't took that one !

Tomorrow I'll have my second observation flight, this time with Thomas Cook, to Istanbul (Ataturk, LTBA), their callsign ... THOMAS COOK. How original :-). But of course, I'm still looking forward to my first observation flight with them, the first one in an airbus A320!