[ACARS] Air Berlin - a theory

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Am 16 Jan 2003 um 22:36 hat Ed Wilson geschrieben:
> How would ARINC / etc know who to charge? Are 'H1' messages charged to a 
> "registered owner" - hence G-XLAx using 'XX' (and in one case 'BO') without 
> problem
Hi Ed,
as far as I know the respective registrations are the key for the 
routing and and the payment of the data traffic. An aircraft, which 
isn't registered with the ACARS provider won't pass any data 
through, even if it's using the right airline code. I could be 
wrong, but that's what I got told.

> And while I am asking the question: the ex-Sabena aircraft flying with 'SN' 
> are being charged to whom? They are clearly getting some sort of response 
> and are being recognised by the systems
Those aircraft which fly at SN Brussels (some Avro RJs and a few 
A330 are operated by them) all use SN as airline code, so I assume 
that they are ones who pay. Those aircraft which are not longer 
with SN Brussels and are used by other Airlines now (like the A330s 
now taken up by DLH) are probably already registered to the new 
airline, when they are going through the delivery procedures. 
Therefore SN Brussels should get charged for them even if SN is 
used as airline code (as happened with the ex Sabena A330 for DLH).

Matthias