Whats up wiv Airline names

[forfun]

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!!!



cheers
forfun

[Felix/FFDS]

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...

[forfun]

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 ?

[Hagar]

[quote]But you have to admit

[Ben_M_K]

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.

[JerryO]

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

    Trilingual Jerry  8) (finnish, swedish and english)        

[Felix/FFDS]

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

[forfun]

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

[Ben_M_K]

Don't be hard on yourself!

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

[Hagar]

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.

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.

[JerryO]

Thank you, Hagar! I

[TacitBlue]

I have no idea what that means...

The airline name I always like was

[SideWinder9]

Here is another goofy name and livery, Nok Air!

See the paint schemes here, and here

[C]

How about "Virgin?"

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

Although bmibaby comes close...

Charlie

[eno]

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