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Is there any way to tell what the internal designations of an airline mean? Looking at Delta's seat maps for the 757, Delta has a couple of kinds, but what's the difference?

  • Boeing 75A
  • Boeing 75M
  • Boeing 75S
  • Boeing 75G

I know they're slightly different configurations for different routes, over water etc, but can what type is used on what route/configuration or what the designations mean be found somewhere?

Is there a place where these are defined for airlines of the world?

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Internal designations are usually used to differentiate various seating configurations or differences internally for an airline. From your example, all those codes are various codes for the 757-200 (at Delta, they code the 757-300 as a 75Y). You can often look up various seat configurations at Seatguru.com, a site that generally tracks seating information on airlines. Additionally, all would be sent to ATC using the ICAO type B752.

The reason for these variations can be broken down to a couple areas of differences. One is exit configuration; in the same type (757-200), there can be 2 or more different configurations of emergency exits (combinations of doors and windows, and various types). If you have a fleet that mixes these, you'll often have to have different seating configurations for them. Another differentiation could be whether there is a subfleet equipped and used for ETOPS flights. There can be other reasons an airline could want a subfleet and a different cabin. Also, if you're in the process of upgrading a fleet, you might want to create codes to differentiate them so you know which is going where and be able to plan your revenue models around that.

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