ACARS Operators by Airline
Here is an (almost) comprehensive list of which operators are know to be using ACARS. Check the anomalies page if you are looking for something that is not listed here. If anyone knows of any other operators, please let us know, and we’ll update the list right away:
|
Code |
Airline |
Country/Region |
Notes |
| 2T | Canada 3000 | Canada | |
| 5Y | Atlas Air | U.S.A. | B747-400’s only |
| 9E | Express Airlines 1 | U.S.A. | CL-RJ’s only - ops as a NW Airlink carrier |
| AA | American Airlines | U.S.A. | |
| AC | Air Canada | Canada | |
| AF | Air France | France | |
| AI | Air India | India | Only B747-400’s equipped |
| AN | Ansett Australia | Australia | |
| AR | Aerolineas Argentinas | Argentina | A340’s only |
| AQ | Aloha Airlines | U.S.A. | B737-700’s only |
| AS | Alaska Airlines | U.S.A. | Fleetwide implementation in progress |
| AT | Royal Air Maroc | Morocco | B744 and B737NG’s only |
| AY | Finnair | Finland | No DC-9’s or MD-80’s enabled |
| AZ | Alitalia | Italy | Eurofly A320’s only |
| B6 | Jet Blue | U.S.A. | |
| BA | British Airways | United Kingdom | |
| BB | Balair | Switzerland | |
| BO | Boeing | U.S.A. | Various test/pre-delivery a/c |
| BR | Eva Air | Taiwan | |
| BU | Braathens S.A.F.E. | Norway | |
| BW | B.W.I.A. | Trinidad & Tobago | B737NG’s only |
| BY | Britannia Airways | United Kingdom | Some leased a/c only |
| C6 | CanJet | Canada | A few B737’s only |
| C8 | Chicago Express | U.S.A. | SAAB 340s. Use AE, CE, C8 and MQ as prefixes in error |
| CA | Air China | China | B747-200’s not equipped |
| CI | China Airlines | Taiwan | B747-200’s op by Atlas Air not equipped |
| CL | Lufthansa Cityline | Germany | |
| CM | COPA Panama | Panama | B737NG’s only |
| CO | Continental Airlines | U.S.A. | |
| CV | Cargolux | Luxembourg | B747-200’s not equipped |
| CX | Cathay Pacific | China | |
| CZ | China Southern | China | |
| GF | Gulf Air | Gulf States | |
| DD | AC Jet | U.S.A. | D328 Jets only |
| DE | Condor | Germany | |
| DH | Atlantic Coast Airlines | U.S.A. | DO328Jets and CL-RJ’s only |
| DL | Delta Airlines | U.S.A. | B727’s not equipped |
| DP | Air 2000 | United Kingdom | A320’s only |
| EB | Emery Air Freight | U.S.A. | DC-10’s only - most a/c wfu |
| EI | Aer Lingus | Ireland | Airbus a/c only |
| EK | Emirates | Gulf States | |
| EW | Eurowings | Germany | |
| FC | Flying Colors | United Kingdom | Also uses FL or FCL |
| FX | Fedex | U.S.A. | B727’s and C208’s not equipped |
| GA | Garuda | Indonesia | |
| GJ | Eurofly | Italy | Selected A320’s only |
| GL | Miami Air | U.S.A. | B737NG’s only |
| GR | Gemini Air Cargo | U.S.A. | MD-11’s only |
| GS | General Aviation | n/a | Select corporate aircraft |
| GT | GB Airways | Gibraltar | BA a/c only |
| HF | Hapag Lloyd | Germany | |
| HM | Air Seychelles | Seychelles | |
| HP | America West | US.A. | Noted using erroneous WE and AW prefixes |
| HV | Transavia | Netherlands | B737-800’s only |
| IB | Iberia | Spain | DC-10’s not equipped |
| JD | Japan Air System | Japan | |
| JJ | T.A.M. | Brazil | A330’s and A319’s only |
| JK | Spanair | Spain | 1 A321 only to date |
| JL | J.A.L. | Japan | B747-100/SR/200’s not equipped |
| JM | Air Jamaica | Jamaica | MD-80’s not equipped |
| JP | Adria Airways | Slovenia | |
| JY | Royal Jordanian | Jordan | Only 1 A320 equipped |
| KA | Dragonair | China | |
| KE | Korean Air | Korea | In process of fully implementing ACARS |
| KL | K.L.M. | Netherlands | |
| KU | Kuwait Gov’t | Kuwait | A340,B777, B747-400 |
| KZ | Nippon Cargo | Japan | Only on two ex-ANA B747’s |
| LC | Legend | U.S.A. | |
| LD | Air Hong Kong | China | |
| LH | Government of Brunei | Brunei | Uses code under Lufthansa call sign |
| LH | Lufthansa | Germany | B747-200’s not equipped. Cityline uses LH |
| LO | L.O.T. | Poland | B767’s and EMB-145’s only |
| LT | L.T.U. | Germany | Recent deliveries not equipped |
| LX | Crossair | Switzerland | Saab a/c not equipped |
| LY | El Al | Israel | Older a/c not equipped |
| MC | U.S.A.F. | U.S.A. | B757’s and Gulfstream-5’s only |
| ME | Middle East Airlines | Lebanon | 2 A310’s only |
| MH | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia | |
| MK | Air Mauritius | Mauritius | |
| MP | Martinair | Netherlands | |
| MQ | American Eagle | U.S.A. | |
| MS | Egyptair | Egypt | Also used for Gov’t a/c |
| MU | China Eastern | China | |
| MX | Mexicana | Mexico | B727’s not equipped |
| NG | Lauda Air | Austria | |
| NH | All Nippon | Japan | |
| NJ | Vanguard | U.S.A. | Only MD-80’s |
| NK | Spirit Airlines | U.S.A. | Only MD-80’s |
| NW | Northwest Airlines | U.S.A. | |
| NZ | Air New Zealand | New Zealand | |
| OE | Austrian Airlines | Austria | |
| OO | Skywest Airlines | U.S.A. | EMB-120’s only |
| OU | Croatia Airlines | Croatia | |
| OZ | Asiana | Korea | Sporadic use in U.S.A. and Europe |
| PO | Polar Air Cargo | U.S.A. | |
| QF | Qantas | Australia | |
| QX | Horizon Air | U.S.A. | Dash-8-400’s only |
| RG | Varig | Brazil | 1 MD-11 only |
| RK | Air Afrique | African Co-operative | |
| SA | South African Airways | South Africa | |
| SK | S.A.S. | Scandinavia | |
| SM | Sunworld | U.S.A. | |
| SQ | Singapore Airlines | Singapore | |
| SR | Swissair | Switzerland | |
| ST | Germania | Germany | B737NG’s |
| SU | Aeroflot | C.I.S. | B737’s and B777’s only…New B767’s soon |
| SV | Saudia | Saudi Arabia | |
| SW | Air Namibia | Namibia | B747 only (?) |
| SY | Sun Country | U.S.A. | |
| TG | Thai Airways International | Thailand | |
| TJ | Sabre Airways | United Kingdom | B737-800’s only |
| TK | T.H.Y. | Turkey | Some A340’s only |
| TP | Air Portugal | Portugal | A340’s and some A320’s only |
| TS | Air Transat | Canada | A330’s |
| TW | T.W.A. | U.S.A. | |
| TZ | American Trans Air | U.S.A. | B757’s and B737NG’s only |
| UA | United Airlines | U.S.A. | |
| UL | SriLankan | Sri Lanka | |
| UP | U.P.S. | U.S.A. | |
| US | US Airways | U.S.A. | Uses PI code on ex-Piedmont a/c. |
| UV | General Aviation | n/a | General aviation using Universal Weather Svcs. |
| VN | Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam | |
| VQ | Impulse Airlines | Australia | |
| VS | Virgin Atlantic | United Kingdom | |
| SW | Southwest | U.S.A. | Being tested on select a/c only |
| W9 | Eastwind | U.S.A. | |
| XA | ARINC | U.S.A. | Test unit only - not a/c specific |
| XJ | Mesaba/Northwest Airlink | U.S.A. | RJ85 a/c only |
| YP | Aero Lloyd | Germany |
