Narrative:

Our flight; was in a group of transatlantic flights all with similar sounding call signs. Inattention to correcting similar flight numbers regardless of airline. In addition to changing within airline; flight numbers that are so close as to be confusing; the same care should be applied to similar flight numbers across airlines.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A330 Captain laments that not only does his company create many similar flight numbers; but other carriers in this instance had flight numbers ending in the same two digits causing confusion.

Narrative: Our flight; was in a group of transatlantic flights all with similar sounding call signs. Inattention to correcting similar flight numbers regardless of airline. In addition to changing within airline; flight numbers that are so close as to be confusing; the same care should be applied to similar flight numbers across airlines.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.