List of airline codes (B)
This is a list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators, the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also included for completeness.
Codes
[edit]| IATA | ICAO | Airline | Call sign | Country | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBF | B-Air Charter | SPEEDCHARTER | Germany | 2014[1] | |
| CJ | CFE | BA CityFlyer | FLYER | United Kingdom | |
| TH | BRT | BA Connect | BRITISH | United Kingdom | defunct |
| EFW | BA Euroflyer | GRIFFIN | United Kingdom | BA Euroflyer subsidiary based at London Gatwick | |
| BAC | BAC Leasing Limited | United Kingdom | |||
| B4 | BCF | BACH Flugbetriebsges | BACH | Austria | |
| BOB | Backbone A/S | BACKBONE | Denmark | ||
| J4 | BDR | Badr Airlines | BADR AIR | Sudan | |
| BAE | BAE Systems | FELIX | United Kingdom | Corporate Air Travel | |
| UP | BHS | Bahamasair | BAHAMAS | Bahamas | |
| BAB | Bahrain Air BSC (Closed) | AWAL | Bahrain | ||
| BFW | Bahrain Defence Force | SUMMAN | Bahrain | ||
| BXA | Bahrain Executive Air Services | BEXAIR | Bahrain | ||
| BJA | Baja Air | BAJA AIR | Mexico | ||
| 8Q* | BAJ | Baker Aviation | RODEO | United States | |
| OGJ | Bakoji Airlines Services | BAKO AIR | Nigeria | ||
| V9 | BTC | BAL Bashkirian Airlines | BASHKIRIAN | Russia | |
| BEF | Balear Express | BALEAR EXPRESS | Spain | ||
| BLN | Bali International Air Service | BIAR | Indonesia | ||
| BAA | Balkan Agro Aviation | BALKAN AGRO | Bulgaria | ||
| LZ | LAZ | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines | BALKAN | Bulgaria | defunct |
| BHI | Balkh Airlines | SHARIF | Afghanistan | ||
| PNT | Balmoral Central Contracts | PORTNET | South Africa | ||
| BQ | BTL | Baltia Air Lines | BALTIA | United States | Callsign changed from "BALTIA FLIGHT" in 2015[2] |
| BLL | Baltic Airlines | BALTIC AIRLINES | Russia | ||
| BLT | Baltic Aviation | BALTAIR | United States | ||
| BJC | Baltic Jet Aircompany | BALTIC JET | Latvia | ||
| BTH | Baltijas Helicopters | BALTIJAS HELICOPTERS | Latvia | ||
| CPJ | Baltimore Air Transport | CORPJET | United States | ||
| EAH | Baltimore Airways | EASTERN | United States | ||
| BTK | Baltyka | BALTYKA | Ukraine | ||
| QH | BAV | Bamboo Airways | BAMBOO | Vietnam | |
| QO | AJC | Bar Harbor Airlines | BAR HARBOR | United States | |
| BAX Global | |||||
| AUJ | Business Flight Salzburg | AUSTROJET | Austria | ||
| CWR | Beijing City International Jet | CITY WORLD | China | ||
| BJV | Beijing Vistajet Aviation | BEIJING VISTA | China | ||
| BHK | Blu Halkin | BLUEHAKIN | United Kingdom | ||
| BXJ | Brixtel Group | BRIXTEL JET | United States | ||
| BYG | Bygone Aviation | BYGONE | United States | ||
| BBJ | Blue Air Lines | BLUE KOREA | South Korea | ||
| BCJ | Blue Jet Charters | BLUE BOY | Poland | ||
| BNA | Bun Air Corporation | BUN AIR | United States | ||
| B3 | BTN | Bhutan Airlines | BHUTAN AIR | Bhutan | |
| BAF | Belgian Air Force | BELGIAN AIRFORCE | Belgium | ||
| BAK | Blackhawk Airways | BLACKHAWK | United States | ||
| L9 | BAL | Belle Air Europe | BELLEAIR EUROPE | Italy | Previously Britannia Airways |
| BAL | Britannia Airways | BRITANNIA | United Kingdom | Defunct | |
| BAM | Business Air Services | BUSINESS AIR | Canada | ||
| BAN | British Antarctic Survey | PENGUIN | United Kingdom | ||
| BAR | Bradly Air (Charter) Services | BRADLEY | Canada | ||
| BAU | Bissau Airlines | AIR BISSAU | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| BAV | Bay Aviation Ltd | BAY AIR | Bangladesh | ||
| BA | BAW | British Airways | SPEEDBIRD | United Kingdom | |
| BAX | Best Aero Handling Ltd | Russia | |||
| BAY | Bravo Airways | BRAVOAVIANCA | Ukraine | ||
| BBA | Bannert Air | BANAIR | Austria | ||
| BG | BBC | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | BANGLADESH | Bangladesh | |
| BO | BBD | Bluebird Nordic | BLUE CARGO | Iceland | |
| BBS | Beibars CJSC | BEIBARS | Kazakhstan | ||
| BBV | Bravo Airlines | BRAVO EUROPE | Spain | ||
| BO | BBW | BB Airways | BEEBEE AIRWAYS | Nepal | |
| BBZ | Bluebird Aviation | COBRA | Kenya | ||
| SI | BCI | Blue Islands | BLUE ISLAND | United Kingdom | |
| EO | BCL | British Caribbean Airways | United Kingdom | defunct | |
| BCR | British Charter | BACKER | United Kingdom | ||
| BCT | BCT Aviation | BOBCAT | United Kingdom | ||
| BCV | Business Aviation Center | BUSINESS AVIATION | Ukraine | ||
| WX | BCY | CityJet | CITY JET | Ireland | |
| BZ | BDA | Blue Dart Aviation | BLUE DART | India | |
| JA | BON | B&H Airlines | Air Bosna | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| BDF | Bissau Discovery Flying Club | BISSAU DISCOVERY | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| AYB | Belgian Army | BELGIAN ARMY | Belgium | ||
| BEA | Best Aviation Ltd | BEST AIR | Bangladesh | ||
| BED | Belgorod Air Enterprise | BELOGORYE | Russia | defunct | |
| BEH | Bel Air Helicopters | BLUECOPTER | Denmark | ||
| BEK | Berkut Air | BERKUT | Kazakhstan | ||
| BET | BETA - Brazilian Express Transportes Aéreos | BETA CARGO | Brazil | ||
| BFC | Basler Flight Service | BASLER | United States | ||
| BFG | Bear Flight | BEARFLIGHT | Sweden | ||
| J4 | BFL | Buffalo Airways | BUFFALO | Canada | |
| BFO | Bombardier | BOMBARDIER | Canada | ||
| BFR | Burkina Airlines | BURKLINES | Burkina Faso | ||
| BFS | Business Flight Sweden | BUSINESS FLIGHT | Sweden | ||
| 8H | BGH | BH Air | BALKAN HOLIDAYS | Bulgaria | |
| BGI | British Gulf International | BRITISH GULF | São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
| BGK | British Gulf International-Fez | GULF INTER | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| A8 | BGL | Benin Golf Air | BENIN GOLF | Benin | |
| BGM | Bugulma Air Enterprise | BUGAVIA | Russia | ||
| BGR | Budget Air Bangladesh | BUDGET AIR | Bangladesh | ||
| BGT | Bergen Air Transport | BERGEN AIR | Norway | ||
| U4 | BHA | Buddha Air | BUDDHA AIR | Nepal | |
| UH | BHL | Bristow Helicopters | BRISTOW | United Kingdom | |
| BHN | Bristow Helicopters Nigeria | BRISTOW HELICOPTERS | Nigeria | ||
| BHO | Bhoja Airlines | BHOJA | Pakistan | ||
| 4T | BHP | Belair Airlines | BELAIR | Switzerland | |
| BHR | Bighorn Airways | BIGHORN AIR | United States | ||
| BHT | Bright Air | BRIGHTAIR | Netherlands | ICAO code and call sign no longer allocated | |
| E6 | Bringer Air Cargo Taxi Aéreo | Brazil | |||
| BHY | Bosphorus European Airways | BOSPHORUS | Turkey | ||
| BID | Binair | BINAIR | Germany | ||
| BIG | Big Island Air | BIG ISLE | United States | ||
| BS | BIH | British International Helicopters | BRINTEL | United Kingdom | |
| BIL | Billund Air Center | BILAIR | Denmark | ||
| BIN | Boise Interagency Fire Center | BISON-AIR | United States | ||
| BIO | Bioflight A/S | BIOFLIGHT | Denmark | ||
| BIR | Bird Leasing | BIRD AIR | United States | ||
| BIZ | Bizjet Ltd | BIZZ | United Kingdom | ||
| BJS | Business Jet Solutions | SOLUTION | United States | ||
| B4 | BKA | Bankair | BANKAIR | United States | |
| BKF | BF-Lento OY | BAKERFLIGHT | Finland | ||
| BKK | Blink | BLINKAIR | United Kingdom | ||
| BKJ | Barken International | BARKEN JET | United States | ||
| PG | BKP | Bangkok Airways | BANGKOK AIR | Thailand | |
| BKV | Bukovyna | BUKOVYNA | Ukraine | ||
| BLB | Blue Bird Aviation | BLUEBIRD SUDAN | Sudan | ||
| BLC | Bellesavia | BELLESAVIA | Belarus | ||
| BLE | Blue Line | BLUE BERRY | France | ||
| KF | BLF | Blue1 | BLUEFIN | Finland | |
| BLG | Belgavia | BELGAVIA | Belgium | ||
| BLH | Blue Horizon Travel Club | BLUE HORIZON | United States | ||
| BLJ | Blue Jet | BLUEWAY | Spain | ||
| BLM | Blue Sky Airlines | BLUE ARMENIA | Armenia | defunct | |
| JV | BLS | Bearskin Lake Air Service | BEARSKIN | Canada | |
| B3 | BLV | Bellview Airlines | BELLVIEW AIRLINES | Nigeria | |
| BD | BMA | BMI | MIDLAND | United Kingdom | defunct |
| 2T | BMA | BermudAir | GOSLING | Bermuda | |
| BM | BMR | BMI Regional | MIDLAND | United Kingdom | |
| BMD | British Medical Charter | BRITISH MEDICAL | United Kingdom | ||
| BME | Briggs Marine Environmental Services | BRIGGS | United Kingdom | ||
| BMH | Bristow Masayu Helicopters | MASAYU | Indonesia | ||
| WW | BMI | Bmibaby | BABY | United Kingdom | defunct |
| CH | BMJ | Bemidji Airlines | BEMIDJI | United States | |
| 5Z | BML | Bismillah Airlines | BISMILLAH | Bangladesh | IATA code in use by another company |
| BMN | Bowman Aviation | BOWMAN | United States | ||
| BMW | BMW | BMW-FLIGHT | Germany | ||
| BMX | Banco de Mexico | BANXICO | Mexico | ||
| BND | Bond Offshore Helicopters | BOND | United Kingdom | ||
| BNE | Benina Air | BENINA AIR | Libya | ||
| BN | BNF | Braniff International Airways | Braniff | United States | defunct |
| BNG | BN Group Limited | VECTIS | United Kingdom | ||
| BNJ | Air Service Liège (ASL) | JET BELGIUM | Belgium | ||
| BNL | Blue Nile Ethiopia Trading | NILE TRADING | Ethiopia | ||
| BNR | Bonair Aviation | BONAIR | Canada | ||
| BNS | Bancstar - Valley National Corporation | BANCSTAR | United States | ||
| BNT | Bentiu Air Transport | BENTIU AIR | Sudan | ||
| BNV | Benane Aviation Corporation | BENANE | Mauritania | ||
| BNW | British North West Airlines | BRITISH NORTH | United Kingdom | ||
| BOD | Bond Air Services | UGABOND | Uganda | ||
| BOA | Boniair | KUMANOVO | North Macedonia | ||
| AB | BNZ | Bonza | BONZA | Australia | Defunct |
| BOE | Boeing | BOEING | United States | ||
| BOF | Bordaire | BORDAIR | Canada | ||
| BOO | Bookajet Limited | BOOKAJET | United Kingdom | ||
| BO | BOU | Bouraq Indonesia Airlines | BOURAQ | Indonesia | |
| BV | BPA | Blue Panorama Airlines | BLUE PANOROMA | Italy | |
| BPK | Berkhut ZK | VENERA | Kazakhstan | ||
| BPO | Bundespolizei-Fliegertruppe | PIROL | Germany | ||
| BPS | Budapest Aircraft Services/Manx2 | BASE | Hungary | ||
| BPT | Bonus Aviation | BONUS | United Kingdom | ||
| BPX | British Petroleum Exploration | Colombia | |||
| 7R | BRB | BRA-Transportes Aéreos | BRA-TRANSPAEREOS | Brazil | |
| BRD | Brock Air Services | BROCK AIR | Canada | ||
| BRE | Breeze Ltd | AVIABREEZE | Ukraine | ||
| 8E | BRG | Bering Air | BERING AIR | United States | |
| BRK | Briansk State Air Enterprise | BRIANSK-AVIA | Russia | ||
| BRN | Branson Airlines | BRANSON | United States | ||
| BRO | BASE Regional Airlines | COASTRIDER | Netherlands | ICAO code in use by another company, call sign no longer allocated | |
| BRS | Brazilian Air Force | BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE | Brazil | ||
| TH | BRT | British Regional Airlines | BRITISH | United Kingdom | defunct |
| B2 | BRU | Belavia Belarusian Airlines | BELARUS AVIA | Belarus | |
| BRV | Bravo Air Congo | BRAVO | Democratic Republic of the Congo | defunct | |
| BRW | Bright Aviation Services | BRIGHT SERVICES | Bulgaria | ||
| BRX | Buffalo Express Airlines | BUFF EXPRESS | United States | ||
| BRY | Burundayavia | BURAIR | Kazakhstan | ||
| BSC | Bistair - Fez | BIG SHOT | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| BSD | Blue Star Airlines | AIRLINES STAR | Mexico | ||
| BSI | Brasair Transportes Aéreos | BRASAIR | Brazil | ||
| BSJ | Blue Swan Aviation | BLUE SWAN | United Kingdom | ICAO Code and callsign (BSJ/BLUE SWAN) withdrawn | |
| BSM | Blue Sky Aviation | Lebanon | |||
| BSS | Bissau Aero Transporte | BISSAU AIRSYSTEM | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| BST | Best Air | TUNCA | Turkey | ||
| BSW | Blue Sky Airways | SKY BLUE | Czech Republic | ||
| GQ | BSY | Big Sky Airlines | BIG SKY | United States | |
| BTI | Air Baltic | Air Baltic | Latvia | ||
| ID | BTK | Batik Air | BATIK | Indonesia | |
| 4B | BTQ | Boutique Air | BOUTIQUE | United States | |
| BTR | Botir-Avia | BOTIR-AVIA | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| BTT | BT-Slavuta | BEETEE-SLAVUTA | Ukraine | ||
| Y6 | BTV | Batavia Air | BATAVIA | Indonesia | As of June 1, 2010, IATA code changed to Y6. |
| L9 | BTZ | Bristow U.S. LLC | BRISTOW | United States | |
| 1T | BUC | Bulgarian Air Charter | BULGARIAN CHARTER | Bulgaria | |
| BUL | Blue Airlines | BLUE AIRLINES | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| BU | BUN | Buryat Airlines Aircompany | BURAL | Russia | |
| BUZ | Buzz Stansted | BUZZ | United Kingdom | ||
| BVA | Buffalo Airways | BUFFALO AIR | United States | ||
| BVC | Bulgarian Aeronautical Centre | BULGARIAN WINGS | Bulgaria | ||
| BVN | Baron Aviation Services | SHOW-ME | United States | ||
| J8 | BVT | Berjaya Air | BERJAYA | Malaysia | |
| B3 | BVU | Bellview Airlines, Sierra Leone | BELLVIEW AIRLINES | Sierra Leone | |
| BWD | Bluewest Helicopters-Greenland | BLUEWEST | Denmark | ||
| QW | BWG | Blue Wings | BLUE WINGS | Germany | defunct |
| BWI | Blue Wing Airlines | BLUE TAIL | Suriname | ||
| BWL | British World Airlines | BRITWORLD | United Kingdom | ||
| BXH | Bar XH Air | PALLISER | Canada | ||
| SN | BXI | Brussels Airlines | XENIA | Belgium | defunct as Brussels International Airlines in 2001 |
| BYA | Berry Aviation | BERRY | United States | ||
| BYC | Cambodia Bayon Airlines | Bayon Air | Cambodia | ||
| BYF | San Carlos Flight Center | BAY FLIGHT | United States | ||
| BYL | Bylina Joint-Stock Company | BYLINA | Russia | ||
| BYR | Berytos Airlines | Lebanon | |||
| BYE | Bayu Indonesia Air | BAYU | Indonesia | ||
| BZA | Bizair Fluggesellschaft | BERLIN BEAR | Germany | ||
| DB | BZH | Brit Air | BRITAIR | France | |
| BZZ | Butane Buzzard Aviation Corporation | BUZZARD | United Kingdom | ||
| JD | CBJ | Beijing Capital Airlines | CAPITAL JET | China | |
| CKM | BKS Air (Rivaflecha) | COSMOS | Spain | ||
| CLF | Bristol Flying Centre | CLIFTON | United Kingdom | ||
| CLN | Barnes Olsen Aeroleasing | SEELINE | United Kingdom | ||
| E9 | CXS | Boston-Maine Airways | CLIPPER CONNECTION | United States | Pan Am Clipper Connection Pan Am III |
| SN | BEL | Brussels Airlines | BEE-LINE | Belgium | |
| EBA | Bond Aviation | BOND AVIATION | Italy | ||
| EXB | Brazilian Army Aviation | BRAZILIAN ARMY | Brazil | ||
| EXP | Business Express Delivery | EXPRESS AIR | Canada | ||
| FOS | Bel Limited | Russia | |||
| GAA | Business Express | BIZEX | United States | ||
| HAW | Bangkok Aviation Center | THAI HAWK | Thailand | ||
| HAX | Benair | SCOOP | Norway | ||
| NT | IBB | Binter Canarias | BINTER | Spain | |
| IRJ | Bonyad Airlines | BONYAD AIR | Iran | ||
| IVR | Burundaiavia | RERUN | Kazakhstan | ||
| 0B | BLA | Blue Air | BLUE AIR | Romania | |
| KJ | LAJ | British Mediterranean Airways | BEE MED | United Kingdom | defunct |
| LBY | Belle Air | ALBAN-BELLE | Albania | ||
| LED | Blom Geomatics | SWEEPER | Norway | ||
| LTL | Benin Littoral Airways | LITTORAL | Benin | ||
| LXJ | Bombardier Business Jet Solutions | FLEXJET | United States | ||
| FB | LZB | Bulgaria Air | FLYING BULGARIA | Bulgaria | |
| MBR | Brazilian Navy Aviation | BRAZILIAN NAVY | Brazil | ||
| 8N | NKF | Barents AirLink | NORDFLIGHT | Sweden | previously Nordkalottflyg |
| NYB | Belgian Navy | BELGIAN NAVY | Belgium | ||
| OTA | Business Aviators | OUTLAW | United States | 2014[1] | |
| OUF | Beijing Eofa International Jet | ELEMENT | China | 2014[1] | |
| PEB | Benders Air | PALEMA | Sweden | ||
| POI | BGB Air | BOJBAN | Kazakhstan | ||
| PPS | Butte Aviation | PIPESTONE | United States | ||
| PVO | Bearing Supplies Limited | PROVOST | United Kingdom | ||
| RHD | Bond Air Services | RED HEAD | United Kingdom | ||
| RLR | Business Airfreight | RATTLER | United States | ||
| RRS | Boscombe Down DERA (Formation) | BLACKBOX | United Kingdom | ||
| SCJ | Business Jet Sweden | SCANJET | Sweden | ||
| SHT | British Airways Shuttle | SHUTTLE | United Kingdom | BA domestic services | |
| SKH | British Sky Broadcasting | SKYNEWS | United Kingdom | ||
| TBL | Bell Aliant Regional Communications | TELCO | Canada | ||
| TXB | Bell Helicopter Textron | TEXTRON | Canada | ||
| UKA | Buzzaway Limited | UKAY | United Kingdom | ||
| VLX | Biz Jet Charter | AVOLAR | United States | ||
| VOL | Blue Chip Jet | BLUE SPEED | Sweden | ||
| WFD | BAE Systems | AVRO | United Kingdom | Woodford Flight Test | |
| WTN | BAE Systems | TARNISH | United Kingdom | Warton Military Flight Ops | |
| XBO | Baseops International | United States | |||
| XDA | Bureau Veritas | France | |||
| XMS | British Airways Santa | SANTA | United Kingdom | Christmas charter flights | |
| ZBA | Boskovic Air Charters Limited | BOSKY | Kenya | ||
| JMP | Businesswings | JUMP RUN | Germany | ||
| OB | BOV | Boliviana de Aviación | BOLIVIANA | Bolivia | |
| YB | BRJ | Borajet | BORA JET | Turkey | |
| MX | MXY | Breeze Airways | MOXY | United States |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FAA Document JO 7340.2E" (PDF). www.faa.gov. 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "FAA Regulations" (PDF). www.faa.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- * on IATA code indicates a controlled duplicate.
- italics indicates a defunct airline.
See also
[edit]- International Air Transport Association airport code
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- IATA has divided the world into 3 areas. These are also known as Traffic conference areas (TC-1 / TC-2 / TC-3)
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- International Civil Aviation Organization (official site)
- Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services (Doc8585) Publications Purchasing (official site)
- ICAO Aviation Data Service (official site)
- Airline Designator / Code Database Search Archived 2005-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (from The Airline Codes Web Site)
- Airline Designator / Code Database Search (from Aviation Codes Central Web Site - Regular Updates)
- Airline Designator / Code Listing (from FAA Web Site)
- European Airline Designator / Code Database Search (Eurocontrol Web Site)