FCO - Rome ORY - Paris Orly CDG - Paris Charles De Gaulle SVO - Moscow Sheremetyevo Practially any Canadian city..... Okay, so maybe these are a bit too well known. ----- Original Message ----- From: "talkafrica" <talkafrica@zol.co.zw> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 13:48 Subject: HELP -- City airport codes > A challenge for the list -- please can you help. > > Tomorrow I am lecturing DHL Zimbabwe on client service ... and how important > it is to have a good product knowledge. > > Courier companies tag parcels with airport codes of the nearest airport to > the parcel's destination and I plan to check their knowledge of the major > codes like LHR and LAX, but I'l also like to throw in a few more obscure > ones. > > For example, Bulawayo here in Zimbabwe is BUQ. Where the Q comes from I > don't know, but there it is. > > Do you know of any other airports that have unusual codes that don't match > the name of the town. > > I'm sure the DHL people will have a lot of laughs about this tomorrow if I > can come up with some brainteasers and I would welcome the help of the list > please. > > Geoff in Harare