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Extracted from the "Plane Talk" column by Jean Baker, Sept through Dec 98.
ABEX - Airborne Express
AEROMEXICO - Aerovias de Mexico SA DE CV
AIR FORCE ONE - US Presidential Flight
AIR FORCE TWO - US Vice Presidential Flight
AIRFRANS - Air France
AIR VAN - Air-Vanuatu
AIR ZAIRE - Air Zaire Societe
ALASKA - Alaska-Airlines, Inc.
ALL NIPPON - All Nippon Airways, Co., Ltd.
ALOHA - Aloha Airlines, Inc.
AMERICAN CHECK - Flight Line, Inc.
AMERIJET - Amerijet International
AMTRAN - American Trans-Air, Inc.
ANKGASA - Royal Malaysian Air Force
ANK AIR - Air Nippon Company, Ltd.
ANSETT - Ansett Airlines of Australia
ANZA - Ansett New Zealand
ARGENTINA - Aerolineas Argentinas
ARPA - Air Panama Internacional
ASCOT - Air Support Command Operations Task (RAF Air Transport)
ASIANA - Asiana Airlines
ASPEN AIR - Aspen Airways
AUSSIE - Royal Australian Air Force
AVIANCA - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia S.A.
BANGLADESH - Bangladesh Biman
BEECH TEST - Beech Aircraft Corp.
BIG "A" - Arrow Airways, Inc.
BLUE STREAK - USAirways Commuter
BLUE RIDGE - United Airlines Commuter
BIZEX - Business Express
BRUNEI - Royal Brunei Airlines
CACTUS - America West Airlines
CANFORCE - Canadian Forces Aircraft
CANFORCE 1 - Canadian Prime Minister Flight
CARGOLUX - Cargolux Airlines International
CARNIVAL AIR - Subsidiary of Carnival Cruise Lines
CATHAY - Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd.
CAYMAN - Cayman Airways, Ltd.
CHAUTAUQUA - USAirways Commuter
COMAIR - Comair, Inc.
CONNIE - Connie Kalitta Services, Inc.
DAHL - DHL Airways, Inc.
DEHAVILLND - Boeing-Dehavilland Canada
DUBAI - Dubai Airwing
DOVE - Danube Air Ltd
EGYPTAIR - Egypt Air
EL AL - El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd.
EXAM - CAA Flight Examiners
EXECJET - Executive Jet Aviation, Inc.
EXECUTIVE 1 FOXTROT - US President's Family Flight
FEDEX - Federal Express
FIRST AIR - First Air Courier, Inc.
FLIGHT CHECK - FAA FINFO Flight Inspection Aircraft
FORD - Ford Motor Company
FRANCE AIR FORCE - Force Aerienne Francaise
GULF FLIGHT - Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc.
GUY AIR - Guyana Airways Corp.
GENERAL MOTORS - General Motors Corp.
HAPAG-LLOYD - Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft MBH
HAWKER - Dunsfold BAE
HUSTLER - Exec Express, Inc.
ICEAIR - Icelandair
INDONESIA - Garuda Indonesian P. T.
IRANAIR - Iran National Airlines Corp.
IRAQI - Iraqi Airways
JAGUAR - Belize Trans Air
JAPAN CHARTER - Japan Air Charter Co. Ltd.
JETSET - Air 2000
JORDANIAN - Royal Jordanian Airlines
JOHN DEERE - Deere & Co.
JULIETT MIKE - Air Jamaica
KIWI - Royal New Zealand Air Force
KUWAITI - Kuwait Airways Corp.
LATE NIGHT - Midnite Express, Inc.
LOCKHEED - Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
MALEV - Hungarian Airlines
MAROCAIR - Royal Air Maroc
MEDIVAC - General Callsign Worldwide for Medical Evac Aircraft
MERIDIAN - Meridian Air Cargo, Inc.
MEXICANA - Conpania Mexicana de Aviacion S.A.
MID PAC - Mid Pacific Airlines, Inc.
METMAN - Meteorological Research Flights
MIDEX - Mid-West Express
MIKE ROMEO - Air Mauritanie
MOBIL - Mobil Oil, Ltd.
MOTOR CITY - Falcon Air, Inc.
NASA - National Aeronautics And Space Administration
NEW ZEALAND - Air New Zealand, Ltd.
NORWEGIAN - Royal Norwegian Air Force
ODYSSEY - Odyssey international
OLYMPIC - Olympic Airways S.A.
OSCAR NOVEMBER - Air Nauru
PARAGUYA - Lineas Aereas Paraguayas
PARCEL EXPRESS - Apex Air Cargo
PERU - Aeronaves Del Peru S. A.
PHILIPPINE - Philippine Air Lines, Inc.
POLISH AIR FORCE 1 - Presidential Flight
PROMPTAIR - Air Cargo Carriers, Inc.
QANTAS - QANTAS Airways Limited
RAINBIRD - Island Air Express
RED CROSS - International Red Cross
REEVE - Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc.
REGAL - Crownair
RELIANT - Reliant Airlines, Inc.
RICHAIR - Rich International Airways, Inc.
ROMEO NOVEMBER - Royal Air Inter
ROYAL JET 8200 - King's Flight VIP Aircraft (Jordan)
ROYAL NEPAL - Royal Nepal Airlines Corp.
RYAN AIR - Ryan Air Services, Inc.
SABENA - Sabena World Airlines
SAUDIA - Saudia Arabian Airlines
SAUDIA GREEN FLIGHT - VIP Government Flight
SCANDINAVIAN (SAS) - Scandinavian Airlines System
SEYCHELLES - Air Seychelles
SFACT - (France) Director of Civil Aviation
SHADOW - Air Exel Belgique
SHAMROCK - Aer Lingus - Teoranta
SHARJAH - Sharjah Ruler's Flight
SHEPHERD 1 - Papal Flight
SIERRA HOTEL - Honduras Air Service
SIERRA UNIFORM - Aeroflot
SINBAD - Arab Air Cargo
SINGA - Republic of Singapore Air Force
SISAL - Seychelles International Safari Air, Ltd.
SKYWALKER - General Aerospace, Inc.
SPAR - U.S. Air Force Military VIP Flight
SPECIAL - Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit (UK)
SPEEDBIRD - British Airways
SPRINGBOK - South African Airways
STAR CHECK - U.S. Check Airlines
SUDANAIR - Sudan Airways
SUGAR ALFA - Shaheen Airport Services
SUN COUNTRY - Sun Country Airlines, Inc.
SURVEY-CANADA - Geographical Air Surveys, Ltd.
SYRIANAIR - Syrian Arab Airlines
TACA - TACA International Airlines, S.A.
TANKER - Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
TAROM - TAROM Romanian Air Transport
TEE AIR - Tower Air, Inc.
THAI-AIR - Thai Airways Co., Ltd.
THAINTER - Thai Airways International, Ltd.;
THUNDER BAY - Welch Aviation, Inc.
THUNDERBIRD - Northern Thunderbird Air, Ltd.
TIME AIR - Time Air, Ltd.
TITAN AIR - Viking Express, Inc.
TOMCAT - Cologne Commercial Flight GMBH, Koln
TONGA ROYAL - Friendly Islands Airways, Ltd.
TORONTAIR - Toronto Airways, Ltd.
TOYOTA - Toyota Canada, Inc.
TRADER - Canair Cargo
TRANS ARABIAN - Trans Arabian Air Transport
TRANSAFRIK - Air Transafrik, Ltd
TRANSAIR - TAA-Trans-Australia Airlines
TRANSBRASIL - Transbrasil S.A. Linhas Aereas
TRANSPAC - C and M Aviation
TRANSPORT - Transport Canada
TRIANGLE - Atlantic Island Air
TROOPER - Maryland State Police
TROPICAIR - Tropical Air Services
TURKAIR - Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.)
TYROLEAN - Tyrolean Airways
UGLY VAN - Inter-Island Air, Inc.
UNICORN - Prince of Wales VIP Flight
UNIFORCE - United Arab Emirates Air Force
UNIFORM OSCAR - Empresa "Aero Uruguay" S.A.
VENTURE - Capital Aviation Services, Ltd.
VIASA - Venezolana International de Aviacion S.A.
VIKING - Scanair, Ltd.
VIRGIN - Virgin Atlantic Airways
WATERBIRD - Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle, Inc.
WATERSKI - Trans States (Trans World Express)
WESTPAC - Western Pacific Air Service
WHISPERJET - Princess Air
WHISTLER - Canadian Helicopters, Ltd
WISCONSIN - Air Wisconsin
YEMENI - Yemenia Yemen Airways
ZEBRA - African Safari Airways, Ltd.