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This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide/Layout (Airlines). (edit | history)

Note: These guidelines are not complete and could use some general comments on what should be provided.

This is a set of suggested guidelines for articles on specific airline. Some Wikipedians prefer a standardised look and feel to articles on closely-related subjects and these guidelines exist to facilitate achieving that goal for articles about aircraft.

For general guidelines about writing and editing Wikipedia articles, see Category:Wikipedia style guidelines.

Remember that you're in no way obliged to follow all, or even any, of these guidelines to contribute an article.

Highlighted suggested heading are links to the specific project discussion page. The basic Wiki guidelines should be followed with the following comments:

Introduction and infobox

The introduction should include the owner of the airline and some general comments about the airline. Once the airline is created as a company, it can be included as an article. Information about an owning company should be included in the article for that company. The IATA and ICAO codes should be checked to see that they are redirects to the airline or that a disambiguation page exists that includes the airline. The codes should also be added to IATA airline designator and ICAO airline designator lists.

The ((Infobox airline)) template should be added to all articles for the basic information. Please see the template documentation for more information on what should be included and what parameters to use. Unnecessary repeating of this information in the body of the article is discouraged.

History

Care should be taken in the structure so that different versions of the airline are clearly marked.

• Slogans list by date with the oldest first-slogan (from-to)
• Notable advertising campaigns
• Livery

Destinations

In a 2018 request for comment there was consensus that lists of airline destinations violate WP:NOT. This consensus was reaffirmed in subsequent nominations of stand-alone lists for deletion via the Articles for Deletion process (AfDs). It was argued in some AfDs that stand-alone lists also go against WP:CORP.

According to this discussion at the administrators' noticeboard, the recommended method for nominating stand-alone lists for deletion is the AfD process.

Codeshare agreements

A list of the Codeshare agreements the airline has with other airlines is to be included. It is generally a subsection of the destinations section. Please do not include the alliance information of the partner airlines.^[1] Also, flags are not to be used when listing codeshares.^[2]

Fleet

A list of the aircraft flown by the airline and the number of each. Other material should be limited to seating, aircraft on order and route information. Lists or tables should not include individual aircraft tail numbers unless they have encyclopedic value. Other than the number of seats other information on the aircraft (for example engines fitted, Boeing customer codes or wingtip devices) should not be included. Please do not include wet-leased aircraft. Fleet age information should not be included. Orders are for new aircraft only, other aircraft to be acquired second-hand or leased should be mentioned in the Notes.

Fleets should be displayed as either a simple text list or as a table as appropriate:

• 3 × Boeing 737-300
• 2 × Boeing 777-200ER (One on order)

or

If an airline has a configuration including Business and First the fleets should be represented as shown:

Aircraft on display

Aircraft formerly operated by the airline can be listed if on public display in the markings of the airline for example:

• Boeing 767-200 N102DA Spirit of Delta is on display at the Delta Flight Museum, Atlanta.

Airline Affinity Programs

Airline Affinity Programs should include information about frequent flyer programs and membership clubs.

• Membership clubs and frequent flyer program participation should be listed in the ((Airline infobox)) and the programs should have their own articles if they are large or well known.
• List Airline partners for Frequent Flyer programs and list Locations of the airline clubs.
• Mention any other programs that the airline participates in and link to more information about the program if it is available.

Services

• Food and Beverages
• Entertainment
• Special needs
• Class of travel (Coach, business, Premium, Executive, First, ...)
• Freight
• Charter
• Lease wet or dry
• Helicopter
• Hajj Pilgrimage
• Air Ambulance/health services

Incidents and accidents

Accidents or incidents should only be included if:

• The event was fatal to either aircraft occupants or persons on the ground;
• The event involved hull loss or serious damage to the aircraft or airport;
• The event resulted in changes to procedures, regulations or processes affecting airports, airlines or the aircraft industry.

External links

• Airline web site
• Do not include un-encyclopedic opinion web sites

Types of material that should not be included include:

• Tables of flight numbers by destination
• Lists of tail numbers
• Extensive information about the airline's frequent flyer program, cabin layout and amenities, etc. Remember that Wikipedia is not a travel guide.