Airline
Module to generate airline and airport related data.
Overview
Several methods in this module return objects rather than strings. For example, you can use {{$airline.airportIataCode}} to pick out the specific property you need.
For a random airport, use {{$airline.airportName}} and {{$airline.airportIataCode}}.
For a random airline, use {{$airline.airlineName}} and {{$airline.airlineIataCode}}.
For a dummy booking, a passenger will generally book a flight on a specific {{$airline.flightNumber}}, {{$airline.airplaneName}}, be allocated a {{$airline.seat}} and {{$airline.recordLocator}}.
Related Modules
To generate sample passenger data, you can use the methods of the person module.
aircraftType
Returns a random aircraft type.
Returns: 'narrowbody' | 'regional' | 'widebody'
Examples
{{$airline.aircraftType}} // 'Asiana Airlines'
airline
The original faker.airline.airline() method has been refined into two more precise variables:
{{$airline.airlineName}}: Generates an airline name.{{$airline.airlineIataCode}}: Generates an airline IATA code.
Generates a random airline.
Returns: Airline
Examples
{{$airline.airlineName}} // 'Asiana Airlines'
{{$airline.airlineIataCode}} // 'CX'
airplane
The original faker.airline.airplane() method has been refined into two more precise variables:
{{$airline.airplaneName}}: Generates an airplane name.{{$airline.airplaneIataTypeCode}}: Generates an airplane IATA code.
Generates a random airplane.
Returns: airplane
Examples
{{$airline.airplaneName}} // 'ATupolev Tu-134'
{{$airline.airplaneIataTypeCode}} // 'D3F'
airport
The original faker.airline.airport() method has been refined into two more precise variables:
{{$airline.airportName}}: Generates an airport name.{{$airline.airportIataCode}}: Generates an airport IATA code.
Generates a random airport.
Returns: Airport
Examples
{{$airline.airportName}} // 'AHurgada International Airport'
{{$airline.airportIataCode}} // 'WUS'
flightNumber
Returns a random flight number. Flight numbers are always 1 to 4 digits long. Sometimes they are used without leading zeros (e.g.: American Airlines flight 425) and sometimes with leading zeros, often with the airline code prepended (e.g.: AA0425).
To generate a flight number prepended with an airline code, combine this function with the airline() function and use template literals:
{{$airline.airlineIataCode}}{{$airline.flightNumber(addLeadingZeros=true)}} // 'CA0003'
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| addLeadingZeros | boolean | false | Whether to pad the flight number up to 4 digits with leading zeros. |
| length | number | { min: number; max: number; } | { min: 1, max: 4 } |
Returns: string
Examples
{{$airline.flightNumber}} // '6373'
{{$airline.flightNumber(addLeadingZeros=true)}} // '0064'
{{$airline.flightNumber(length=2,addLeadingZeros=true)}} // '0030'
{{$airline.flightNumber(length=2,min=2,max=3,addLeadingZeros=true)}} // '0042'
{{$airline.flightNumber(length=3)}} // '884'
{{$airline.flightNumber(min=2,max=3)}} // '52'
recordLocator
Generates a random record locator. Record locators are used by airlines to identify reservations. They're also known as booking reference numbers, locator codes, confirmation codes, or reservation codes.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| allowNumerics | boolean | false | Whether to allow numeric characters. |
| allowVisuallySimilarCharacters | boolean | false | Whether to allow visually similar characters such as '1' and 'I'. |
Returns: string
Examples
{{$airline.recordLocator}} // 'SYSQUW'
{{$airline.recordLocator(allowNumerics=true)}} // 'CZY6RE'
{{$airline.recordLocator(allowVisuallySimilarCharacters=true)}} // 'HBFFIB'
{{$airline.recordLocator(allowNumerics=true,allowVisuallySimilarCharacters=true)}} // '0MELWZ'
seat
Generates a random seat.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| aircraftType | 'narrowbody' | 'regional' | 'widebody' | narrowbody | The aircraft type. Can be one of narrowbody, regional, widebody. |
Returns: string
Examples
{{$airline.seat}} // '4F'
{{$airline.seat(aircraftType='narrowbody')}} // '14B'
{{$airline.seat(aircraftType='regional')}} // '2D'
{{$airline.seat(aircraftType='widebody')}} // '23C'