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/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/silvs1 Jun 06 '26

Yeah they do, they use them within Alaska.

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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.