Have you been to airports before? Have you ever wondered what these too many scary short codes or abbreviations are? Or are you a first-time flyer searching for airport terminologies? You are at the right place.
Here’s we, explaining you about the airport abbreviations that you may most come across on your flights.
AIRLINE NAMES & CODES IN INDIA
Most often from seeing it in your boarding pass to almost everywhere in airport and in-cabin announcements you will come across the airline codes. The two letter codes (as mentioned below) are the airline communication code issued by the IATA designator and often referred to as airline names while communications in airport.
- Air India: AI
- Vistara: UK
- SpiceJet: SG
- Air India Express: IX
- IndiGo: 6E
- GoAir: G8
- AirAsia India: I5
- Akasa Air: QP
- TruJet : 2T
Next time you look into your air ticket or boarding passes, refer to the flight details and you’ll always see your flight number preceding with such airline codes.
COMMON AIRPORT ABBREVIATIONS
- AAI : Airports Authority of India
- ATC : Air Traffic Controller
- OW : One Way
- RT : Round Trip
- A/X : Aircraft
- RDFM : Reconfirm
- SPAV : Space Available
- PNR : Passenger Name Record
- ETA : Estimated Time of Arrival
- ETD : Estimated Time of Departure
- CHNT : Change Name To
- NOSH : No Show
- TKT : Ticket
- WCHR : Wheel Chair
- SSR : Special Service Request
- Y : Economy Class
- F or P : Full Fare First Class
- J or C: Full Fare Business Class
- W : Premium Economy
- CH: Child fare (usually up to 11 years old)
- IN: Infant fare (typically up to 2 years old, but 3 years in some cases)
- ID : Identification
