# Help me name an airline **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976 "2013-03-15T02:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/21 "2013-03-15T13:40:13Z")
What, no Derry Air? C’mon, I’m looking for serious answers. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/22 "2013-03-15T14:57:40Z")
If you want serious answers you gotta give us more to work with. Airlines names are overwhelmingly a reference to the region they operate in and/or originated from. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/23 "2013-03-15T15:27:10Z")
Midwest. Commuter flights. Mostly sad white sales guys. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/24 "2013-03-15T16:13:36Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > Midwest. Commuter flights. Mostly sad white sales guys. Midwest Airlines? Rockford Airlines? Great Lakes Airlines? I know - real inspiring ain’t I? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![littlespeedysuperbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@littlespeedysuperbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littlespeedysuperbike)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/25 "2013-03-15T16:20:31Z")
The Podunk and Nowhere Express! Plodder Airlines. Chicago and Elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/26 "2013-03-15T16:27:02Z")
Flyover Airlines ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/27 "2013-03-15T17:22:58Z")
Divine Wind Airlines. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/28 "2013-03-15T17:25:33Z")
Air Otica. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/29 "2013-03-15T17:29:15Z")
Dodo Air Express ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/30 "2013-03-15T17:49:17Z")
Care Bear Air. The Snuggly Airline. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/31 "2013-03-15T18:29:21Z")
Wheels Up Seat of the Pants ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/32 "2013-03-15T18:33:55Z")
DCSW Air. Sounds official and only you would know it stands for Depressed Caucasian Sales Weasel Air. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/33 "2013-03-15T18:53:15Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > Midwest. Commuter flights. Mostly sad white sales guys. Rep Air. 😛 I agree that acronyms are good. Nobody needs to know what it stands for. Otherwise go for a commutey sort of name: Sky Lines CommutaJet City Connect ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/34 "2013-03-15T19:33:18Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > Midwest. Commuter flights. Mostly sad white sales guys. Loman Air. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/35 "2013-03-15T19:43:02Z")
Air Apparent 😃 Semi-serious: Middle Air Hoosier Airline? OK I can’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/36 "2013-03-15T20:09:30Z")
C’mon. It took me and one of my kids like 10 minutes to come up with Freedom Beacon Navigator Aurora Lucky Superior Excel Direct Skyrocket Zip Whisk Presto Zephyr Sigh. I’m disappointed in each and every one of you. Go clean the erasers with the janitor. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/37 "2013-03-15T20:21:05Z")
Pterudactyl Air [mrAru and I tend to refer to the little local puddle jumpers that go to places like Groton CT Aairport as Pterodactyl Air, though once when his plane developed trouble he called it [Rubber Band Airway](http://www.estesrockets.com/aircraft/004014-rubber-band-foam-glider)s.] ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/38 "2013-03-15T20:30:39Z")
Ordin Air ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/39 "2013-03-15T20:31:10Z")
My son always wanted Lufthansa to be GermAir. My suggestion: Debon Air ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976/40 "2013-03-15T20:55:07Z")
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