Airline, no longer flying
Airlines / Hong Kong
Cathay Dragon was an airline from Hong Kong, founded in 1985, that stopped flying in 2020. Its codes were KA (IATA) and HDA (ICAO), and its radio callsign was “DRAGON”.
Lifeline
- Cathay Dragon 1985–2020
What the codes mean
The two-character IATA code is the one on tickets, boarding passes and flight numbers (KA 123). The three-letter ICAO code is used in flight plans and by air traffic control. The radio callsign is what pilots and controllers say on the radio: a flight filed as HDA123 is called “DRAGON one two three”.
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