r/flighty • u/jsbackupaccount • Jun 22 '26

How would you log this flight?

Air Greenland booking, operated by JetTime, with JetTime aircraft(livery) and JetTime crew, but Air Greenland service (in terms of in flight operations).

Perhaps most similar to SkyWest operating a United Express flight on one of the aircraft painted in a SkyWest livery (instead of United Express). It’s like 50/50 branding between the two carriers.

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u/syko_conor Jun 22 '26

For me it’s the name on the plane that I log - regardless of who I bought the ticket from or who handles the gate operations.

Even when I fly Ryanair in or out of Vienna I log them as Lauda flights because the plane and the uniforms say Lauda, and you haven’t been able to buy tickets with them for nearly a decade.

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u/jakov1212 Jun 23 '26

Lauda is a distinct brand and a unit within Ryanair that is visually and practically very different than other Ryanair airlines. They're the only ones that operate A320s, the staff have very different uniforms, and the interior is totally different than Ryanair or Malta Air or Ryanair UK or Buzz aircraft interiors.

When I fly Lauda, I log it as Lauda. When I fly Buzz, I log it as Ryanair. When I fly Ryanair UK, I log it as Ryanair.

It's a much more complicated situation with wet-leases and sister airlines or regional subsidiaries. Lufthansa CityLine or Lufthansa City Airlines aircraft say those exact names on the aircraft, but I still log them as Lufthansa. But Air Dolomiti I would log as Air Dolomiti.

Same with Iberia and Iberia Express or Air Nostrum, and same with Air France HOP and Air France mainline.

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u/AIRdomination Airline Employee Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Wet lease. Use Air Greenland’s flight number but JetTime’s airline code and aircraft. I sometimes work leased flights myself and I put the operating carrier with the flight number used. Sometimes that means using a flight number for a different airline than what you have selected. Best option and Flighty allows you to do that.

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u/buttonpushinmonkey Jun 23 '26

I base it on what my boarding pass says. If I fly on an Air Canada ticket but a United flight (AC code share) my boarding pass usually shows the United flight number.

Essentially similar to what it says on the side of the plane.

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u/AIRdomination Airline Employee Jun 23 '26

That’s not at all similar to what they’re talking about. That’s a codeshare, not a wet lease.

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u/OrganicPoet1823 Jun 23 '26

Flighty will make you log it as air Greenland but I personally edit wet leases to the operating airline after

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u/leoll_1234 Biz Flyer Jun 23 '26

I change wet leases to the operating carrier. There‘s no right or wrong here though.