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A flag carrier refers to a transportation company, such as a shipping or airline company, that is locally-registered in a given country. They may be state-run, state-owned or state-designated companies or organisations with preferential rights or privileges accorded by the government. Flag carriers may be known as such due to maritime law requiring all aircraft or ships to display the state flag of the country of their registry.^[1] Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... National Airlines was used by several airlines including: National Airlines (N4) (IATA: N4, ICAO: NCN, and Callsign: ) based in Chile (defunct) National Airlines (N7) (IATA: N7, ICAO: ROK, and Callsign: Red Rock) (1999-2002) based in the United States National Airlines (NA) (IATA: NA, ICAO: NAL, and Callsign: National) (1934... Flag carrier Flag carrier for a description of national flag carriers (airlines/shipping). ... Damaged package The Panama canal. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... Public ownership (also called government ownership or state ownership) is government ownership of any asset, industry, or corporation at any level, national, regional or local (municipal). ... Admiralty law (usually referred to as simply admiralty and also referred to as maritime law) is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offenses. ... For other uses, see Flag (disambiguation). ...

A flag carrier (if it is an airline) may also be known as a national airline or a national carrier, although this can have different legal meanings in some countries. In the United States for example, a national carrier (or airline) must have an annual operating revenue between $100 million and one billion.

Background

The term "flag carrier" is a legacy of the time when countries established state-owned airline companies. Governments then took the lead due to the high capital costs of establishing and running airlines. The heavily regulated aviation industry also meant aviation rights are often negotiated between governments, denying airlines the right to an open market. These bilateral aviation agreements may specify rights awardable only to locally-registered airlines, forcing some governments to jump-start airlines to avoid being disadvantaged in the face of foreign competition. Some countries also establish flag carriers for nationalist reasons, or to aid the country's economy, particularly in the area of tourism. This article describes a type of political entity. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolizing French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ...

In many cases, governments would directly assist in the growth of their flag carriers typically through subsidies and other fiscal incentives. The establishment of competitors in the form of other locally-registered airlines may be prohibited, or heavily regulated to avoid direct competition. Even where privately-run airlines may be allowed to be established, the flag carriers may still be accorded priority, especially in the apportionment of aviation rights to local or international markets. Governments may dictate that all state-linked travel be conducted only on flag carriers.

In recent decades, however, many of these airlines have since been corporatised as a public company or a state-owned enterprise, or completely privatised. The aviation industry has also been gradually deregulated, particularly in the United States and in the European Union. This has rendered the designation of "flag carriers" less important than it was in the past. Corporatization is a form of economic reform which takes services from the direct control of the government, and places them in the control of government-owned corporations. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is an enterprise, often a corporation, owned by a government. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Deregulation is the process by which governments remove, reduce, or simplify restrictions on business and individuals in order to (in theory) encourage the efficient operation of markets. ...

The legacy of flag carriers can still be seen by the restrictions in international air travel through bilateral in 1945 (Bermuda I) but revised in 1977 (Bermuda II) to redress the balance of air service advantage by limiting the number of airlines which could operate on certain routes. Some countries (notably the United States) have legislation that requires the use of a national flag carrier, where possible, when travelling using government funds. One example is the Fly America Act. The mass media may also routinely uses the term to loosely refer to any dominant airline in a country, or in reference to legacy state carriers even long after their privatisation.^[2] Bilateralism is a term referring to trade or political relations between two states. ... Bermuda II is a Bilateral Air Transport Agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States signed on July 23, 1977 as a renegotiation of the original 1946 Bermuda Agreement. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... Legislation (or statutory law) is law which has been promulgated (or enacted) by a legislature or other governing body. ... The Fly America Act refers to the provisions enacted by US Code Title 49, Subtitle VII, Part A, subpart I, Chapter 401, 40118 - Government-Financed Air Transportation. ...

List of national flag carriers

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The chart below lists airlines considered to be a "flag carrier", either by designation as a national airlines either officially or based on history and whether it is state-owned. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...

Country	Airline	Designated	State-owned
Afghanistan	Ariana Afghan Airlines	Yes	Majority
Albania	Albanian Airlines	Yes	Joint-Venture
Algeria	Air Algérie	Yes	Full (By opening its capital)
Angola	TAAG Angola Airlines	Yes	Full
Antigua and Barbuda	LIAT	Yes	Majority
Argentina	Aerolíneas Argentinas	Yes	Minority (25%)
Armenia	Armavia	Yes	No
Australia	Qantas	Yes	No
Austria	Austrian Airlines	Yes	Minority (42,75%)
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines	Yes	Full
Bahamas	Bahamasair	Yes	Full
Bahrain	Gulf Air	Yes	Yes
Bangladesh	Biman Bangladesh Airlines	Yes	Full
Belarus	Belavia	Yes	Full
Belgium	Brussels Airlines	Yes	No
Benin	Benin Golf Air	Yes	No
Bhutan	Druk Air	Yes	Full
Bolivia	Lloyd Aereo Boliviano	Yes	Minority (48%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	B&H Airlines	Yes	Majority (51%)
Botswana	Air Botswana	Yes	Full
Brazil	VARIG	Yes	No
Brunei	Royal Brunei Airlines	Yes	Full
Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air	Yes	No
	Hemus Air	Yes	No
Burkina Faso	Air Burkina	Yes	Majority
Burundi	Air Burundi	Yes	Full
Cambodia	Royal Khmer Airlines	Yes	Yes
Cameroon	Cameroon Airlines	Yes
Canada	Air Canada	Yes	No
Cape Verde	TACV Cabo Verde Airlines	Yes	Full
Cayman Islands	Cayman Airways	Yes
Chad	Toumaï Air Tchad
Chile	LAN Airlines		No
People's Republic of China	Air China	Yes	Majority
Colombia	Avianca	Yes	No
Comoros	Air Comores International
Republic of the Congo	Trans Air Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Hewa Bora Airways
Costa Rica	Lacsa
Côte d'Ivoire	Air Ivoire
Croatia	Croatia Airlines	Yes	Majority
Cuba	Cubana de Aviación	Yes	Full
Cyprus	Cyprus Airways	Yes	Majority
Czech Republic	Czech Airlines	Yes	Full
Denmark	Scandinavian Airlines System	Yes[3]	Joint-Venture[3]
Djibouti	Air Djibouti
Dominican Republic	Air Dominicana	Yes	Minority (33%)
Ecuador	TAME
Egypt	EgyptAir	Yes	Yes
El Salvador	TACA
Equatorial Guinea	Ecuato Guineana
Eritrea	Eritrean Airlines	Yes
Estonia	Estonian Air	Yes	Minority
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines	Yes
Faroe Islands	Atlantic Airways
Fiji	Air Pacific
Finland	Finnair	Yes	Majority
France	Air France	Yes[4]	Minority
French Guiana	Air Guyane	Yes
French Polynesia	Air Tahiti Nui	Yes
Gabon	Gabon Airlines
Gambia	Gambia International Airlines	Yes
Georgia	Georgian Airways	Yes
Germany	Lufthansa	Yes	No
Ghana	Ghana International Airlines	Yes
Greece	Olympic Airlines	Yes	Majority
Greenland	Air Greenland	Yes
Guadeloupe	Air Caraïbes
Guam	Continental Micronesia
Guatemala	Aviateca
Guinea	Air Guinee Express	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Guine Bissau Airlines
Guyana	Universal Airlines
Haiti	Tortug' Air
Honduras	TACA
Hong Kong	Cathay Pacific	No
Hungary	Malév	Yes
Iceland	Icelandair	Yes	No
Indonesia	Garuda Indonesia	Yes	Full
India	Air India	Yes	Full
Iran	Iran Air	Yes	Full
Iraq	Iraqi Airways	Yes
Ireland	Aer Lingus	Yes	Minority (28%)
Israel	El Al	Yes	Minority (30%)
Italy	Alitalia	Yes	Minority (49%)
Jamaica	Air Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Japan Airlines	Yes	No[5]
Jordan	Royal Jordanian Airlines	Yes
Kazakhstan	Air Astana	Yes
Kenya	Kenya Airways	Yes
Kiribati	Air Kiribati	Yes
North Korea	Air Koryo	Yes	Full
South Korea	Korean Air	Yes
	Asiana Airlines	No
Kuwait	Kuwait Airways	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan Airlines	Yes
Laos	Lao Airlines	Yes
Latvia	Air Baltic	Yes
Lebanon	Middle East Airlines
Liberia	Air Liberia	Yes
Libya	Libyan Arab Airlines	Yes
Lithuania	FlyLal	Yes
Luxembourg	Luxair	Yes
Macau	Air Macau	Yes[citation needed]
Macedonia	MAT Macedonian Airlines	Yes
Madagascar	Air Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Air Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines	Yes
Maldives	Trans Maldivian Airways	Yes
Mali	Air Mali International	Yes
Malta	Air Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Air Marshall Islands	Yes
Martinique	Air Caraïbes
Mauritania	Mauritania Airways		Minority (10%)
Mauritius	Air Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Aeroméxico	Yes	No
	Mexicana	Yes	No
Federated States of Micronesia	Continental Micronesia
Moldova	Air Moldova	Yes
Mongolia	MIAT Mongolian Airlines	Yes
Montenegro	Montenegro Airlines	Yes
Montserrat	Air Montserrat
Morocco	Royal Air Maroc	Yes
Mozambique	Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique	Yes
Myanmar	Myanma Airways	Yes	Yes
Namibia	Air Namibia	Yes
Nauru	Air Nauru	Yes
Nepal	Nepal Airlines	Yes
Netherlands	KLM	Yes	No
Netherlands Antilles	Dutch Antilles Express
New Caledonia	Aircalin
New Zealand	Air New Zealand	Yes	Majority
Nicaragua	NICA	Yes
Nigeria	Virgin Nigeria Airways	Yes	50% Virgin Atlantic / 50% Nigerian institutional investors
Norway	Scandinavian Airlines System	Yes[3]	Minority[3]
Oman	Oman Air	Yes	Minority (33%)
Pakistan	PIA	Yes	Majority
Palestinian Authority	Palestinian Airlines		Full
Panama	Copa Airlines	Yes	No
Papua New Guinea	Air Niugini
Paraguay	TAM Mercosur
Peru	Air Perú
Philippines	Philippine Airlines	Yes	Joint-Venture
Poland	LOT Polish Airlines	Yes	Majority (67.97%)[6]
Portugal	TAP Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Qatar Airways	Yes
Réunion	Air Austral
Romania	TAROM	Yes	Majority (95%)
Russia	Aeroflot	No	Majority (51%)
Rwanda	Rwandair Express	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[unreliable source?]	Mustique Airways
Samoa	Polynesian Blue
São Tomé and Príncipe	Air São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabian Airlines	Yes	Full
Senegal	Air Sénégal International	Yes
Serbia	Jat Airways	Yes	Full[7]
Seychelles	Air Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Sierra National Airlines	Yes
Singapore	Singapore Airlines	Yes	Majority (54%)
Slovakia	Air Slovakia
Slovenia	Adria Airways
Solomon Islands	Solomon Airlines	Yes
Somalia	Somali Airlines	Yes
South Africa	South African Airways	Yes
Spain	Iberia	Yes	Minority (5%)[8]
Sri Lanka	SriLankan Airlines	Yes
Sudan	Sudan Airways	Yes
Suriname	Surinam Airways	Yes
Sweden	Scandinavian Airlines System	Yes[3]	Joint-Venture[3]
Swaziland	Royal Swazi National Airways
Switzerland	Swiss International Air Lines
Syria	Syrian Arab Airlines	Yes	Full
Taiwan (Republic of China)	China Airlines[9]	No
Tajikistan	Tajik Air	Yes
Tanzania	Air Tanzania	Yes
Thailand	Thai Airways International	Yes	Majority (53%)
Togo	Air Togo	Yes
Tonga	Peau Vava'u
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean Airlines	Yes	Full
Tunisia	Tunisair	Yes
Turkey	Turkish Airlines	Yes	Majority
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan Airlines	Yes
Turks and Caicos Islands	Air Turks and Caicos	Yes
Uganda	Air Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Ukraine International Airlines	Yes	Majority
United Arab Emirates	Etihad Airways	Yes	Yes[10]
	Emirates	Yes	Yes[11]
United Kingdom	British Airways	Yes	No
Uruguay	PLUNA	Yes	Minority (25%)
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Airways	Yes	Majority
Vanuatu	Air Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela	Conviasa	Yes	Full
Vietnam	Vietnam Airlines	Yes	Full
Yemen	Yemenia	Yes
Zambia	Zambian Airways	Yes
Zimbabwe	Air Zimbabwe	Yes

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The Armavia Airbus A320 crashed in the Black Sea Armavia (Ô±Ö€Õ´Õ¡Õ¾Õ«Õ¡) is currently the largest airline in Armenia operating international flights out of its main base at Zvartnots Airport in Yerevan, Armenia. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Qantas Airways Limited (IPA: ) is the national airline of Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Azerbaijan. ... Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL, Azeri: AzÉ™rbaycan Hava Yolları) is the national airline of the former soviet republic of Azerbaijan based in Baku. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Bahamasair (IATA: UP, ICAO: BHS, and Callsign: Bahamas)[1] is an airline based in Nassau, Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Gulf Air (Arabic: ) is the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bangladesh. ... Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Bangla:বিমান বাংলাদেশ) is an airline based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Belavia Belarusian Airlines (Belarusian: Белавія, Russian: Белавиа) is the national airline company of the Republic of Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Brussels Airlines is a Belgian airline based at Brussels Airport. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Benin. ... Benin Golf Air is an airline based in Cotonou, Benin. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bhutan. ... Druk Air is the national airline of Bhutan, based in Paro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bolivia. ... LAB Boeing 727-200 (CP-1366) at Cochabamba Airport Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB Airlines) was the national and international passenger airline of Bolivia, based in Cochabamba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina. ... B&H Airlines is an airline based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina operating scheduled and charter passenger services. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Botswana. ... Categories: Airline stubs | Airlines of Africa ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Varig Boeing 737-300 Varig (Viação Aérea RIo Grandense) is an airline owned by Gol Transportes Aéreos based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brunei. ... Royal Brunei Airlines Boeing 767-300 in the take off queue at London Heathrow Airport Royal Brunei Airlines (Malay: Penerbangan DiRaja Brunei, Jawi: ﻓﻧﺭﺑﺎڠن ﺩﻴﺮﺍﺝ ﺑﺮﻮﻧﻲ), or RBA, is the flag carrier airline of the Sultanate of Brunei. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Bulgaria Air (Bulgarian name: България Ер) is the national airline carrier of Bulgaria, based in the capital, Sofia. ... Hemus Air is an airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burkina_Faso. ... Air Burkina is the national airline of Burkina Faso. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burundi. ... Air Burundi is the state owned national airline of Burundi and based in Bujumbura. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cambodia. ... Royal Khmer Airlines is an airline based in Cambodia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cameroon. ... Cameroon Airlines is the national airline of Cameroon and is based in Douala. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Air Canada (TSX: AC.A, TSX: AC.B) is Canadas largest airline and flag carrier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cape_Verde. ... TACV Cabo Verde Airlines is a scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo airline based in Cabo Verde. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands. ... Cayman Airways is an airline based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and is the national carrier of the Cayman Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chad. ... Toumaï Air Chad (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية التشادية توماي) is the national flag carrier airline of Chad. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... LAN Airlines Sociedad Anónima NYSE: LFL (formerly LanChile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Not to be confused with China Airlines, the national airline of the Republic of China (Taiwan). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Avianca S.A. (Spanish acronym: Aerovías del Continente Americano, formerly Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia) has been the national flag air carrier of Colombia since 1919, making it the second-oldest continuously running airline in the world behind Dutch based KLM. Likewise it is the largest airline in the... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Comoros. ... Air Comores International is an airline based in Comoros. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... Trans Air Congo is a scheduled passenger and cargo airline based in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... Hewa Bora Airways is an airline based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo operating domestic and regional services. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica. ... Lacsa, or Lineas Aereas Costarricenses SA, is the national airline of Costa Rica, founded in 1946. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cote_d'Ivoire. ... Air Ivoire is an airline based in Abidjan, Côte dIvoire. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Croatia Airlines Airbus A319-100 near a Nippon Cargo Airways 747, at Amsterdam (Schiphol) Airport, the Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Cubana de Aviación S.A is Cubas largest airline and flag carrier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ... Cyprus Airways (Greek: Κυπριακές Αερογραμμές, Kipriakes Aerogrammes Turkish: Kıbrıs Hava Yolları ) is the national airline of Cyprus, based in Nicosia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... CSA Czech Airlines (in Czech: ÄŒeské aerolinie (abbreviation: ÄŒSA) is the Czech national airline company, and former national carrier of Czechoslovakia based at RuzynÄ› International Airport, Prague. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Scandinavian Airlines System or SAS is a multi-national airline for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the leading carrier in the Scandinavian countries, based in Stockholm, Sweden and owned by SAS AB. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Djibouti. ... Air Djibouti (Red Sea Airlines) was an airline based in Djibouti and was the national carrier of the Republic of Djibouti. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Air Dominicana is the flag carrier airline for the Dominican Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... TAME (Linea Aerea del Ecuador) is an airline based in Quito, Ecuador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... EgyptAir Airlines Company (IATA Code: MS[1]), operating as EgyptAir (Arabic: مصر للطيران, Misr Lel-Tayaran) is the Cairo-based national airline of Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_El_Salvador. ... Grupo Taca is the flag airline of El Salvador, comprised of a group of five combined Central American airlines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea. ... Ecuato Guineana (Ecuato-Guineana de Aviacion) is an airline based in Equatorial Guinea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Eritrea. ... Eritrean Airlines is an airline based in Asmara in Eritrea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... Estonian Air is an airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Ethiopian Airlines is an airline based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands. ... Atlantic Airways is the national airline of the Faroe Islands, operating domestic and international air services from its base at Vágar Airport, on the Faroese island of Vágar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Fiji. ... // Air Pacific, Fijis international airline, is based in Nadi, Fiji Islands, operating international and domesic services around the Pacific and to North America and Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Finnair is Finlands largest airline and the flag carrier. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Air France (formally Société Air France) is Europes largest airline company. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Air Guyane SP is an airline based in Guyane. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_French_Polynesia. ... Air Tahiti Nui is French Polynesias flag carrier airline with its headquarters in Papeete, Tahiti. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Gabon. ... Gabon Airlines is a start-up airline based in Libreville, Gabon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_The_Gambia. ... Gambia International Airlines is the national carrier airline of Gambia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Georgia. ... Georgian Airways is an airline based in Tbilisi, Georgia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ISIN: DE0008232125) (pronounced ) is the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried (second is Air France - KLM), and the flag carrier of Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ghana. ... Ghana International Airlines (GIA) is the flag carrier airline of Ghana, based in Accra, Ghana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Olympic Airlines (Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές - OA) is the state-run flag carrier of Greece, employing about 1850 people. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greenland. ... Air Greenland Boeing 757-200 at Kangerlussuaq Airport. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Air Caraïbes is the regional airline of the French Caribbean which comprises the overseas departments of France: Guadeloupe and Martinique. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guam. ... Continental Micronesia is a wholly owned subsidiary airline of Continental Airlines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guatemala. ... Aviateca was the state airline of Guatemala, based in Guatemala City. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guinea. ... Air Guinee Express is an airline based in Conakry, Guinea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau. ... Guine Bissau Airlines is the national airline of Guinea-Bissau. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guyana. ... Universal Airlines was an airline based in Georgetown, Guyana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti. ... Tortug Air is a domestic airline in Haiti. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Honduras. ... Grupo Taca is the flag airline of El Salvador, comprised of a group of five combined Central American airlines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... Cathay Pacific, full name Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (SEHK: 0293) (traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), is an airline based in Hong Kong, operating scheduled passenger and cargo services to 120 destinations worldwide. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Malév Hungarian Airlines, (where Malév is an acronym of the Hungarian Magyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat), is the national airline of Hungary, based in Budapest. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iceland. ... Icelandair (OMX: ICEAIR ) is the flag carrier airline of Iceland, based in Reykjavík. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Indonesia. ... PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of Indonesia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Air India (Hindi: ) is the national flag carrier of India with a worldwide network of passenger and cargo services. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Iran Air(Persian: ) is the flag carrier airline of Iran, based in Tehran. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iraq. ... Iraqi Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العراقية; also known as Air Iraq) is the national carrier airline of Iraq, based in Baghdad. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Aer Lingus is the flag carrier of Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Categories: Airline stubs | Companies of Israel | Transportation in Israel | Airlines of Israel ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Airbus A321-100 lands at London Heathrow airport Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane (Italian for Alitalia - Italian Air Lines) (BIT: AZA10) is the flag carrier airline of Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Air Jamaica is the national airline of Jamaica based in Kingston, Jamaica, operating scheduled services from Kingston and Montego Bay to 23 destinations in the Caribbean, Canada, the USA and the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jordan. ... Royal Jordanian started operations in 1963 after a decree by His Royal Highness the late King Hussein. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ... Air Astana is an airline based in Astana, Kazakhstan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Kenya Airways, the flag carrier airline of Kenya, based in Nairobi, Africa, started operations on 4 February 1977 It operates scheduled services throughout Africa and to Europe and the Indian subcontinent, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kiribati. ... Air Kiribati is the national airline of Kiribati operating local passenger services within the Kiribati Islands (formerly known as the Gilbert Islands). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Korea. ... Air Koryos Ilyushin Il-62M jetliner at Sunan International Airport A Tupolev Tu-154B-2 at Sunan International Airport Air Koryo Korean Airways (formerly Chosŏn Minhang (조선민항), short form Air Koryo) is the state-owned national airline of North Korea, based in Pyongyang. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... Korean Air (formerly Korean Air Lines) (KRXS: 003490) (Korean Air Daehan Hanggong) is the flag carrier airline of Korea, its global headquarters are located in Seoul, Korea. ... // Asiana Airlines (아시아나 í•­ê³µ Asiana Hanggong KOSDAQ: 020560) (Formerly Seoul Airlines) is an airline based in Seoul, South Korea and is one of South Koreas two major airlines, along with Korean Air. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kuwait. ... Kuwait Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الكويتية) is the national airline of Kuwait, based in Kuwait City and wholly owned by the Kuwaiti Government. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan. ... Kyrgyzstan Airlines is the national airline of the former soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan based in Bishkek. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Laos. ... Lao ATR72 Lao Airlines, known until March 2004 as Lao Aviation, was formed in 1976 as the state airline of Laos. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... 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Luxair (Luxair Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne SA) is the national airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Macau. ... Air Macau (Chinese:澳門航空), is an airline based in Macau. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Macedonia. ... For the subsidiary of Olympic Airways, see Macedonian Airlines (OA). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Madagascar. ... Air Madagascar is an airline based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malawi. ... Air Malawi is an airline based in Blantyre, Malawi. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ... Malaysia Airlines (Abbreviated: MAS, Malay: Penerbangan Malaysia) is the national airline of Malaysia, operating scheduled services to over 100 destinations worldwide. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Maldives. ... Trans Maldivian Airways is the oldest air transfer operator in the Maldives. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mali. ... Air Mali International is an airline based in Mali. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malta. ... Air Malta is the national airline of Malta, based in Luqa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands. ... Air Marshall Islands is an airline based in Majuro, in the Marshall Islands. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Air Caraïbes is the regional airline of the French Caribbean which comprises the overseas departments of France: Guadeloupe and Martinique. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... Air Mauritius is the national airline of Mauritius, based in Port Louis. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V., operating as AeroMéxico, is an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico. ... XA-MEX, a Mexicana A320 at Benito Juárez International Airport, México City, 2006. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Micronesia. ... Continental Micronesia is a wholly owned subsidiary airline of Continental Airlines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Moldova. ... Air Moldova is an airline based in ChiÅŸinău, Moldova. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mongolia. ... MIAT Mongolian Airlines, is Mongolias national airline, based in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro. ... This article is about the country in Europe. ... Montenegro Airlines is the national carrier airline of Montenegro and it is based at Podgorica Airport. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montserrat. ... Air Montserrat Ltd. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Royal Air Maroc (commonly called RAM) is the national airline of Morocco, based in Casablanca, the airline is the fourth-largest in Africa (behind South African Airways and Egyptair, Air Algerie). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mozambique. ... LAM (Linhas Aereas de Mocambique) is the national airline of Mozambique. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Myanmar. ... Myanma Airways is the national airline of Myanmar, offering regularly scheduled domestic flights from Yangon International Airport. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Air Namibia is the national airline of Namibia, based in Windhoek. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nauru. ... Image:AirNauru. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nepal. ... Nepal Airlines formerly known as Royal Nepal Airlines is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... KLM Tailfins KLM (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before its merger with Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles. ... Dutch Antilles Express is a regional airline based in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Aircalin (Air Caledonie International) is the international airline of New Caledonia and is based at Nouméa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Boeing 747-400 Boeing 747-400 Air New Zealand Limited (ASX:, NZX: AIR, Air New Zealand) is a scheduled passenger airline based in Auckland, New Zealand, and the national flag carrier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nicaragua. ... Nicaragüense de Aviacion (NICA) was an airline based in Nicaragua. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Virgin Nigeria Airways Limited is an airline based in Ikeja in Lagos State, Nigeria and operates scheduled international, regional and domestic passenger services. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Scandinavian Airlines System or SAS is a multi-national airline for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the leading carrier in the Scandinavian countries, based in Stockholm, Sweden and owned by SAS AB. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Oman. ... Oman Air (الطيران العماني) is the national airline of Oman. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pakistan International Airlines Corporation, more commonly known as Pakistan International Airlines or PIA (Urdu: Ù¾ÛŒ آئی اے يا پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایرلاینز), is the flag carrier airline of Pakistan, based in Karachi. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Palestine. ... “Palestinian government” redirects here. ... Palestinian Airlines is an airline based in Gaza, Palestine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Panama. ... Copa Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Panama, based in Panama City, Panama. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea. ... Air Niugini Limited is the national airline of Papua New Guinea, based in Port Moresby. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Paraguay. ... TAM Mercosur also know as Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur S.A. formerly known as LAP (Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas), is an airline based in Paraguay. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Peru. ... Air Perú International is a new Peruvian airline based in Lima, Peru. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ... Philippine Airlines (abbreviated PAL, PSE: PAL), also known historically as Philippine Air Lines, is the national airline of the Philippines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Boeing 737-500 LOT redirects here. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Boeing 727 with classic livery 1950s-1980 Airbus A321-200 with former livery 1980-2005 Airbus A321-200 Airbus A320-200 taking off A319 in Faro, Algarve. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Qatar Airways (Arabic: القطرية) is the flag carrier airline of Qatar, based in Doha. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A Boeing used by Air Austral. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... TAROM is the flag carrier airline of Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... JSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines (Russian: ) (MICEX:AFLT RTS:AFLT), or Aeroflot (Russian: ) as the airline is commonly known, is the Russian flag carrier and the largest airline in Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Rwanda. ... Rwandair Express is an airline based in Kigali, Rwanda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines. ... Mustique Airways is an airline based in St Vincent and the Grenadines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Samoa. ... Polynesian Blue is a Virgin Group airline, which flies between Samoa, Australia and New Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe. ... Air São Tomé and Príncipe (Linhas Aereas de Air São Tomé and Príncipe) is an airline based in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia. ... Boeing 777-200ER Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Air Sénégal International is an airline based in Dakar, Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia. ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... Jat Airways is the national airline of Serbia and the former national carrier of Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Seychelles. ... Air Seychelles is the national airline of Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean just to the east of Tanzania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sierra_Leone. ... Sierra National Airlines is an airline based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Singapore. ... Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 9V-SPA takes off from London Heathrow Airport bound for Singapore Changi Airport. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Air Slovakia is an airline based in Bratislava in Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Adria Airways is an airline based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands. ... Solomon Airlines is the national airline of the Solomon Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Somalia. ... Somali Airlines is an airline based in Somalia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... South African Airways (SAA) is South Africas largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Airbus A319-100 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 Iberia Airlines or Iberia, full name Iberia Airlines of Spain (Spanish: ), (IBEX-35:IBLA) is the largest airline of Spain, based in Madrid and is the Spanish flag carrier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sri_Lanka. ... SriLankan Airlines Limited (previously known as Air Lanka) is the national airline of Sri Lanka. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sudan. ... Sudan Airways is the national airline of Sudan and is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Suriname. ... Surinam Airways is the national airline of Suriname, based in Paramaribo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Scandinavian Airlines System or SAS is a multi-national airline for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the leading carrier in the Scandinavian countries, based in Stockholm, Sweden and owned by SAS AB. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Swaziland. ... Royal Swazi National Airways is an airline based in Swaziland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Syria. ... Syrian Boeing 747SP Syrian Boeing 727 Syrian Arab Airlines (Arabic: مؤسسة الطيران العربية السورية), alternative name Syrianair (السورية) is the national flag-carrier airline of Syria, based in Damascus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... For the Chinese civilization, see China. ... Not to be confused with Air China, the national airline of Peoples Republic of China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tajikistan. ... Tajik Air formerly known as Tajikistan Airlines is the national airline of the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tanzania. ... Air Tanzania is the national airline of the United Republic of Tanzania in eastern Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ... Headquarters Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (Thai: ) (SET: THAI) is the national air carrier of Thailand, operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport, and is a founding member of the Star Alliance network. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Togo. ... Air Togo (Compagnie Aerienne Togolaise) is an airline based in Lome in Togo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tonga. ... Peau Vavau is based on Tongatapu in the Kingdom of Tonga. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Caribbean Airlines is the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Tunisair Airbus A320-200 Tunisair (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية التونسية), formed in 1948 is the national flag carrier airline of Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Turkish Airlines, Inc. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkmenistan. ... Turkmenistan Airlines is the national airline of Turkmenistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands. ... Air Turks and Caicos is an airline based in the Turks and Caicos Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uganda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Ukraine International Airlines (Ukrainian: Міжнародні Авіалінії України, Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny, ) is a state airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates. ... Etihad Airways (Arabic: الإتحاد, ʼal-Ê»itiħād) is the flag carrier of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ... Emirates Airline (shortened form: Emirates) (Arabic: طيران الإماراتTayarān al-Imārāt) is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name, see British Airways Ltd. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... PLUNA (Primeras Líneas Uruguayas de Navigación Aérea) is Uruguays national and international airline, based in Montevideo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uzbekistan. ... Uzbekistan Airways Boeing 757-200 Uzbekistan Airways (Uzbekistan Havo Yullary) (IATA: HY, ICAO: UZB, and Callsign: Uzbek) is the state airline of Uzbekistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Vanuatu. ... Air Vanuatu is an airline based at Bauerfield International Airport in Port Vila, Vanuatu. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Conviasa (Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronauticas y Servicios Aereos) is a state-owned airline based in Caracas, Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Vietnam. ... Vietnam Airlines is the national flag carrier of Vietnam, and was established as a state enterprise in April 1989. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Yemen. ... Yemenia Airbus A310 IN Frankfurt Airport Yemenia - Yemen Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية اليمنية) is the national airline of Yemen, based in Sanaa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Zambia. ... Zambian Airways is an airline based in Zambia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Zimbabwe. ... Air Zimbabwe 767-2NO(ER) Z-WPF. Photo taken at KLIA Air Zimbabwe is the national airline of Zimbabwe, based in Harare. ...

Notes

Scandinavian Airlines System or SAS is a multi-national airline for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the leading carrier in the Scandinavian countries, based in Stockholm, Sweden and owned by SAS AB. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance. ... Old and new style demarcation points in a home built in 1945. ... Air France (formally Société Air France) is Europes largest airline company. ... KLM can also refer to KLM (Human Computer Interaction) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is an airline subsidiary of Air France-KLM based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag of Taiwan redirects here. ... Etihad Airways (Arabic: الإتحاد, ʼal-Ê»itiħād) is the flag carrier of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ... Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ... UAE redirects here. ... Emirates Airline (shortened form: Emirates) (Arabic: طيران الإماراتTayarān al-Imārāt) is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. ... Location of Dubai in the UAE Coordinates: , Country Emirate Dubai Incorporated (town) June 9, 1833 Incorporated (emirate) December 2, 1971 Founder Maktoum bin Bati bin Suhail (1833) Seat Dubai Subdivisions Towns and villages Jebel Ali Hatta Al Hunaiwah Al Aweer Al Hajarain Al Lusayli Al Marqab Al Shindagha Al Faq... UAE redirects here. ...

External links

• Wright State University Sample Federal funds usage for air carriers.
• International Air Transport Association Organisation formerly responsible for managing air services agreements and international fares.