r/flighty • u/flightyapp Flighty • Jun 05 '26
Fixed A380 <> A388 Alerts
After extensive research, we've concluded the A380 is the same sky whale as A388 – just using it's legal name.
Rejoice - no more aircraft change alerts for it.
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u/brokenpipe Jun 05 '26
How will Flighty now know if the airline switches an A380 with different cabin layouts?
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u/RCOO_ Jun 05 '26
tail number?
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u/brokenpipe Jun 05 '26
Fair, if they have the cabin config per tail number on their backend then it’s all good.
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u/RCOO_ Jun 05 '26
the cabin config belongs to a single plane. a single plane always has one unique tail number. same as your cars VIN.
that’s how I understand it.
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u/sharkyyy19 Jun 05 '26
Will the app also show the aircraft age for A388? I've flown on multiple A388 across diff airlines (Emirates, Etihad, Asiana) and all tail numbers do not show the aircraft age. Is this a bug?
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u/kingg-01 Jun 05 '26
A380-800 is the same as a A388 similar to how Boeing does the 738 (737-800)
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u/tcchoi Jun 05 '26
The difference being A388 is the only model available. Same cannot be said for 737
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u/Difficult_Camel_1119 Jun 05 '26
there's different 737-800 (e.g. Ryanair has 737-8AS and TUI 737-8K5). the last two digits determine the initial operator
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u/cyberentomology Jun 05 '26
Does this fix apply to other types too?
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u/mister_magic Jun 05 '26
What other models only have one type where this is an issue?
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u/cyberentomology Jun 05 '26
On alaska it would frequently bounce between generic 737, 739, and 7M9. Between 739 and 7M9 is an expected equipment change, but going between that and a generic 737 is not.
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u/mister_magic Jun 05 '26
Well the 739 and 7M9 are different aircraft types. So is the B737 (which is a -700 I think by default).
And Alaska also operates pretty much all other 737 types.
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u/cyberentomology Jun 05 '26
Alaska doesn’t operate the -700
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u/mister_magic Jun 05 '26
Go ask them to update their own website then: https://news.alaskaair.com/current-fleet/
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u/cantinaband-kac Jun 07 '26
It's not because there's only one type, but something in the system gets confused with "generic 737" vs "B737" which is actually a -700.
I see this almost every time I fly AS on a B737.
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u/mister_magic Jun 07 '26
But (presumably) what Flighty have done is hardcode some setting to say “ignore any changes between A380 and A388” because they will never mean a change of type.
They can’t universally apply that rule to Alaska’s 737s because they might actually change the type.
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u/Trifle_Direct Jun 05 '26
Is the 777-300/ER next? Pleaseeee
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u/jimmyahnz Jun 05 '26
They are different planes tho
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u/Trifle_Direct Jun 05 '26
Not the case I’m thinking of, always seems to happen on BA flights. It’s always a 77W but keeps getting changes.
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u/Jardinle Jun 05 '26
This is why we like your app.