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Airline Codes

Notes: 2 let.=IATA character designator code 3 fig.=The Airline prefix number which forms the first three degits on travel doc.&airway bill Airline// Airline Codes Aer Lingus// EI //053 Aeromexpress Cargo Airlines// QO //976 Aeroflot-Russian Int'l Airlines// SU //555 Aerolineas Argentinas// AR //044 Air Canada// AC //014 Air France// AF //057 Air Hongkong// LD //288 Air India// AI //098 Air Macau// NX //675 Air Madagascar// MD //258 Air Mauritius// MK //239 Air New Zealand// NZ //086 Alitalia Airlines// AZ //055 All Nippon Aieways// NH //205 Aloha Airlines// AQ //327 America West Airlines// HP //401 America Airlines// AA //001 Amerijet Int'l Inc// M6 //810 Arrow Air// JW //404 Asiana Airlines// AO //081 Bangkok Airways// PG //829 Biman Bangladesh Airlines// BG //997 British Airways// BA //125 British Midland// BD //236 C.A.L Cargo Airlines Ltd// CH //700 Cargolux Airlines// CV //172 Cathay Pacific Airways// CX //160 Cebu Pacific// 5J //203 China Airlines// CI //297 China Ea...
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India Place Name Changes

Mumbai vs. Bombay Mumbai is one of the world's ten largest cities today and is located in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This world-class city wasn't always known by this name however. Mumbai was formerly known as Bombay, which has its origins in the 1600s with the Portuguese. During their colonization of the area, they began calling it Bombaim - Portuguese for "Good Bay." In 1661 though, this Portuguese colony was given to King Charles II of England after he married the Portuguese princess Catherine de Braganza. When the British then took control of the colony, its name became Bombay- an anglicized version of Bombaim. The name Bombay then stuck until 1996 when the Indian government changed it to Mumbai. It is believed that this was the name of a Kolis settlement in the same area because many Kolis communities were named after their Hindu deities. By the early 20th Century, one of these settlements was named Mumbadevi for a goddess of the same name. Therefore the ch...
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