Airlines & airports ✈️ 机场
Although trains are my preferred travel tool, but some airline is simply a better tool. Here are some: fleet size / destinations; stock price 2025.6.02
- AC, Air Canada,
- CX, Cathay Pacific, 1946: 180/83; HKG: 0293 HK$10
- CA, Air China 中国国际, 1988: 537/218
- CZ, China Southern 南方, 1988: 708/233
- MU, China Eastern 东方, 1988: 680/232
- UA, United, 1926: 1,034/380; UAL $80
- DL, Delta, 1925: 985/311; DAL $48
- AA, American, 1926/36: 988/353; AAL $11
- LH, Lufthansa, 1953/55: 274/229; lhag €7
- 4Y, Discover, 2021: 29/62
- VS, Virgin Atlantic, 1984: 44/22
- VA, Virgin Australia
- BA, British Airways, 1974: 244/206; ba £335
- AF, Air France, 1919: 226/184; airf €9
- KE, Korean Air, 1962: 167/108; $16 (22,650krw)
- JL, Japan Air, 1951: 146/91; japsy $10.81
- WN, SouthWest, 1971: 801/117; luv $33
- F9, Frontier Air, 1994: 163/85; ULCC $4
- B6, JetBlue, 1998: 286/114; JBLU $5
- EL, Air Lingus, 1936: 58/97
- AK, AirAsia, 1993: 255/166
- CI, China Air, 1959: 85/102; 中华航空
- FM, Shanghai Airlines 1985: 88/85; 上海航空
- MU, China Eastern Airlines 1988: 663/226; 中国东方
- AR, Argentina, 1950: 82/?
- IB, Iberia 1927: 92/130
- A3, Aegean, 1995/99: 67/118
- BR, Eva, 1991
- TP, Tap Portugal, 1945/6: 94/87
Some airports …
US # in US / # world
- ALT #1 – Atlanta (Delta) #1
- JFK #6 – John F. Kennedy (JetBlue; DL, AA)
- LGA – La Guardia (DL terminal C; B has AA & more)
- EWR – Newark, NJ UA terminal A
- TPA – Tampa
- SFO – San Francisco
- OAK – Oakland
- LAX #4 – Los Angeles
- DFW #2 – Dallas/Fort Worth (AA) #3
- IAH – Houston
- IAD – DC: Dulles Int’l
- DCA – DC: Ronald Reagan
- HSV – Huntsville
- ORD #5 – Chicago (United) #7
- SAF – Santa Fe regional
- SLC, 1911: Salt Lake City
- MSP, 1920, Twin City
- DEN #3 – Denver, CO #6
Americas
- CUN – Cancun
- EZE – Buenos Aires, Argentina
- GIG – Rio de Janeiro
- MGA – Managua
- SDU – Santos Dumont @ Rio de Janeiro
- USH – Ushuaia
- YHZ – Halifax, Canada
- YYZ – Toronto
China, includes Hong Kong & Taiwan
- PEK – Beijing
- PVG – Shanghai #10
- SHA – Shanghai
- TPE – Taipei
- TNA – Ji’nan
Asia & MidEast
- HND – Haneda, Tokyo #4
- NTR – Narita
- ICN – Seoul
- BKK – Bangkok
- DMK – Bangkok
- SAI – Siem Reap
- SGN – Saigon
- DXB – Dubai #2
- IST – Istanbul #8
- DEL – Delhi, India #9
Europe
- LIS – Lisbon
- CDG – Charles de Gaulle (AF)
- FRA – Frankfurt am Main (LH)
- IST – Istanbul
- LHR, 1946 London Heathrow (BA) #5
- LGW – Gatwick
- ORY – Paris Orly
- PRG – Prague
- MUC @ Munich
- ATH, 2001, Athens
- WAW, 1934, Warsaw
- KRK, Kraków
- MAD, Madrid / Iberia
- KEF – Reykjavík, Iceland
- GOH: Nuuk, Greenland
