AERO CALL SIGNS and AIRLINE CODES
for aircraft that visit Halifax area airports, or pass over in LOW level airspace
Last update August 27, 2013

The following chart is of spoken call sign prefixes used by airlines, military, and other operators that regularly land at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, or operate in the low level airspace in the Maritimes in general. It does NOT include aircraft that regularly operate in the high level airspace above Nova Scotia such as trans-Atlantic traffic but do not land here except in emergencies. Some operators or call signs commonly heard since the turn of the century but no longer heard here are also included.
Note that the large American airlines (Delta, United, US Airways, American) do not operate into Halifax, but the first three do have feeder airlines operating in their colours (liveries) regularly operating to Halifax. In the past few years there has been a parade of various American feeder airlines present in Halifax, only to be replaced by others. While this is partly due to a series of mergers and takeovers in the US regional airline industry, it is also a result of the fact that in some cases an airline such as Delta has several different feeder airlines working with it, and on relatively short notice it can change which specific one operates the service into Halifax. In addition there might be more than one at a time working for the same airline. For example, in 2013, both Air Wisconsin and Republic Airlines were flying into Halifax for US Airways. It is actually similar with Air Canada who have Air Georgian, Jazz Air, and Sky Regional all operating into Halifax in Air Canada Express colours.

2-letter IATA codes are those used on schedules, arrival/departure screens and websites, and in general all other lists used by the general public.  For the convenience of the public (and some say to mislead them) flights operated for an airline by another airline most commonly use the code of the higher level airline. For example the flights operated by Jazz Air for Air Canada are indicated on airport displays and on-line schedules as AC (Air Canada) flights rather than QK (Jazz Air) flights. It is only with closer examination that a member of the general public can discern that another airline is the actual operator.

3-letter ICAO codes are the ones used on official documentation and would appear on controllers' radar screens. 

Call Sign (on-air prefix to Flight Number)	2-letter Code	3-letter code	Company or Military Unit with notes
AIRLINES
AIR CANADA	AC	ACA	Air Canada
JAZZ	QK	JZA	Jazz Air Inc. dba mostly as Air Canada Express, with a few charter a/c operating independently as Jazz
GEORGIAN	ZO	GGN	Air Alliance - 3rd tier contract operator for Air Canada and lettered as Air Canada Express
SPEEDAIR	PB	SPR	Eastern Flying Services. This is the air courier operation owned by Provincial Airlines. It is unclear at time of last revision if this is still in operation.
MORNINGSTAR	-	MAL	Morningstar Air Express (contracted with Fedex Canada)
FLIGHTCRAFT	W8	KFA	Kelowna Flightcraft (contracted with Purolator)
BRICKYARD	YX	RPA	Republic Airlines (flying for US Airways)
WISCONSIN	ZW	AWI	Air Wisconsin (flying for U.S. Airways
EMPRESS	5T	MPE	Canadian North Airlines (Air NorTerra)   (once or twice weekly service from Alberta oil country) Note that prior to 1988 this call sign was used for many years by Canadian Pacific Airlines.
MERCURY  (formerly SHUTTLECRAFT)	S5	TCF	No longer present as of 2013. Shuttle America operating for United Express (United A/L)
PORTER	PD	POE	Porter Airlines
WESTJET	WS	WJA	WestJet Airlines
CARGOJET	W8	CJT	Cargojet Airways
SKYWEST	OO	SKW	SkyWest Airlines operating in summer 2013 to and from Chicago as United Express. Sister airline to Expressjet.
SUNWING	WG	SWG	Sunwing Airlines (Sunwing Vacations) Winter season only.
ICEAIR	FI	ICE	Icelandair
CHAUTAUQUA	RP	CHQ	No longer present. Operated as Delta Connection in 2012 to JFK
ACEY	EV	ASQ	ExpressJet Airlines (as of Dec 31, 2011) Previously these callsigns and codes were used by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, that bought ExpressJet (which used the Jetlink callsign) and then adopted its name for the new merged airline. Operating year round into Halifax as United Express, and summer only as Delta Connection. This airline is owned by SkyWest.
SAINT PIERRE	PJ	SPM	Air Saint Pierre
EAGLE FLIGHT	MQ	EGF	No longer present. Feeder for American Airlines. Operated daily to New York. Discontinued as part of a financial adjustment of American Airlines in 2012.
CANJET	C6	CJA	CanJet Airlines (formerly common at Halifax, now relatively rare)
CONDOR	DE	CFG	Condor Flugdienst. Weekly flights to and from Frankfurt
ASIANA	OZ	AAR	Occasional only. Asiana Cargo
KESTREL	MT	TCX	Occasional only. Thomas Cook A/L
GLOBESPAN	Y2	GSM	Occasional only. Fly Globespan
AIRSPRINT	-	ASP	Airsprint
CUBANA	CU	CUB	Cubana
FLAIR	-	FLE	Flair Air. Operates charter flights, usually to and from Western Canada. Operates some flights under contract to Canadian North.
FINNAIR	AY	FIN	Occasional only. Finnair (fuel stop)
AIR FINLAND	OF	FIF	Occasional only. Air Finland (fuel stop Helsinki - Cancun)
KALITTA	K9	KFS	Occasional only. Kalitta Charters
TNT	3V	TAY	Occasional only. TNT Airways (Belgium
TWIN CITY	-	TCY	No longer present. Twin Cities Air Service (charter a/l from Maine, flies scheduled between Portland and Yarmouth, occasional charter to Halifax)
MISTRAL	EC	BOS	Occasional only. Open Skies (subsidiary of British Airways)  (occasional technical stops)
MONARCH	ZB	MON	Occasional only. Monarch Airlines (fuel stop)
MAPLE	RS	SKV	Sky Regional operating as Air Canada Express. In 2013 was flying between Halifax and Montreal, one return trip daily, with the aircraft staying overnight in Halifax.
MESABA	XJ	MES	No longer present. Mesaba Airlines dba Delta Connection for Delta Airlines (formerly NW Airlines) Ceased operations in 2012, when all aircraft went to Pinnacle Airlines.
COMAIR	OH	COM	No longer present. Comair dba as Delta Connection for Delta Airlines. Ceased operations September 2012.
SKYLINK	-	SLQ	Skylink Express (formerly Prince Edward Air, with Comet callsigns) This callsign was previously used by Skylink Aviation
FLAGSHIP	9E/NW	FLG	No longer present. Endeavor Air, formerly Pinnacle A/L dba Northwest Airlink for Northwest A/L
TRANSAT	TS	TSC	Air Transat (holiday charters from Halifax)
VOYAGEUR	VC	VAL	Voyageur Airlines (most commonly in Halifax on medevac flights)
TOMSON	BY	TOM	Occasional only. Thomson Airways (U.K.)  (some a/c painted as "First Choice")
PROVINCIAL	PB	PVL	Provincial Airlines. In 2013 they operate a passenger service twice weekly to Labrador. See also Speedair/Eastern Flying Services. Note that prior to 1987 this callsign was used by Eastern Provincial Airways.
LINDBERGH	G7	GJS	GoJet Airlines. Operated in 2013 into Halifax for Delta Express. May have been substituting temporarily on Delta service.
BRICKYARD	RW	RPA	Republic Airlines, flying for US Airways.
MILITARY & GOVERNMENT
NAVCAN			NAV CANADA (Canada's provider of air traffic control and aeronavigation services)
TRANSPORT		TGO	Transport Canada (Federal government owner of most major airports)
ASCOT			Royal Air Force transport a/c
REACH			US Air Force transport aircraft
ETHYL			US Air Force air to air refueling tankers (some use other call signs but this is the most common)
CANFORCE			Royal Canadian Air Force transport a/c. Sometimes used by other RCAF aircraft types when individual squadron call signs not used.
TUSKER			RCAF 413 Rescue Sqn Greenwood
HUNTER			RCAF 404 MP Sqn Greenwood
TALON			RCAF 423 Heli Sqn Shearwater
MERLIN			RCAF 406 Heli Sqn Shearwater
PATHFINDER			RCAF 415 MP Sqn Greenwood
CASEY			RCAF 405 MP Sqn Greenwood
WOLF			RCAF 403 Army Heli Sqn Gagetown
CHEETAH			Top Aces (contractor to air force) Alpha Jets
BRUISER			Top Aces (contractor to air force) Westwinds
PATROL			Nova Scotia Dept of Natural Resources