List of airline codes (B)

This is a list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators, the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also included for completeness.

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Codes

Airline codes

IATA	ICAO	Airline	Call sign	Country	Comments
	BBF	B-Air Charter	SPEEDCHARTER	Germany	2014[1]
BO	BBW	BB Airways	BEEBEE AIRWAYS	Nepal
JD	CBJ	Beijing Capital Airlines	CAPITAL JET	China
	OUF	Beijing Eofa International Jet		China	2014[1]
	OTA	Business Aviators	OUTLAW	United States	2014[1]
	BWD	Bluewest Helicopters-Greenland	BLUEWEST	Denmark
	TBL	Bell Aliant Regional Communications	TELCO	Canada
	CWR	Beijing City International Jet	CITY WORLD	China
	BJV	Beijing Vistajet Aviation	BEIJING VISTA	China
	BHK	Blu Halkin	BLUEHAKIN	United Kingdom
	BXJ	Brixtel Group	BRIXTEL JET	United States
	BYG	Bygone Aviation	BYGONE	United States
	BOB	Backbone A/S	BACKBONE	Denmark
ID	BTK	Batik Air	BATIK	Indonesia
	BBJ	Blue Air Lines	BLUE KOREA	South Korea
	BCJ	Blue Jet Charters	BLUE BOY	Poland
	BNA	Bun Air Corporation	BUN AIR	United States
	PVO	Bearing Supplies Limited	PROVOST	United Kingdom
	BAA	Balkan Agro Aviation	BALKAN AGRO	Bulgaria
	BAB	Bahrain Air BSC (Closed)	AWAL	Bahrain
	BAC	BAC Leasing Limited		United Kingdom
	BAE	BAE Systems	FELIX	United Kingdom	Corporate Air Travel
	BAF	Belgian Air Force	BELGIAN AIRFORCE	Belgium
8Q*	BAJ	Baker Aviation	RODEO	United States
	BAK	Blackhawk Airways	BLACKHAWK	United States
L9	BAL	Belle Air Europe	BELLEAIR EUROPE	Italy	Previously Britannia Airways
	BAL	Britannia Airways	BRITANNIA	United Kingdom	Defunct
	BAM	Business Air Services	BUSINESS AIR	Canada
	BAN	British Antarctic Survey	PENGUIN	United Kingdom
	BAR	Bradly Air (Charter) Services	BRADLEY	Canada
	BAU	Bissau Airlines	AIR BISSAU	Guinea-Bissau
	BAV	Bay Aviation Ltd	BAY AIR	Bangladesh
BA	BAW	British Airways	SPEEDBIRD	United Kingdom
	BAX	Best Aero Handling Ltd		Russia
	BAY	Bravo Airways		Ukraine
	BBA	Bannert Air	BANAIR	Austria
BG	BBC	Biman Bangladesh Airlines	BANGLADESH	Bangladesh
BO	BBD	Bluebird Nordic	BLUE CARGO	Iceland
	BBS	Beibars CJSC	BEIBARS	Kazakhstan
	BBV	Bravo Airlines	BRAVO EUROPE	Spain
	BBZ	Bluebird Aviation	COBRA	Kenya
B4	BCF	BACH Flugbetriebsges	BACH	Austria
	BCI	Blue Islands	BLUE ISLAND	United Kingdom
	BCL	British Caribbean Airways		United Kingdom	defunct
	BCR	British Charter	BACKER	United Kingdom
	BCT	BCT Aviation	BOBCAT	United Kingdom
	BCV	Business Aviation Center	BUSINESS AVIATION	Ukraine
WX	BCY	CityJet	CITY JET	Ireland
BZ	BDA	Blue Dart Aviation	BLUE DART	India
JA	BON	B&H Airlines	Air Bosna	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	BDF	Bissau Discovery Flying Club	BISSAU DISCOVERY	Guinea-Bissau
	AYB	Belgian Army	BELGIAN ARMY	Belgium
	BDR	Badr Airlines	BADR AIR	Sudan
	BEA	Best Aviation Ltd	BEST AIR	Bangladesh
	BED	Belgorod Aviation Enterprise	BELOGORYE	Russia
	AJC	Bar Harbor Airlines	BAR HARBOR	United States
	BEF	Balear Express	BALEAR EXPRESS	Spain
	BEH	Bel Air Helicopters	BLUECOPTER	Denmark
	BEK	Berkut Air	BERKUT	Kazakhstan
	BET	BETA - Brazilian Express Transportes Aéreos	BETA CARGO	Brazil
	BFC	Basler Flight Service	BASLER	United States
	BFG	Bear Flight	BEARFLIGHT	Sweden
J4	BFL	Buffalo Airways	BUFFALO	Canada
	BFO	Bombardier	BOMBARDIER	Canada
	BFR	Burkina Airlines	BURKLINES	Burkina Faso
	BFS	Business Flight Sweden	BUSINESS FLIGHT	Sweden
	BFW	Bahrain Defence Force	SUMMAN	Bahrain
8H	BGH	BH Air	BALKAN HOLIDAYS	Bulgaria
	BGI	British Gulf International	BRITISH GULF	São Tomé and Príncipe
	BGK	British Gulf International-Fez	GULF INTER	Kyrgyzstan
A8	BGL	Benin Golf Air	BENIN GOLF	Benin
	BGM	Bugulma Air Enterprise	BUGAVIA	Russia
	BGR	Budget Air Bangladesh	BUDGET AIR	Bangladesh
	BGT	Bergen Air Transport	BERGEN AIR	Norway
U4	BHA	Buddha Air	BUDDHA AIR	Nepal
	BHI	Balkh Airlines	SHARIF	Afghanistan
	BHL	Bristow Helicopters	BRISTOW	United Kingdom
	BHN	Bristow Helicopters Nigeria	BRISTOW HELICOPTERS	Nigeria
	BHO	Bhoja Airlines	BHOJA	Pakistan
4T	BHP	Belair Airlines	BELAIR	Switzerland
	BHR	Bighorn Airways	BIGHORN AIR	United States
UP	BHS	Bahamasair	BAHAMAS	Bahamas
	BHT	Bright Air	BRIGHTAIR	Netherlands	ICAO code and call sign no longer allocated
E6		Bringer Air Cargo Taxi Aéreo		Brazil
LZ		Balkan Bulgarian Airlines		Bulgaria	defunct
TH		BA Connect		United Kingdom
	BHY	Bosphorus European Airways	BOSPHORUS	Turkey
	BID	Binair	BINAIR	Germany
	BIG	Big Island Air	BIG ISLE	United States
BS	BIH	British International Helicopters	BRINTEL	United Kingdom
	BIL	Billund Air Center	BILAIR	Denmark
	BIN	Boise Interagency Fire Center	BISON-AIR	United States
	BIO	Bioflight A/S	BIOFLIGHT	Denmark
	BIR	Bird Leasing	BIRD AIR	United States
	BIZ	Bizjet Ltd	BIZZ	United Kingdom
	BJA	Baja Air	BAJA AIR	Mexico
	BJC	Baltic Jet Aircompany	BALTIC JET	Latvia
	BJS	Business Jet Solutions	SOLUTION	United States
B4	BKA	Bankair	BANKAIR	United States
	BKF	BF-Lento OY	BAKERFLIGHT	Finland
	BKK	Blink	BLINKAIR	United Kingdom
	BKJ	Barken International	BARKEN JET	United States
PG	BKP	Bangkok Airways	BANGKOK AIR	Thailand
	BKV	Bukovyna	BUKOVYNA	Ukraine
	BLB	Blue Bird Aviation	BLUEBIRD SUDAN	Sudan
	BLC	Bellesavia	BELLESAVIA	Belarus
	BLE	Blue Line	BLUE BERRY	France
KF	BLF	Blue1	BLUEFIN	Finland
	BLG	Belgavia	BELGAVIA	Belgium
	BLH	Blue Horizon Travel Club	BLUE HORIZON	United States
	BLJ	Blue Jet	BLUEWAY	Spain
	BLL	Baltic Airlines	BALTIC AIRLINES	Russia
	BLN	Bali International Air Service	BIAR	Indonesia
JV	BLS	Bearskin Lake Air Service	BEARSKIN	Canada
	BLT	Baltic Aviation	BALTAIR	United States
B3	BLV	Bellview Airlines	BELLVIEW AIRLINES	Nigeria
BD	BMA	BMI	MIDLAND	United Kingdom	Ceased operations
BM	BMR	BMI Regional	MIDLAND	United Kingdom
	BMD	British Medical Charter	BRITISH MEDICAL	United Kingdom
	BME	Briggs Marine Environmental Services	BRIGGS	United Kingdom
	BMH	Bristow Masayu Helicopters	MASAYU	Indonesia
WW	BMI	Bmibaby	BABY	United Kingdom	Ceased operations
CH	BMJ	Bemidji Airlines	BEMIDJI	United States
5Z	BML	Bismillah Airlines	BISMILLAH	Bangladesh	IATA code in use by another company
	BMN	Bowman Aviation	BOWMAN	United States
	BMW	BMW	BMW-FLIGHT	Germany
	BMX	Banco de Mexico	BANXICO	Mexico
	BND	Bond Offshore Helicopters	BOND	United Kingdom
	BNE	Benina Air	BENINA AIR	Libya
	BNG	BN Group Limited	VECTIS	United Kingdom
	BNJ	Air Service Liège (ASL)	JET BELGIUM	Belgium
	BNL	Blue Nile Ethiopia Trading	NILE TRADING	Ethiopia
	BNR	Bonair Aviation	BONAIR	Canada
	BNS	Bancstar - Valley National Corporation	BANCSTAR	United States
	BNT	Bentiu Air Transport	BENTIU AIR	Sudan
	BNV	Benane Aviation Corporation	BENANE	Mauritania
	BNW	British North West Airlines	BRITISH NORTH	United Kingdom
	BOA	Boniair	KUMANOVO	Macedonia
	BOD	Bond Air Services	UGABOND	Uganda
	BOE	Boeing	BOEING	United States
	BOF	Bordaire	BORDAIR	Canada
	BOO	Bookajet Limited	BOOKAJET	United Kingdom
BO	BOU	Bouraq Indonesia Airlines	BOURAQ	Indonesia
BV	BPA	Blue Panorama Airlines	BLUE PANOROMA	Italy
	BPK	Berkhut ZK	VENERA	Kazakhstan
	BPO	Bundespolizei-Fliegertruppe	PIROL	Germany
	BPS	Budapest Aircraft Services/Manx2	BASE	Hungary
	BPT	Bonus Aviation	BONUS	United Kingdom
	BPX	British Petroleum Exploration		Colombia
7R	BRB	BRA-Transportes Aéreos	BRA-TRANSPAEREOS	Brazil
	BRD	Brock Air Services	BROCK AIR	Canada
	BRE	Breeze Ltd	AVIABREEZE	Ukraine
8E	BRG	Bering Air	BERING AIR	United States
	BRK	Briansk State Air Enterprise	BRIANSK-AVIA	Russia
	BRN	Branson Airlines	BRANSON	United States
	BRO	BASE Regional Airlines	COASTRIDER	Netherlands	ICAO code in use by another company, call sign no longer allocated
	BRS	Brazilian Air Force	BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE	Brazil
	BRT	British Regional Airlines	BRITISH	United Kingdom
B2	BRU	Belavia Belarusian Airlines	BELARUS AVIA	Belarus
	BRV	Bravo Air Congo	BRAVO	Democratic Republic of the Congo	defunct
	BRW	Bright Aviation Services	BRIGHT SERVICES	Bulgaria
BN	BNF	Braniff International Airways	Braniff	United States	defunct
	BRX	Buffalo Express Airlines	BUFF EXPRESS	United States
	BRY	Burundayavia	BURAIR	Kazakhstan
	BSC	Bistair - Fez	BIG SHOT	Kyrgyzstan
	BSD	Blue Star Airlines	AIRLINES STAR	Mexico
	BSI	Brasair Transportes Aéreos	BRASAIR	Brazil
	BSJ	Blue Swan Aviation	BLUE SWAN	United Kingdom	ICAO Code and callsign (BSJ/BLUE SWAN) withdrawn
	BSM	Blue Sky Aviation		Lebanon
	BSS	Bissau Aero Transporte	BISSAU AIRSYSTEM	Guinea-Bissau
	BST	Best Air	TUNCA	Turkey
	BSW	Blue Sky Airways	SKY BLUE	Czech Republic
GQ	BSY	Big Sky Airlines	BIG SKY	United States
V9	BTC	BAL Bashkirian Airlines	BASHKIRIAN	Russia
	BTH	Baltijas Helicopters	BALTIJAS HELICOPTERS	Latvia
	BTK	Baltyka	BALTYKA	Ukraine
BQ	BTL	Baltia Air Lines	BALTIA	United States	Callsign changed from "BALTIA FLIGHT" in 2015[2]
	BTR	Botir-Avia	BOTIR-AVIA	Kyrgyzstan
	GAA	Business Express	BIZEX	United States
	BTT	BT-Slavuta	BEETEE-SLAVUTA	Ukraine
Y6	BTV	Batavia Air	BATAVIA	Indonesia	As of June 1, 2010, IATA code changed to Y6.
L9	BTZ	Bristow U.S. LLC	BRISTOW	United States
1T	BUC	Bulgarian Air Charter	BULGARIAN CHARTER	Bulgaria
	BUL	Blue Airlines	BLUE AIRLINES	Democratic Republic of the Congo
BU	BUN	Buryat Airlines Aircompany	BURAL	Russia
	BUZ	Buzz Stansted	BUZZ	United Kingdom
	BVA	Buffalo Airways	BUFFALO AIR	United States
	BVC	Bulgarian Aeronautical Centre	BULGARIAN WINGS	Bulgaria
	BVN	Baron Aviation Services	SHOW-ME	United States
J8	BVT	Berjaya Air	BERJAYA	Malaysia
	BVU	Bellview Airlines, Sierra Leone		Sierra Leone
QW	BWG	Blue Wings	BLUE WINGS	Germany	defunct
	BWI	Blue Wing Airlines	BLUE TAIL	Suriname
	BWL	British World Airlines	BRITWORLD	United Kingdom
	BXA	Bahrain Executive Air Services	BEXAIR	Bahrain
	BXH	Bar XH Air	PALLISER	Canada
SN	BXI	Brussels International Airlines	XENIA	Belgium
8W?		BAX Global
	BYA	Berry Aviation	BERRY	United States
	BYC	Cambodia Bayon Airlines	Bayon Air	Cambodia
	BYF	San Carlos Flight Center	BAY FLIGHT	United States
	BYL	Bylina Joint-Stock Company	BYLINA	Russia
	BYR	Berytos Airlines		Lebanon
	BYE	Bayu Indonesia Air	BAYU	Indonesia
	BZA	Bizair Fluggesellschaft	BERLIN BEAR	Germany
DB	BZH	Brit Air	BRITAIR	France
	BZZ	Butane Buzzard Aviation Corporation	BUZZARD	United Kingdom
	AUJ	Business Flight Salzburg	AUSTROJET	Austria
	CKM	BKS Air (Rivaflecha)	COSMOS	Spain
	CLF	Bristol Flying Centre	CLIFTON	United Kingdom
	CLN	Barnes Olsen Aeroleasing	SEELINE	United Kingdom
	CPJ	Baltimore Air Transport	CORPJET	United States
E9	CXS	Boston-Maine Airways	CLIPPER CONNECTION	United States	Pan Am Clipper Connection Pan Am III
SN	BEL	Brussels Airlines	BEE-LINE	Belgium
	EAH	Baltimore Airways	EASTERN	United States
	EBA	Bond Aviation	BOND AVIATION	Italy
	EXB	Brazilian Army Aviation	BRAZILIAN ARMY	Brazil
	EXP	Business Express Delivery	EXPRESS AIR	Canada
	FOS	Bel Limited		Russia
	HAW	Bangkok Aviation Center	THAI HAWK	Thailand
	HAX	Benair	SCOOP	Norway
NT	IBB	Binter Canarias	BINTER	Spain
	IRJ	Bonyad Airlines	BONYAD AIR	Iran
	IVR	Burundaiavia	RERUN	Kazakhstan
0B	BLA	Blue Air	BLUE AIR	Romania
KJ	LAJ	British Mediterranean Airways	BEE MED	United Kingdom
	LBY	Belle Air	ALBAN-BELLE	Albania
	LED	Blom Geomatics	SWEEPER	Norway
	LTL	Benin Littoral Airways	LITTORAL	Benin
	LXJ	Bombardier Business Jet Solutions	FLEXJET	United States
FB	LZB	Bulgaria Air	FLYING BULGARIA	Bulgaria
	MBR	Brazilian Navy Aviation	BRAZILIAN NAVY	Brazil
8N	NKF	Barents AirLink	NORDFLIGHT	Sweden	previously Nordkalottflyg
	NYB	Belgian Navy	BELGIAN NAVY	Belgium
	OGJ	Bakoji Airlines Services	BAKO AIR	Nigeria
	PEB	Benders Air	PALEMA	Sweden
	PNT	Balmoral Central Contracts	PORTNET	South Africa
	POI	BGB Air	BOJBAN	Kazakhstan
	PPS	Butte Aviation	PIPESTONE	United States
	RHD	Bond Air Services	RED HEAD	United Kingdom
	RLR	Business Airfreight	RATTLER	United States
	RPX	BAC Express Airlines	RAPEX	United Kingdom
	RRS	Boscombe Down DERA (Formation)	BLACKBOX	United Kingdom
	SCJ	Business Jet Sweden	SCANJET	Sweden
	SHT	British Airways Shuttle	SHUTTLE	United Kingdom	BA domestic services
	SKH	British Sky Broadcasting	SKYNEWS	United Kingdom
	TXB	Bell Helicopter Textron	TEXTRON	Canada
	UKA	Buzzaway Limited	UKAY	United Kingdom
	VLX	Biz Jet Charter	AVOLAR	United States
	VOL	Blue Chip Jet	BLUE SPEED	Sweden
	WFD	BAE Systems	AVRO	United Kingdom	Woodford Flight Test
	WTN	BAE Systems	TARNISH	United Kingdom	Warton Military Flight Ops
	XBO	Baseops International		United States
	XDA	Bureau Veritas		France
	XMS	British Airways Santa	SANTA	United Kingdom	Christmas charter flights
	ZBA	Boskovic Air Charters Limited	BOSKY	Kenya
	BLM	Blue Sky Airlines	BLUE ARMENIA	Armenia
	JMP	Businesswings	JUMP RUN	Germany
CJ	CFE	BA CityFlyer	FLYER	United Kingdom
OB	BOV	Boliviana de Aviación	BOLIVIANA	Bolivia
YB	BRJ	Borajet	BORA JET	Turkey

References

1. "FAA Document JO 7340.2E" (PDF). www.faa.gov. 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
2. "FAA Regulations" (PDF). www.faa.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

^* on IATA code indicates a controlled duplicate.

italics indicates a defunct airline.

See also

• International Air Transport Association airport code
• International Civil Aviation Organization airport code
• Iata has divided the world into 3 areas. These are also known as Traffic conference areas (TC-1 / TC-2 / TC-3)

References

External links

• International Civil Aviation Organization (official site)
• ICAO On-line Publications Purchasing (official site)
• Airline Designator / Code Database Search (from The Airline Codes Web Site)
• Airline Designator / Code Database Search (from Aviation Codes Central Web Site - Regular Updates)
• Airline Designator / Code Listing (from FAA Web Site)
• European Airline Designator / Code Database Search (Eurocontrol Web Site)