ATC often calls other aircraft Giant

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As I’ve been flying around the US, the ATC often calls other aircraft “Giant”. Maybe I’m mis-hearing it. At first I though it was being used in the place of “heavy” but it is used in place of the airline name. I thought I may have missed a new airline name but a Duck Duck search doesn’t come up with an airline of that name.

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“Giant” is the callsign of Atlas Air, a cargo company.

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Thanks. I see Atlas fly over my house on the way to Anchorage occasionally. Now I see it’s has a GT prefix on flight numbers.

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Hello @WideTracking ,

We ask that people not use General Discussion for help, advice, or troubleshooting. I have moved your post to Aviate, Navigate, Communicate because this is about ATC (“Communicate”).

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