Not That There's Anything Wrong With That!
"City leaders have scrapped plans to do away with the Sioux Gateway Airport's unflattering three-letter identifier--SUX--and instead have made it the centerpiece of the airport's new marketing campaign," the Associated Press reports from Sioux City Iowa:
The code, used by pilots and airports worldwide and printed on tickets and luggage tags, will be used on T-shirts and caps sporting the airport's new slogan, "FLY SUX." It also forms the address of the airport's redesigned Web site--
http://www.flysux.com.
Sioux City officials petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to change the code in 1988 and 2002. At one point, the FAA offered the city five alternatives--GWU, GYO, GYT, SGV and GAY--but airport trustees turned them down.
Quips the State29 blog, "At least it's not GAY."