Arion640 wrote:Off the top of my head:
BA
Virgin
directorguy wrote:RJ111 is the daily AMM-LHR.
AirKevin wrote:Arion640 wrote:Off the top of my head:
BA
Virgin
It would be surprising if their flight 1 DIDN'T involve a London airport, given that both airlines are based out of there.
afterburner33 wrote:Strictly speaking, NZ1 goes to AKL, and NZ2 goes to LHR. Same with VS1 (Newark). But yes I know you probably meant 'to/from London'
Arion640 wrote:AirKevin wrote:Arion640 wrote:Off the top of my head:
BA
Virgin
It would be surprising if their flight 1 DIDN'T involve a London airport, given that both airlines are based out of there.
Well actually from October 2003 until September 2009, BA didn't even have a flight 1. Its also possible in the next few years BA flight 1 maybe be vacant again.
AirKevin wrote:Arion640 wrote:AirKevin wrote:It would be surprising if their flight 1 DIDN'T involve a London airport, given that both airlines are based out of there.
Well actually from October 2003 until September 2009, BA didn't even have a flight 1. Its also possible in the next few years BA flight 1 maybe be vacant again.
Yes, I am aware of that, but what I'm trying to say is if they did have one, it would be surprising if it didn't involved a London airport, given that they're based out of there.
AirKevin wrote:Arion640 wrote:Off the top of my head:
BA
Virgin
It would be surprising if their flight 1 DIDN'T involve a London airport, given that both airlines are based out of there.
directorguy wrote:Gulf Air operates GF2 which is LHR-BAH. The inbound BAH-LHR is GF3.
They do not have a GF1 but pretty close.
RJ111 is the daily AMM-LHR.
danj555 wrote:Its cool that all of you have found these flights. But the question in my head is why? A dozen airlines flying the same flight number doesn't happen by accident.
dmstorm22 wrote:DL001 is LHR-JFK
seat1a wrote:dmstorm22 wrote:DL001 is LHR-JFK
Slightly off topic (but some trivia around Delta's Flight No.1), from a Delta timetable dated April 29, 1972, DL1 flew ORD-MIA. (Departed ORD at 12:15pm). DL2 was MIA-ORD.
Would love to know how DL flight 1 has evolved to become LHR-JFK today if anyone knows.
Thanks!
danj555 wrote:Its cool that all of you have found these flights. But the question in my head is why? A dozen airlines flying the same flight number doesn't happen by accident.
ASQ400 wrote:danj555 wrote:Its cool that all of you have found these flights. But the question in my head is why? A dozen airlines flying the same flight number doesn't happen by accident.
London is a very big and important destination for both Business and Leisure travel.
Wingtips56 wrote:Faded memory: wasn't PA 1 PanAm's westbound round-the-world flight, or at least the LHR-SFO-HKG-SIN.... something like that? I used to take missing bag reports on a regular basis for bags that misconnected (or stayed on-board) from PA 1 LHR-SFO to my little SFO-SMF bug-smasher flight late in the evening.
CHI787ORD wrote:ASQ400 wrote:danj555 wrote:Its cool that all of you have found these flights. But the question in my head is why? A dozen airlines flying the same flight number doesn't happen by accident.
London is a very big and important destination for both Business and Leisure travel.
Lets not forget the historical tie of London to many Asian and African countries as the imperial capital of the British colonies.
danj555 wrote:CHI787ORD wrote:ASQ400 wrote:London is a very big and important destination for both Business and Leisure travel.
Lets not forget the historical tie of London to many Asian and African countries as the imperial capital of the British colonies.
TBH I feel like this is the real reason. qq
ASQ400 wrote:danj555 wrote:CHI787ORD wrote:
Lets not forget the historical tie of London to many Asian and African countries as the imperial capital of the British colonies.
TBH I feel like this is the real reason. qq
The colonial past left behind greater business ties
ASQ400 wrote:danj555 wrote:CHI787ORD wrote:
Lets not forget the historical tie of London to many Asian and African countries as the imperial capital of the British colonies.
TBH I feel like this is the real reason. qq
The colonial past left behind greater business ties
CHI787ORD wrote:ASQ400 wrote:danj555 wrote:
TBH I feel like this is the real reason. qq
The colonial past left behind greater business ties
Exactly. London was the original global city.
MO11 wrote:seat1a wrote:dmstorm22 wrote:DL001 is LHR-JFK
Slightly off topic (but some trivia around Delta's Flight No.1), from a Delta timetable dated April 29, 1972, DL1 flew ORD-MIA. (Departed ORD at 12:15pm). DL2 was MIA-ORD.
Would love to know how DL flight 1 has evolved to become LHR-JFK today if anyone knows.
Thanks!
In the 1970s, Delta still sorted its flight numbers by aircraft type. 1-99 was the Boeing 747 range. Delta abandoned this practice sometime in the 1980s; the low numbers were reserved for international flights. There certainly must have been another use for flight 1 before acquiring JFK-LHR from United.
ASQ400 wrote:CHI787ORD wrote:ASQ400 wrote:The colonial past left behind greater business ties
Exactly. London was the original global city.
And it still is A global city. Not sure about post-Brexit, but that's political stuff.
aemoreira1981 wrote:MO11 wrote:seat1a wrote:
Slightly off topic (but some trivia around Delta's Flight No.1), from a Delta timetable dated April 29, 1972, DL1 flew ORD-MIA. (Departed ORD at 12:15pm). DL2 was MIA-ORD.
Would love to know how DL flight 1 has evolved to become LHR-JFK today if anyone knows.
Thanks!
In the 1970s, Delta still sorted its flight numbers by aircraft type. 1-99 was the Boeing 747 range. Delta abandoned this practice sometime in the 1980s; the low numbers were reserved for international flights. There certainly must have been another use for flight 1 before acquiring JFK-LHR from United.
The forward flights are in the 400s (401, 402, 403), but the return flights are 1, 2, and 3. JFK has a lot of foreign carriers operating to or from JFK with a flight number of 1.
ASQ400 wrote:CHI787ORD wrote:ASQ400 wrote:The colonial past left behind greater business ties
Exactly. London was the original global city.
And it still is A global city. Not sure about post-Brexit, but that's political stuff.
JayBCNLON wrote:ASQ400 wrote:CHI787ORD wrote:
Exactly. London was the original global city.
And it still is A global city. Not sure about post-Brexit, but that's political stuff.
The key words here are "past" and "was".... It sure would be interesting to know when it was the last time that any carrier assigned the number 1 to a route to London. Was it the 80s or rather the 70s, i.e. almost 40 or almost 50 years ago?
kruiseri wrote:AirKevin wrote:Arion640 wrote:Off the top of my head:
BA
Virgin
It would be surprising if their flight 1 DIDN'T involve a London airport, given that both airlines are based out of there.
You probably knew this, but anyway.
BA1 is not from LHR but LCY.
Still a London airport though...
RyanairGuru wrote:EK1 and QF1 are both DXB-LHR
aemoreira1981 wrote:
The forward flights are in the 400s (401, 402, 403), but the return flights are 1, 2, and 3. JFK has a lot of foreign carriers operating to or from JFK with a flight number of 1.
RyanairGuru wrote:As an irrelevant aside I'm interested that CX100 isnt LHR. CX1-99 are cargo flights so CX100 is the first passenger flight number but is used for SYD-HKG
BobPatterson wrote:FedEx route FX1 or FDX1 flies London STN to Memphis MEM. Today it left London at 21:02 and is estimated to arrive at MEM at 23:33. Watching it pass over Newfoundland made me think of this thread. Average flight time of 9:19 for 7,040 km according to FlightRadar24.