A good way to do it is to name the airline in full the first time then give the code and use the code after that. Example: JetBlue (B6) blah blah blah also blah blah blah also blah blah blah and B6 blah blah blah blah blah blah Just a suggestion David > B6 is jetBlue, the hottest airline around. Everyone seems to know QQ and WN, > so what is the big deal. I don't feel like typing jetBlue all the time, JB > means something else and I don't know 3 letter codes > > In a message dated 8/12/2003 10:19:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > kurtzke@xxxxxx writes: > > << Allegheny (a.k.a. Agony) become U.S. Air before it "acquired" Piedmont. > (Interesting tidbit: the other competitor for Piedmont was CSX, formerly > known as the Chessie System for you RR buffs). The reason for the name > change was the subject of much caustic and snide comments -- shortly after > the change, on a flight where everything was going wrong, an F/A said in > frustration, "it's still Allegheny." > > When U.S. Air took over Piedmont, it changed its red U.S. Air logo to a > logo where "U.S." was blue and "Air" still red (or maybe it was the > other way around). That was part of their way of "integrating" Piedmont. > It did look nicer. > > Request: When naming airlines, please give the name, especially when the > two letter code does not suggest the name. Most folks know AA is American > -- but not everyone -- but I certainly don't know what B6 is. > >>