From: kls@ditka.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation
Subject: Boeing customer codes
Date: 10 Apr 92 10:35:37 GMT
Distribution: rec.aviation
Organization: Chicago Software Works

In article <x3mj7+k@dixie.com> stan@dixie.com (Stan Brown) writes:
>kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) writes:

>>BTW, a neat thing about Boeing model numbers is that they indicate
>>which airline the aircraft was built for.  Specifically, the last two
>>digits (or letters, these days) in the series number are the customer
>>code.  Since Lufthansa's customer code is 30, a 737-130 was built for
>>Lufthansa.

>   Could you post these customer codes?

The list does go on a bit -- by my count there are 256 in use!  But
yes, here they all are.  But first a few notes and credits.

In general, Boeing jetliners have designations as follows:

    MMM-SCCV XX

where

    MMM	= model
	    707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777
    S	= series
	    1 for -100, 2 for -200, ... 5 for -500
	    0 for all 720s
	    null for most (but not all) 727-100s
    CC	= customer code (from list below)
    V	= optional suffix to designation indicating variant
	    B for all non-cargo 747-200s (why?)
	    C for cargo
	    A,B,C for various 707s
	    probably others
    XX	= optional suffix, often unofficial
	    Advanced for later 727-200s and 737-200s
	    (ER) for extended range 757s and 767s
	    (QC) for quick-change 727s and 737s
	    (SCD) for 747s with Side Cargo Doors (definitely unofficial)
	    probably others

Note that this is ambiguous -- a 727-22C could be a cargo 727-100
built for United (22) or a standard 727-200 built for Air UK (2C).
This is only the case with 727s since the series code for a 727-100
usually is null and isn't a problem because the codes with a digit
followed by a letter are fairly recent, long after the 727-100 went
out of production.  (If anybody can tell me the difference between a
727-23 and a 727-123 I'd like to know.  American (23) has several of
the latter though most are just -23s.  There are a few other examples
of 727-100s where the 1 is in the designation, but not many.)

The customer codes started at 20.  After hitting 99 Boeing went back
and used 01 thru 19, then seems to have gone into A0 thru Z9, finally
resorting to 0A thru 9F (none of these seem to use letters higher than
F).  There are holes in part because of codes being assigned for
orders that never materialized; Boeing considers these to be
proprietary information.

The list below was built from various notes of my own, lists in
Airliners Monthly News (issues 49 and 54), and a list in JP Airline-
Fleets International (1986 edition).  The published lists were not
always consistent and also missed several codes.  I tried to cross-
check suspect codes, i.e. several typos were resolved by looking up
to see which type the airline actually had or has.  There probably
still are some errors.  A few entries have notes in [square brackets]
to clarify odd cases.  Also, the IATA two-letter code and ICAO three-
letter code is listed for each airline, where available and applicable.

Any errors are most likely mine.

01	PI/PAI	Piedmont
02	(gone)	Northern Consolidated
03	(gone)	Caribair
04	BY/BAL	Britannia
05	BU/BRA	Braathens S.A.F.E.
06	KL/JLM	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
07	-	West German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
08	FI/ICE	Icelandair
09	CI/CAL	China Airlines
10	(gone)	Wien Consolidated/Wien Air Alaska
11	WD/WDA	Wardair
12	SQ/SIA	MSA/Singapore Airlines
13	FG/AFG	Ariana
14	PS/PSA	Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA)
15	(gone)	Lake Central
16	LA/LAN	LAN Chile
17	CP/CPC	CP Air
18	(gone)	BEA
19	NZ/ANZ	NZ National Airways/Air New Zealand
20	-	Boeing
21	PA/PAA	Pan American
22	UA/UAL	United
23	AA/AAL	American
24	CO/COA	Continental
25	EA/EAL	Eastern
26	-	MATS (USAF, 707 era)
27	BN	Braniff	[Braniff Classic]
28	AF/AFR	Air France
29	SN/SAB	SABENA
30	LH/DLH	Lufthansa
31	TW/TWA	Trans World Airlines (TWA)
32	DL/DAL	Delta
33	AC/ACA	Air Canada
34	(gone)	Transair Sweden
35	(gone)	National
36	BA/BAW	BOAC, British Airways
37	AI/AIC	Air India
38	QF/QFA	QANTAS
39	CU/CUB	Cubana
40	PK/PIA	Pakistan International
41	RG/VRG	VARIG
42	?	Nordair
43	AZ/AZA	Alitalia
44	SA/SAA	South African Airways
45	(gone)	Seaboard World Airlines
46	JL/JAL	Japan Air Lines
47	WA/WAL	Western
48	EI/EIN	Aer Lingus, Irish International
49	FT/FTL	Flying Tigers
50	(gone)	Trek Airways
51	NW/NWA	Northwest
52	?	Aeronaves de Mexico (707 era)
53	-	USAF	[VC-137 incl. 707-353B AF One]
54	(gone)	Mohawk
55	(gone)	Executive Jet Aviation
56	IB/IBE	Iberia
57	SR/SWR	Swissair
58	LY/ELY	El Al
59	AV/AVA	AVIANCA
60	ET/ETH	Ethiopian Airlines
61	-	FAA
62	(gone)	Pacific Northern
63	GH/GHA	Ghana Airways, Faucett
64	MX/MXA	Mexicana
65	(gone)	British Eagle
66	MS/EGY	United Arab, EgyptAir
67	CX/CPA	Cathay Pacific
68	SV/SDI	Saudia
69	KU/KAC	Kuwait Airways
70	IA/IAW	Iraqi Airways
71	TV/TVA	Trans International, Transamerica
72	RD/AIR	Airlift International
73	WO/WOA	World Airways
74	?	Iraqi Airways (707 era, later Libyan Arab)
75	?	Pacific Western
76	TN/AUS	Trans-Australian, Australian
77	AN/AAA	Ansett Airlines of Australia
78	BW/BWA	BWIA
79	(gone)	Saturn
80	-	Bankers Trust (TWA)
81	NH/ANA	All Nippon
82	TP/TAP	TAP Air Portugal
83	SK/SAS	SAS
84	OA/AL	Olympic
85	(gone)	American Flyers
86	IR/IRA	Iran Air
87	AR/ARG	Aerolineas Argentinas
88	?	MEA (707 era, then Aerotechnik Deutsche Charter)
89	JD/JAS	Toa Domestic, Japan Air System
90	AS/ASA	Alaska Airlines
91	FL/FTA	Frontier
92	(gone)	Air Asia, Air America
93	  /ACL	Pacific Air Lines, Air California
94	RB/SYR	Syrianair
95	(gone)	Northeast
96	QB/QBA	Quebecair
97	AQ/AAH	Aloha
98	QC/AZR	Air Zaire
99	BR/BCA	British Caledonian
A0	LB/LLB	Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB)	[727-1A0]
A1	VP/VSP	VASP
A2	?	Modern Air
A3	PU/PUA	PLUNA
A4	  /ACL	AirCal
A5	?	Air Avia
A6	-	GATX/Boothe	[leasing]
A7	(gone)	Trans Caribbean
A8	IC/IAC	Indian Airlines
A9	?	Transair Canada
B0
B1	TM/LAM	DETA Mozambique, LAM
B2	MD/MDG	Air Madagascar
B3	UT/UTA	UTA
B4	ME/MEA	MEA
B5	KE/KAL	Korean Air Lines
B6	AT/RAM	Royal Air Maroc
B7	AL/USA	Allegheny, USAir
B8	OS/AUA	Austrian Airlines
B9	TL/TMA	TMA (Lebanon)
C0	-	GATX/Boothe	[leasing]
C1
C2
C3	SC/CRZ	Cruzeiro
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9	LG/LGL	Luxair
D0
D1	(gone)	Universal
D2
D3	RJ/RJA	Alia, Royal Jordanian
D4	OZ/OZA	Ozark
D5
D6	AH/DAH	Air Algerie
D7	TG/THA	Thai Airways	[all except 737-2P5 Advanced]
D8
D9
E0
E1	?	Eastern Provincial
E2
E3	UC/LCO	Ladeco Chile
E4
E5
E6
E7	?	Arkia
E8
E9
F0
F1	NZ/ANZ	Air New Zealand	[unused; see 19]
F2	TK/THY	THY Turkish Airlines
F3
F4
F5	-	Portuguese Air Force
F6	PR/PAL	Philippines Airlines
F7
F8	RN/RNA	Royal Nepal
F9	WT/NGA	Nigeria Airways
G0
G1	-	Government of Saudi Arabia
G2
G3
G4	-	USAF	[VC-25A / 747-2G4B AF One]
G5	LT/LTU	LTS, LTU-Sud
G6
G7	HP/AWE	America West
G8
G9
H0
H1
H2	-	ITT
H3	TU/TAR	Tunis Air
H4	WN/SWA	Southwest	[Dallas, Texas, USA]
H5	(gone)	Mey Air
H6	MH/MAS	Malaysia
H7	UY/UYC	Cameroon Airlines
H8
H9	JU/JAT	JAT
J0	JM/AJM	Air Jamaica
J1	DO/DOA	Dominicana
J2
J3
J4	NB/SAW	Sterling
J5
J6	CA/CCA	CAAC/Air China
J7	-	National Aircraft Leasing
J8	SD/SUD	Sudan Airways, now Nile Air
J9	-	Iranian Air Force
K0
K1	RO/ROT	TAROM, Romanian Government
K2	HV/TRA	Transavia
K3	LB/LLB	Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB)	[727-2K3 Advanced]
K4
K5	-	Hapag-Lloyd	[leasing]
K6	SH/SHA	SAHSA
K7
K8
K9	-	Bavaria	[leasing]
L0
L1
L2
L3
L4	-	American Capital Aviation
L5	LN/LAA	Libyan Arab Airlines
L6	(gone)	Aviation Service and Support
L7	ON/RON	Air Nauru
L8	-	Government of Jugoslavia
L9	DM/DMA	Maersk Air
M0
M1	EP/PAS	Pelita Air Service
M2	DT/DTA	TAAG Angola
M3
M4
M5
M6	BI/RBA	Royal Brunei
M7	(gone)	Hughes Air West
M8	FN/TFR	Trans European (TEA)
M9	QZ/ZAC	Zambia
N0	UM/AZW	Air Zimbabwe
N1	-	Government of Venezuela
N2
N3	-	Government of Brazil
N4
N5
N6	-	Government of Nigeria
N7	-	Government of Egypt
N8	IY/IYE	Yemen Airways, Yemenia
N9	-	Government of Niger
P0
P1	-	Government of Qatar
P2
P3
P4
P5	TG/THA	Thai Airways	[737-2P5 Advanced]
P6	GF/GFA	Gulf Air
P7
P8
P9
Q0
Q1
Q2	GN/AGN	Air Gabon
Q3	NU/SWL	Southwest Air Lines	[Okinawa, Japan]
Q4	TR/TBA	Transbrasil
Q5	-	Government of Liberia
Q6	LR/LRC	Lacsa
Q7
Q8	-	ILFC	[leasing]
Q9	-	Itel Air
R0
R1	-	Government of Cameroon
R2
R3
R4	DY/DYA	Alyemda
R5
R6	GI/GIB	Air Guinee
R7	CV/CLX	Cargolux
R8	TC/TCA	Air Tanzania
R9
S0
S1	TA/TAI	TACA
S2	FM/FDX	Federal Express	[FM or MB?]
S3	AE/AOE	Air Europe
S4	RK/RKA	Air Afrique
S5	(gone)	El Dorado Aviation
S6
S7	NC/	North Central, Republic
S8
S9	?	Maritime Investment
T0	?	Texas Air
T1
T2	-	Dome Petroleum
T3	?	Evergreen
T4	?	Air Florida
T5	?	Orion Airways
T6
T7	ZB/MON	Monarch Airlines
T8	-	General Electric
T9	-	Pratt and Whitney
U0
U1
U2
U3	GA/GIA	Garuda
U4	?	OSL Villa Holidays
U5	-	Government of Jordan
U6
U7
U8
U9	PH/PAO	Polynesian Airlines
V0
V1
V2	EQ/TAE	TAME
V3
V4
V5	BHBHS	Bahamasair
V6	?	Petrolair System SA
V7
V8	-	Air Executive, later Busy Bee
V9
W0	?	CAAC/Yunnan Provincial
W1
W2	(gone)	Aerotour
W3
W4
W5
W6	-	Government of Morocco
W7
W8	?	NOGA SA
W9
X0
X1
X2	FJ/FJI	Air Pacific
X3	   ACF	Air Charter
X4	(gone)	Supair
X5
X6	BF/MRK	Markair
X7
X8	-	Aeroplane Corp. (Wistair International)
X9	-	Indonesian Air Force
Y0	-	GPAG	[leasing]
Y1
Y2
Y3
Y4	-	private (Saudi Arabia)
Y5	KM/AMC	Air Malta
Y6
Y7
Y8
Y9
Z0	SZ/CXN	CAAC/China Southwest
Z1
Z2
Z3
Z4
Z5
Z6	-	Royal Thai Air Force
Z7
Z8	-	South Korean Air Force
Z9	NG/LDA	Lauda Air
1A	MP/MPH	Martinair
1B	CZ/CSN	CAAC/China Southern
2A
2B
2C	UK/UKA	Air UK
3A	?	Ansett Worldwide
3B	MK/MAU	Air Mauritius
3C	RN/EUL	Euralair
4A	5X/UPS	United Parcel (UPS)
5A	?	Presidential
5B	   GMI	Germania
5C	MF/CXA	Xiamen Airlines
5D	LO/LOT	LOT
5E	BR/EVA	EVA Airways
6A
6B
6C
6D	   CSH	Shanghai Airlines, CAAC/China Eastern
6E	FV/VIV	VIVA Air
7A
7B	GG/AHD	Air Holland
7C	-	Government of Japan
7D
7E	OV/QKL	Aeromaritime
8A	DP/AMM	Air 2000, Canada 2000
8B	IL/IST	Istanbul Airlines
8C
8D
8E	OZ/AAR	Asiana
9A	   ARV	ARAVCO
9B	-	Government of Brunei
9C
9D	LF/LIN	Linjeflyg

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