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Aeroflot
PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (, ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( or ; , , ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. Aeroflot is headquartered in the Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, with its hub being Sheremetyevo International Airport. The Federal Agency for State Property Management, an agency of the Government of Russia, owns 73.77% of the company, with the rest of the shares being public float.
Emirates
flag carrier airline of the United Arab Emirates
Malaysia Airlines
flag-carrier airline of Malaysia
Qatar Airways
state-owned flag-carrier airline of Qatar
Singapore Airlines
the flag carrier airline of Singapore
Etihad Airways
flag-carrier airline of the United Arab Emirates
Thai Airways
flag carrier airline of Thailand
Vietnam Airlines
flag-carrier airline of Vietnam
Finnair
Finnair Plc (, ) is the flag carrier and largest full-service legacy airline of Finland, with headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its hub. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and international air travel in Finland. The majority shareholder is the Finnish State, which owns 55.68% of shares through the Prime Minister's Office. Finnair is a member of the Oneworld alliance. Founded in 1923, Finnair is one of the oldest airlines in continuous operation and is consistently listed as one of the safest in the world. The company's slogans are Designed for you and
Czech Airlines
Czech holding company, former airline
LOT Polish Airlines
flag air carrier of Poland and Star Alliance member
Air New Zealand
National airline of New Zealand
Alitalia
Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A., operating as Alitalia (), was an Italian airline which was once the flag carrier and largest airline of Italy. The company had its head office in Fiumicino, in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. The airline was owned by the Government of Italy as a nationalized business from its founding in 1946 until it was privatized in 2009. However, it struggled with profitability whilst operating as a private company, including failed negotiations to sell to other private parties. The airline entered extraordinary administration in 2017 following many years of
Ethiopian Airlines
flag-carrier airline of Ethiopia
South African Airways
flag-carrier airline of South Africa
AirBaltic
airBaltic, legally incorporated as AS Air Baltic Corporation, is the flag carrier of Latvia. Its head office are located on the grounds of Riga International Airport in Mārupe municipality near Riga. Its main hub is Riga, and it operates bases in Tallinn, Vilnius, Tampere and a seasonal base in Las Palmas launched in 2023. It is majority owned (88.37%) by the government of Latvia. It operates flights only on Airbus A220 aircraft. It operates a frequent-flyer programme, and offers food and drinks for purchase.
EgyptAir
EgyptAir is the state-owned flag carrier of Egypt. The airline is headquartered at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operating scheduled passenger and freight services to 81 destinations in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas, as of 2022. Egyptair is a member of Star Alliance.
China Airlines
flag carrier and largest airline in Republic of China
Croatia Airlines
flag-carrier airline of the Republic of Croatia
Nauru Airlines
Flag carrier airline of Nauru
Adria Airways
former flag-carrier airline of Slovenia
Belavia
Belavia (; ), formally Belavia Belarusian Airlines, is the flag carrier of Belarus, headquartered in Minsk. The state-owned company had, as of 2007, 1,017 employees. Belavia serves a network of routes between Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as some Middle East destinations, from its base at Minsk National Airport.
Air Serbia
flag-carrier airline of Serbia
SriLankan Airlines
flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance
Garuda Indonesia
the national airline of Indonesia
Q240656
TAROM (; legally Compania Națională de Transporturi Aeriene Române TAROM S.A.) is the flag carrier and oldest currently operating airline of Romania, based in Otopeni near Bucharest. Its headquarters and its main hub are at Henri Coandă International Airport. It is currently the first and largest airline operating in Romania based on international destinations, international flights and the second-largest measured by fleet size and passengers carried.
flydubai
Dubai Aviation Corporation (), doing business as flydubai (), is an Emirati government-owned airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The airline mainly operates out of Terminal 2 at Dubai International Airport, though some flights fly out from Terminal 3. The airline operates a total of 131 destinations, serving the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe from Dubai. The company slogan is “Get Going”.
Saudia
Saudia is the first flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, headquartered in Jeddah. Its main hub is King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, with secondary hubs at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Medina and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and a hub at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which it plans to vacate by 2030 for the launch of Riyadh Air.
Air Malta
defunct Maltese airline
Philippine Airlines
flag-carrier airline of the Philippines
Air Koryo
state owned national airline of North Korea
Q461631
flag carrier airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Oman Air
flag carrier of Oman
Air Mauritius
flag-carrier airline of Mauritius
Uzbekistan Airways
flag carrier of Uzbekistan, headquartered in Tashkent
Ukraine International Airlines
flag carrier of Ukraine
Q83535
flag-carrier airline of Argentina
Middle East Airlines - Air Liban
Flag-carrier airline of Lebanon
Kuwait Airways
national airline of Kuwait
ITA Airways
state-owned flag carrier of Italy
Gulf Air
flag carrier of Bahrain
Air Greenland
flag carrier airline of Greenland
Rossiya
airline based in Russia
Air Algérie
flag-carrier airline of Algeria
Royal Air Maroc
flag-carrier airline of Morocco
Nepal Airlines
flag carrier airline of Nepal
Royal Brunei Airlines
flag carrier airline of Brunei
Q863432
National airline of Bangladesh
Tunisair
Tunisair () is the national airline of Tunisia. Formed in 1948, it operates scheduled international services to four continents. Its main base is Tunis–Carthage International Airport. The airline's head office is in Tunis, near Tunis Airport.
Fiji Airways
national airline of Fiji
Iraqi Airways
Flag-carrier airline of Iraq
Afriqiyah Airways
Libyan airline
Air Namibia
defunct national airline of Namibia
Lao Airlines
the national airline of Laos, headquartered in Vientiane. It operates domestic as well as international services to such countries as Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, and Korea
SilkAir
SilkAir Singapore Private Limited, operating as SilkAir, was a Singaporean regional airline with its head office in Changi, Singapore. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines and in 2017, operated scheduled passenger services from Singapore to 54 cities in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, and Northern Australia. As the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, it served the short to medium-haul destinations in the Singapore Airlines Group network.
flag carrier
airline or shipping company that enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by a government for international operations
Air Madagascar
airline based in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Air Seychelles
national airline of the Seychelles
Drukair
Drukair Corporation Limited (), operating as Drukair — Royal Bhutan Airlines, is the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bhutan, headquartered in the western dzongkhag of Paro.
Air Tanzania
flag carrier airline of Tanzania