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A Boeing 777-300ER of British Airways, the flag carrier of the United Kingdom. A flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given sovereign state, enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by that government for international operations.
It is served by a single airline which is also its flag carrier, operating one Airbus A320 and one A321. Founded in 2006, Aruba Airlines flies to a handful of destinations, including Medellin in ...
The following is a list of government-owned airlines. The practice of government ownership of airlines, particularly flag carrier airlines, occurs in many countries. The following is a list of both airlines currently owned by a government, and former government-owned airlines.
Aer Lingus (/ ˌ ɛər ˈ l ɪ ŋ ɡ ə s / air LING-gəs; an anglicisation of the Irish aerloingeas [ˌeːɾˠˈl̪ˠɪɲɟəsˠ], meaning "air fleet") [a] is the flag carrier of Ireland. Founded by the Irish Government, it was privatised between 2006 and 2015 and it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of International Airlines Group (IAG).
Finnish flag carrier Finnair celebrates its 100th anniversary on November 1, having been founded in 1923 as a seaplane service, while the Czech Republic’s flag carrier Czech Airlines made its ...
Its major and founding subsidiary airline Lufthansa Airlines, branded as Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. [9] It ranks second in Europe by passengers carried, as well as largest in Europe and fourth largest in the world by revenue .
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈlʏxtfaːrt ˌmaːtsxɑˈpɛi ˌɛnˈveː], lit. ' Royal Aviation Company '), [6] is the flag carrier of the Netherlands. [7]
Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, by size and passengers carried. Air Canada is headquartered in the borough of Saint-Laurent , Montreal , Quebec . The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 222 destinations worldwide.