Thanks Walter, I posted that about six and a half hours ago. Good old google search Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "W Wilson" <wlw-jr@att.net> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:03 PM Subject: Re: Dallas Morning News: Airport Codes > http://www.icao.org/cgi/goto.pl?icao/en/history.htm > > Walter > DCA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "allan9" <exatc@neo.rr.com> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > > > Could be I'm wrong again. it wouldn't be the first and definitely won't > be > > the last. I was under the assumption IATA was the International Airline > > Transport Association. Didn't think we had to many international airlines > > then. I assumed it was a member (airline) organization thta lobbied for > the > > airlines internationally. > > > > Don't forget the UN was a quasi replacement for the League of Nations. > > I was taught in school that ICAO came into existence to standardize > aviation > > worldwide. > > > > Al > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <damiross@attbi.com> > > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 2:21 PM > > Subject: Re: Dallas Morning News: Airport Codes > > > > > > > I don't think so. The ICAO is a UN organization so it's > > > only been around since after WW2 > > > > > > -- > > > David Ross > > > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > > > > <<> Walter, > > > > > The other way. IATA matches ICAO..... > > > > > ICAO around long before any one thought of IATA>> > > > > > > > > <<The modern IATA is the successor to the International Air Traffic > > Association > > > > founded in the Hague in 1919, the year of the world's first > > international > > > > scheduled services.>> > > > > > > > > ICAO's older than that? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > >