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Abbreviations

In aviation we are used to abbreviations, probably it is a result of the military background of many aviators. As everybody knows, the military world is filled to the brim with abbreviations. The collection of letters often turns into the actual name after some years. A good example is the General Purpose vehicle in World War 2, it was a GP and the name became "jeep".

Most airline names are simple abbreviations of the long real name.

Employees and passengers are known to change the words, and not always in favor of the airline involved. An example:

WORLD becomes We Organize Really Long Delays, and most probably this passenger did not need the full 8-hour delay to figure out this new meaning.

This list is too long for just one web-page, so make your choice:

A-E     F-J        K-O        P-T        U-Z

Or look at the list with soundalikes that follow the abbreviations.

An example:

Northwest   becomes Northworst

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