Flight information display system at Munich International Airport

A flight information display system (FIDS) is a board or a television screen displaying in real-time the different arrivals or departures occurring over a specific period of time. It is located inside or near an airport terminal. A virtual version of a FIDS can also be found on most airport websites and teletext systems. In large airports, there are different sets of FIDS for each terminal or even each major airline. Munich International Airport (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM), officially named Franz Josef Strauss International Airport (German: Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß) is located 28 km northeast of Munich, Germany, and is a hub for Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner airlines. ... A display device is a device for visual presentation of images (including text) acquired, stored, or transmitted in various forms. ... An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. ... A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ... A BBC Ceefax page from the 10th September 1999. ... A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ...

Each line on a FIDS indicates a different flight number accompanied by: A flight number, when combined with the name of the airline and the date, identifies a particular flight. ...

• the airline name and/or its IATA or ICAO airline designator
• the city of origin or destination, and any intermediate points
• the expected arrival or departure time and/or the updated time (reflecting any delays)
• the gate number
• the check-in counter numbers or the name of the airline handling the check-in, when applicable.

Due to code sharing, one single flight may be represented by a series of different flight numbers, thus lines (for example, LH474 and AC9099), although one single aircraft operates that route at that given time. Lines may be sorted by time, airline name, or city. IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Gate at Nagoya Airport Entrance to gates at Hanover/Langenhagen International Airport Entrance to Gates at Asheville Regional Airport A Gate in aviation is a section at an airport terminal for transferring passengers and airline crews to an aircraft. ... Check-in is the process of announcing your arrival at a hotel, airport or sea port. ... Code sharing is a business term which first originated in the airline industry. ... Deutsche Lufthansa (pronounced [luft-han-sa]) AG is the largest German airline, and the second-largest in Europe (behind Air France-KLM, but before British Airways). ... Air Canada Boeing 767-300ER landing at London Heathrow Airport, England. ... Airbus A380 An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...