AIRLINE 3-DIGIT CODES
The first three digits of a 13-digit e-ticket number identify the airline that issued the ticket — the IATA airline accounting code, or ticket prefix. This list covers 63major carriers, each checked individually against IATA's public member list. It is a growing, verified subset, not a complete registry.
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| Code | Airline | IATA | ICAO | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | American Airlines | AA | AAL | United States |
| 006 | Delta Air Lines | DL | DAL | United States |
| 014 | Air Canada | AC | ACA | Canada |
| 016 | United Airlines | UA | UAL | United States |
| 020 | Lufthansa Cargo | LH | GEC | Germany |
| 027 | Alaska Airlines | AS | ASA | United States |
| 044 | Aerolineas Argentinas | AR | ARG | Argentina |
| 045 | LATAM Airlines Group | LA | LAN | Chile |
| 047 | TAP Air Portugal | TP | TAP | Portugal |
| 053 | Aer Lingus | EI | EIN | Ireland |
| 055 | ITA Airways | AZ | ITY | Italy |
| 057 | Air France | AF | AFR | France |
| 065 | Saudi Arabian Airlines | SV | SVA | Saudi Arabia |
| 071 | Ethiopian Airlines | ET | ETH | Ethiopia |
| 072 | Gulf Air | GF | GFA | Bahrain |
| 074 | KLM | KL | KLM | Netherlands |
| 075 | IBERIA | IB | IBE | Spain |
| 076 | MEA | ME | MEA | Lebanon |
| 077 | Egyptair | MS | MSR | Egypt |
| 079 | Philippine Airlines | PR | PAL | Philippines |
| 080 | LOT Polish Airlines | LO | LOT | Poland |
| 081 | Qantas | QF | QFA | Australia |
| 082 | Brussels Airlines | SN | BEL | Belgium |
| 098 | Air India | AI | AIC | India |
| 105 | Finnair | AY | FIN | Finland |
| 114 | EL AL | LY | ELY | Israel |
| 115 | Air Serbia | JU | ASL | Serbia |
| 117 | SAS | SK | SAS | Sweden |
| 125 | British Airways | BA | BAW | United Kingdom |
| 126 | Garuda Indonesia | GA | GIA | Indonesia |
| 131 | Japan Airlines | JL | JAL | Japan |
| 134 | Avianca | AV | AVA | Colombia |
| 139 | Aeromexico | AM | AMX | Mexico |
| 157 | Qatar Airways | QR | QTR | Qatar |
| 160 | Cathay Pacific | CX | CPA | Hong Kong (SAR) |
| 176 | Emirates | EK | UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| 180 | Korean Air | KE | KAL | South Korea |
| 205 | ANA | NH | ANA | Japan |
| 214 | Pakistan International Airlines | PK | PIA | Pakistan |
| 217 | Thai Airways International | TG | THA | Thailand |
| 220 | Lufthansa | LH | DLH | Germany |
| 229 | Kuwait Airways | KU | KAC | Kuwait |
| 230 | COPA Airlines | CM | CMP | Panama |
| 232 | Malaysia Airlines | MH | MAS | Malaysia |
| 235 | Turkish Airlines | TK | THY | Türkiye |
| 257 | Austrian | OS | AUA | Austria |
| 279 | JetBlue | B6 | JBU | United States |
| 281 | TAROM | RO | ROT | Romania |
| 390 | Aegean Airlines | A3 | AEE | Greece |
| 512 | Royal Jordanian | RJ | RJA | Jordan |
| 555 | Aeroflot | SU | AFL | Russia |
| 607 | Etihad Airways | EY | ETD | United Arab Emirates |
| 618 | Singapore Airlines | SQ | SIA | Singapore |
| 657 | Air Baltic | BT | BTI | Latvia |
| 724 | SWISS | LX | SWR | Switzerland |
| 738 | Vietnam Airlines | VN | HVN | Viet Nam |
| 781 | China Eastern | MU | CES | China |
| 784 | China Southern Airlines | CZ | CSN | China |
| 880 | Hainan Airlines | HU | CHH | China |
| 910 | Oman Air | WY | OMA | Oman |
| 932 | Virgin Atlantic | VS | VIR | United Kingdom |
| 988 | Asiana Airlines | OZ | AAR | South Korea |
| 999 | Air China | CA | CCA | China |