Simviation Forum - Whats up wiv Airline names

Dec 21^st, 2004 at 5:34am

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Hey
Heres a list of some airline names that raised the eyebrow:
Alegheny
Lynjeflyg (i know ???)
Zlin
Zip Air
Zoom airlines
Buzz
Faucett
Flyglobespan

If you guys have some more please post them!!!

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Reply #1 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 7:28am

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OUt of curiosuty, why would they raise eyebrows

For example -

Allegheny - (now US Air) - grew from a regional airline based in Pittsburgh through where the Allegheny River flows.

Others, like Buzz, are marketing creations...

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Reply #2 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 7:36am

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OUt of curiosuty, why would they raise eyebrows

lol, i knew someone would pick up on that. I couldnt think of what to say so i sed that.
But you have to admit Lynjeflyg is a pretty dumb name, i dont live in USA or Uk or wateva but there cant be an excuse for that can there ?

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Reply #3 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 9:11am

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But you have to admit Lynjeflyg is a pretty dumb name, i dont live in USA or Uk or wateva but there cant be an excuse for that can there ?

Maybe I'm missing something here but I don't see why you find it dumb. I don't know what the full name means in Swedish but flyg or flug usually tells you it has something to do with flight or flying. How many airlines do you know that don't have the word air somewhere in their name?

Linjeflyg (LIN) was the domestic airline of Sweden 1957 - 1992. It was absorbed into SAS in 1993. http://www.linjeflyg.com/english.htm

PS. If you find that amusing I wonder what you would make of the NORSK LUFTFARTSMUSEUM. No. it's not a museum of bodily functions but the NORWEGIAN AVIATION MUSEUM. The word luftfart means aviation in many European languages including German & obviously Norwegian. Wink

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Reply #4 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 1:12pm

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Lot of these airlines you find wierd are not wierd at all. It may just be that you don't speak the languages that those ailrines are. A lot of people would find the name Frontire wierd simply because they are German or Chinese.

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Reply #5 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 1:47pm

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There is actually nothing mysterious in the name "Linjeflyg" - translated into english it means simply "Airline". Wink

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Reply #6 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 6:51pm

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There is actually nothing mysterious in the name "Linjeflyg" - translated into english it means simply "Airline". Wink

Trilingual Jerry 8) (finnish, swedish and english)

I figured as much. And when you think about it, it's the most "logical" name for an airline ...

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Reply #7 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 9:20pm

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lol fair enough. I wish you could delete topics, lol

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Reply #8 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 10:55pm

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Don't be hard on yourself! Grin

Hey, at least it brought up some conversation. Better than my new topic which hasnt been answered by anyone yet! lol

BTW if you want to check it out its in the the real aviation fourm. lol Wink

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Reply #9 - Dec 22^nd, 2004 at 4:37am

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Please don't think I was trying to shoot you down. At least we all learned what Linjeflyg means thanks to Jerry. That's the beauty of this forum. I learn something new here every day. Wink

I can't think of an example offhand but I must agree that some of the later airline names are unusual. I don't care for trendy names myself as they're not like the old traditional ones I'm used to. I put this down to the fact that I'm a silly old fogey who likes traditional things. Roll Eyes

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Reply #10 - Dec 22^nd, 2004 at 3:28pm

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Thank you, Hagar! I´m always glad to be able to share some of my minimal wisdom whenever I can.

And ForFun has nothing to be ashamed of - this is quite a fun topic, really! This world just happens to be full of different languages, and at first sight most of them appear to be very strange, until - if you are curious enough - you go and find out about the logic that lies behind every one of them. I think vocabulary is always the best thing to start with, grammar is quite secondary.

And - going back to the topic - I find it a little bit odd that ForFun didn´t mention my all-time favorite: "Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij", aka. KLM. It really sounds funny when you say it out loud, but - again - there´s simple logic in the name. "Koninklijke" means "Royal" in dutch and the rest means "Airline", once again. Or, to be excact, "Luchtvaart" means "Air-travel" and "Maatschappij" means "Company". See now? Looks and sounds funny at first, but makes perfect sense once you know what it´s about!

As I was going through different airline-names trying to find some funny ones, I noticed this (I think it is quite hilarious - or scary... it depends): yy. 1988-1990 there was a charter-airline in Canada called "Odyssey International". Just think about it: "What the #%%# do you mean? Twenty years? But, I have to be in London in two days!" Grin

Finally, I challenge the curious ones of you to tell me what does this finnish word mean: "purjelentokone"? Wink

Don´t be afraid, use a www-dictionary and you´ll find out it makes perfect sense!

Jerry

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Reply #11 - Dec 27^th, 2004 at 12:12am

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I have no idea what that means...

The airline name I always like was "Value Jet", because you always see the word 'value' on off-brand cheap products, so what does that tell you about this company?

Oh, and Zip Air kind of sounds like zipper, sorta' funny.

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Reply #12 - Dec 27^th, 2004 at 8:14pm

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Here is another goofy name and livery, Nok Air!

See the paint schemes here, and here

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Reply #13 - Dec 28^th, 2004 at 5:54am

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How about "Virgin?"

Thats a silly name for an airline if there ever was one... Wink

Although bmibaby comes close... Roll Eyes

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Reply #14 - Dec 28^th, 2004 at 4:09pm

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purjelentokone = Sailplane ......... but I couldnt find a breakdown of the definition.

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Reply #15 - Dec 28^th, 2004 at 7:35pm

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That´s the correct answer, eno - well done! Cheesy

"Purjelentokone" is actually a combination of three words: "purje" means a sail, "lento" means flying or a flight and "kone" means a machine, so "lentokone" is the finnish word for "airplane".

I´d like to know what method did you use to find it out? I mean, I didn´t put up that challenge to brag off or anything like that, but I must admit that I am a bit jealous of all you native english-speakers. You can go just about anywhere on this planet and you´ll always get along fine using your own language. So I figured it´s just fair to make you puzzle about a really strange language for once.

For some reason I´m so curious that I keep studying different languages all the time - I may never learn them so well, but I sure do get good service in all the bars abroad! Wink

Multi(?)lingual Jerry

PS. By the way "eno is the finnish word for an uncle from the mother´s side of family. Wink

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