- What links
Southwest Flight 3551
Iberia Flight 3692
Aeroflot Flight 6582
- Can you name another flight in this unusual group?
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The special property is that
Each of the airport codes, are both 3-letter words that spell a 6-letter word together.
Southwest 3551 goes from Burbank to Denver -- the airport codes are BUR and DEN, which become BURDEN.
Iberia 3692 goes from Madrid to Manchester -- the airport codes are MAD and MAN, which become MADMAN.
Aeroflot 6582 goes from Perm to St. Petersburg -- the airport codes are PEE and LED, which become PEELED.
Another flight with this property is
very difficult to find! The best I can do are Turkish Airlines TK717 (DEL - IST). and Southwest WN1925 (SAN - DAL), which all have components that aren't particularly satisfying.
DEL: Another name for the gradient operator (∇) in vector analysis.
IST: (informal) A follower of a belief system. (Also could refer to the suffix referring to someone who practices a belief system or field of study.)
SAN: An archaic Greek letter (ϡ), Japanese honorific, or Spanish for "saint".
DAL: Dried legumes, in Indian cuisine.
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10$\begingroup$ (And now I'll have my search recommendations flooded with flights to various places for the next week...) $\endgroup$– Deusovi ♦Commented Apr 20, 2019 at 16:07