Airline, no longer flying
Airlines / Cyprus
Helios Airways was an airline from Cyprus, founded in 1998, that stopped flying in 2006. Its codes were ZU (IATA) and HCY (ICAO), and its radio callsign was “HELIOS”.
Lifeline
- Helios Airways 1998–2006
What the codes mean
The two-character IATA code is the one on tickets, boarding passes and flight numbers (ZU 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 HCY123 is called “HELIOS one two three”.
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