Changing Airline list

You are having the same problem I am ... a new airline but not being recognised by ATC. If you find out how to solve this I'd appreciate the advise, and I'll do the same in return.

au4bear wrote:

Is it possible to change or add an airline to the default list? I have tried adding to the airline.cfg but the voice doesn't recognize the new name and only gives the flight no. Any ideas wouod be appreciated.

Bear

These lines in the aircraft.cfg file are devoted exclusively to the ATC engine in FS2002. They determine the callsign that ATC will use for you and the type of aircraft they will describe you as (and all AI aircraft using this aircraft model).

There are five lines to this section. If you only have one [fltsim] entry in your aircraft.cfg file all five lines may be found here. If you have more than one variation of the aircraft the lines called atc_type and atc_model may be found in the [General] section. There's no hard and fast rule here - moving the data to the [General] section simply avoids having to repeat these lines in each [fltsim] section you have created.

The five items are:

atc_id=N734AA
atc_airline=American
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_type=BOEING
atc_model=B734

atc_id= - is the tail number or registration of the aircraft. It is a very sensible thing to make all of these on your aircraft unique - despite MS putting N700MS on EVERY default light aircraft.
atc_airline= - is used to select the airline for this aircraft - if you want an airline callsign.
atc_flight_number= - will be the flight number of the aircraft if an atc_airline has been selected.

The rule of thumb here is that if the atc_airline field is empty ATC will use the atc_id (registration) as your callsign. If an atc_airline has been chosen then your callsign will be atc_airline together with the atc_flight_number.

In the example above the callsign will be American 1123. If the atc_airline field was empty you will be called N734AA.

What airlines can be used in the atc_airline field?

Unfortunately you can't create your own unless you get the EditVoicePack add-on - you are limited to those airlines found in the airlines.cfg file in FS2002. If you put an airline in this field that FS doesn't recognise then it simply ignores it. All that ATC will use is the flight number part! When you get new aircraft take a second to check this field and make sure the author hasn't put an airline in the atc_airline field that does not exist.

A full list of the recognised airlines and agencies that ATC will accept can be found on my FS2002 ATC Airlines page.

There are a lot of gaps so improvisation is the order of the day. You've got Midland, Monarch and Regional but you can't have Jersey, Manx or Excalibur...

The above keeps referring to FS2002 but as far as I can see by looking at FSX aircraft.cfgs, the same principles still apply. This is the best explanation of the aircraft.cfg I have ever come across and if you want to know more, go to the source

IMO it's well worth keeping for future reference. Let us know how you're getting on

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