British Airways marketing designator
Open British Airways evidence brief ↗BA
BA is the two-character IATA airline designator.
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Airline Code & Ticket Prefix Lookup
Search 378 current IATA member airlines.
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Enter AA, AAL, AA100, 001, a full ticket number or an airline name. The engine identifies the designator, operational code and document prefix without merging those layers.
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Airline designator before a marketed flight number.
Operational designator; different from a ticket prefix.
Transport-document airline prefix; passenger tickets use the first three digits.
Length and context separate passenger-ticket and cargo interpretations.
SOURCE SNAPSHOT 378 current IATA members · retrieved 2026-08-31. Open source ↗
Common airline codes on one auditable ledger.
Source: IATA current airline members. Retrieved 2026-08-31; blank fields are not guessed.
| Airline | IATA | ICAO | 3-digit code | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | AA | AAL | 001 | United States |
| British Airways | BA | BAW | 125 | United Kingdom |
| Delta Air Lines | DL | DAL | 006 | United States |
| United Airlines | UA | UAL | 016 | United States |
| Lufthansa | LH | DLH | 220 | Germany |
| Air France | AF | AFR | 057 | France |
| KLM | KL | KLM | 074 | Netherlands |
| Turkish Airlines | TK | THY | 235 | Türkiye |
| Emirates | EK | UAE | 176 | United Arab Emirates |
| Qatar Airways | QR | QTR | 157 | Qatar |
| Singapore Airlines | SQ | SIA | 618 | Singapore |
| Cathay Pacific | CX | CPA | 160 | Hong Kong (SAR), China |
| Air Canada | AC | ACA | 014 | Canada |
| Qantas | QF | QFA | 081 | Australia |
| Air India | AI | AIC | 098 | India |
| Japan Airlines | JL | JAL | 131 | Japan |
| IBERIA | IB | IBE | 075 | Spain |
| Finnair | AY | FIN | 105 | Finland |
HOW THE ENGINE THINKS
Identify the document layer first.
- A
Flight designator
A two-character IATA designator before a flight number usually identifies the marketing carrier shown on the itinerary.
- B
Operational identifier
A three-letter ICAO designator belongs to operational communication; it is not a fare or ticket number.
- C
Document prefix
The first three digits of a passenger ticket identify ticket stock. The same accounting code can also appear as an airline prefix in cargo context, so document length matters.
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