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Saying goodbye to US Airways “Cactus” Callsign
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<p>[QUOTE="tmount, post: 224658, member: 152"]</p><p><img src="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature.jpg" data-url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/saying-goodbye-to-us-airways-cactus-callsign/"><img src="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature-300x135.jpg" data-url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature-300x135.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature.jpg"><img src="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature.jpg" data-url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Avgeeks throughout the twittersphere have offered photos and remembrance for US Airways “Cactus” Callsign. Why is today the last day for Cactus? Because its been widely reported that <a href="http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/goodbye-cactus-american-airlines-us-airways-expect-a-single-operating-certificate-on-april-8.html/">American Airlines anticipates getting a Single Operating Certificate on 8 April</a>. With that, all American Airlines planes — whether former US Airways or American Airlines) will sport the “American” callsign.</p><p></p><p>In that spirit, I thought I’d highlight some other “cool” callsigns:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">US Airways “Cactus” callsign is actually from its America West days.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Republic Airways callsign is “Brickyard” – not something I’d expect for an airline</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tiger Airways Australia’s is “Go Cat” — if only they went with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats">ThunderCat</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">British Airways Ltd.’s London City (LCY) to New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) flight operated by an A318 use the callsign of “Gherkin” – <a href="http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/43419-British-Airways-Launches-New-Subsidiary-to-Operate-Existing-A318-Transatlantic-Flight">which apparently pays homage to the pickle skyscraper in London’s business district</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Singapore’s low cost carrier, Scoot Airlines, goes by Scooter – not terribly out of the ordinary, but fun, much like the airline looks (until you look at the <a href="http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Scoot_Airlines/Scoot_Airlines_Boeing_777-200ER.php">seatmap</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Delta Connection Kenya (now called “D-Connection”) uses the callsign of “Nilecat”</li> </ul><p>You can check out a bunch more via <a href="http://airodyssey.net/reference/airlines/">Airodyssey.net</a> (my source for most of the above).</p><p></p><p>H/T <a href="https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer/status/585453253610995712">@AirlineFlyer</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/saying-goodbye-to-us-airways-cactus-callsign/">Continue reading...</a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="tmount, post: 224658, member: 152"] [IMG]https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/saying-goodbye-to-us-airways-cactus-callsign/'][IMG]https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature-300x135.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature.jpg'][IMG]https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/06/usairways-feature.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Avgeeks throughout the twittersphere have offered photos and remembrance for US Airways “Cactus” Callsign. Why is today the last day for Cactus? Because its been widely reported that [URL='http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/goodbye-cactus-american-airlines-us-airways-expect-a-single-operating-certificate-on-april-8.html/']American Airlines anticipates getting a Single Operating Certificate on 8 April[/URL]. With that, all American Airlines planes — whether former US Airways or American Airlines) will sport the “American” callsign. In that spirit, I thought I’d highlight some other “cool” callsigns: [LIST] [*]US Airways “Cactus” callsign is actually from its America West days. [*]Republic Airways callsign is “Brickyard” – not something I’d expect for an airline [*]Tiger Airways Australia’s is “Go Cat” — if only they went with [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats']ThunderCat[/URL] [*]British Airways Ltd.’s London City (LCY) to New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) flight operated by an A318 use the callsign of “Gherkin” – [URL='http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/43419-British-Airways-Launches-New-Subsidiary-to-Operate-Existing-A318-Transatlantic-Flight']which apparently pays homage to the pickle skyscraper in London’s business district[/URL]. [*]Singapore’s low cost carrier, Scoot Airlines, goes by Scooter – not terribly out of the ordinary, but fun, much like the airline looks (until you look at the [URL='http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Scoot_Airlines/Scoot_Airlines_Boeing_777-200ER.php']seatmap[/URL]) [*]Delta Connection Kenya (now called “D-Connection”) uses the callsign of “Nilecat” [/LIST] You can check out a bunch more via [URL='http://airodyssey.net/reference/airlines/']Airodyssey.net[/URL] (my source for most of the above). H/T [URL='https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer/status/585453253610995712']@AirlineFlyer[/URL] [url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/saying-goodbye-to-us-airways-cactus-callsign/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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