Why Some Planes Get Strange Names

When the pilot greets you on board, they’ll talk about the weather and flight duration after introducing themselves and the crew. But have you ever been on a flight where the Captain introduced the plane itself? I don’t mean “Boeing 737,” but something like “Miss Moneypenny” – really! You can’t make this stuff up!

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Ryanair Boeing 737-800: By Ronnie Macdonald, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57231018

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Boeing 757: By Markus Eigenheer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41000677
A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-200: By Tomas Del Coro, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58277778
VQ-BBG: By Kentaro Iemoto, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23460243
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400: By Eddie Maloney, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29393050
A jetBlue Airbus A320-200: By Alan Wilson, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50589222
Embraer 190 de JetBlue Airways: By Nathan Coats, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76838524
Boeing 737: By Alec Wilson, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76934639
A Scoot Boeing 777-200ER: By Steven Byles, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30822254
Tigerair A320-232: By Mohd Imran A. G., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40183435

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EAA's Ford Trimotor: By Alexf, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31253375
Boeing 747-200 Maiden Voyager: By Steve Fitzgerald, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19994315
"Air Colbert": By Eric, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9423100
Virgin Blue's 50th Boeing 737: By en, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3983283
Boeing 737 Bondi Beach: By YSSYguy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16952675
Airbus A330 Cable Beach: By YSSYguy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15159315
Virgin Blue's "Rabbitohs" Boeing 737 'Bondi Babe': By YSSYguy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3983293
Virgin Australia ATR 72 Mission Beach: By YSSYguy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17762084
An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-96-300: By Alexander Mishin, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17952890
An Airbus A330-200: By Sergey Kustov, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16693020
An Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100: By Dmitry Zherdin, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22222655
Airbus A320 JetBLue Airways: By 12anonymoususer34, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18061196
Scoot Boeing 777-200: By Cp9asngf, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29017831
BRA Boeing 737-400: By aeroprints.com, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32583439
Wizz Air Airbus A320-200: By Oyoyoy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33909889

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A Boeing 747-400ER: By Vismay Bhadra, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73466124
A JetBlue Embraer 190: By Quintin Soloviev, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74936921
An Airbus A380-800: By Vismay Bhadra, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73465840
Boeing 777-300ER der Aeroflot: By Oyoyoy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34438727
Boeing 737-8LJ Aeroflot VP-BRR: By Sergey Korovkin 84, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41667144
An Airbus A330-300: By Vismay Bhadra, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73465975
Scoot's first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner: By Benny Zheng, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38199741
Boeing 777-200ER: By Lance C Broad, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37057307
A Scoot Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner: By Damien Aiello, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41705809
A320neo: By N509FZ, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74878700
A Wizz Air Airbus A320-200: By Gyrostat, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41305792
BRA:n Avro RJ100: By Bene Riobo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50011140
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