What if the flight is a code share (marketed by one airline and operated by another)?
FlightStats can help you find the right flight to track even if it’s a code share. A code share is essentially a marketing agreement between two airlines such that the flight operated by carrier A is marketed as flight by carrier B. For example, Lufthansa 9355 is operated by (UA) United Airlines 938. The only information that comes across the ASDI stream is the information for the operated by flight (for example US 938). Some flight tracker tools require the user to know the operated by flight number. FlightStats does the mapping so that the code share flight number can be used instead.
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