Why is Southwest Airlines' IATA Code ''WN ''?

[MULTIZ321]

Why is Southwest Airlines' IATA Code ''WN ''?

Why is Southwest Airlines' IATA Code "WN"? - Eye of the Flyer

Why is Southwest's IATA code "WN"? One would think it'd be "SW," right? Turns out that it's a very complicated matter.

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Richard

 

[pedro47]

Willie Nelson (WN), thanks for sharing that piece of information.
The truth is no one knows the real answer.

 

[LannyPC]

Why is Allegiant Airlines G4? Spirit Airlines NK? Aer Lingus EI?

 

[davidvel]

Why is Southwest Airlines' IATA Code ''WN ''?

Why is Southwest Airlines' IATA Code "WN"? - Eye of the Flyer

Why is Southwest's IATA code "WN"? One would think it'd be "SW," right? Turns out that it's a very complicated matter.

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Richard

Another false headline. An accurate headline, based on the story is: No one really knows why Southwest's Airline Code is WN

 

[davidvel]

Why is Allegiant Airlines G4? Spirit Airlines NK? Aer Lingus EI?

Some say Spirit's NK designation comes from the country where they learned how to treat their customers: North Korea.

 

[colatown]

Aer Lingus is probably EI because of the country where it started Eire.

 

[Luanne]

Another false headline. An accurate headline, based on the story is: No one really knows why Southwest's Airline Code is WN

But it makes a nice story.

 

[Talent312]

I read somewhere that Southwest tried to get the rights to SW - 2x - but the price was too high.

 

[x3 skier]

One of my favorite aviation term is “Speedbird”. That’s the call sign used for British Airways in the Air Traffic Control system. It come from their logo, a bird symbol called the speedbird. “Speedbird 123, contact ground on 122.9”

Cheers

 

[Talent312]

One of my favorite aviation term is “Speedbird”. That’s the call sign used for British Airways in the Air Traffic Control system. It come from their logo, a bird symbol called the speedbird. “Speedbird 123, contact ground on 122.9”

One of my favorite SNL sketches featured James McAvoy as a Scottish air traffic controller...