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[edit] List of national flag carriers

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The chart below list the status of the three criteria to be considered a "flag carrier", designation as a national airlines either officially or based on history, whether it carries the national flag on its aircraft and whether it is state-owned.

Country	Airline	Designated	Flies the flag	State-owned
Afghanistan	Ariana Afghan Airlines	Yes	Yes	Majority
Albania	Albanian Airlines	Yes	Yes	Joint-Venture
Algeria	Air Algérie	Yes	Yes	Full
Angola	TAAG Angola Airlines	Yes	Yes	Full
Antigua and Barbuda	LIAT	Yes	No	Majority
Argentina	Aerolíneas Argentinas	Yes	Yes	Minority (5%)
Armenia	Armavia	Yes	Yes	No
Australia	Qantas	Yes	Yes	No
Austria	Austrian Airlines	Yes	Yes	Minority (42,75%)
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines	Yes	Yes	Full
Bahamas	Bahamasair	Yes	Yes	Full
Bahrain	Gulf Air	Yes[1]	Yes	Joint-Venture[1]
Bangladesh	Biman Bangladesh Airlines	Yes	Yes	Full
Belarus	Belavia	Yes	Yes	Full
Belgium	Brussels Airlines	Yes	Yes	No
Benin	Benin Golf Air	Yes	No	No
Bhutan	Druk Air	Yes	Yes	Full
Bolivia	Lloyd Aereo Boliviano	Yes	No	Minority (48%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	B&H Airlines	Yes	Yes	Majority (51%)
Botswana	Air Botswana	Yes	No	Full
Brazil	VARIG	Yes	Yes	No
Brunei	Royal Brunei Airlines	Yes	Yes	Full
Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air	Yes	No	No
	Hemus Air	Yes	No	No
Burkina Faso	Air Burkina	Yes	No	Majority
Burundi	Air Burundi	Yes	Yes	Full
Cambodia	Royal Khmer Airlines	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cameroon	Cameroon Airlines	Yes
Canada	Air Canada	Yes	Yes	Subsidized
Cape Verde	TACV			Full
Cayman Islands	Cayman Airways	Yes
Chad	Toumaï Air Tchad
Chile	LAN Airlines		No	No
People's Republic of China	Air China	Yes	Yes	Majority
Colombia	Avianca	Yes	Yes
Comoros	Air Comores International
Republic of the Congo	Trans Air Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Hewa Bora Airways
Costa Rica	Lacsa		Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Air Ivoire
Croatia	Croatia Airlines	Yes	Yes	Majority
Cuba	Cubana de Aviación	Yes	Yes	Full
Cyprus	Cyprus Airways	Yes	Yes	Majority
Czech Republic	Czech Airlines	Yes	Yes	Full
Denmark	Scandinavian Airlines System	Yes[2]	Yes	Joint-Venture[2]
Djibouti	Air Djibouti
Dominican Republic	Air Dominicana	Yes	Yes	Minority (33%)
Ecuador	TAME
Egypt	EgyptAir	Yes	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	Yes	Majority
France	Air France	Yes[3]	No	Minority
French Guiana	Air Guyane	Yes
French Polynesia	Air Tahiti Nui	Yes	Yes
Gabon	Gabon Airlines
Gambia	Gambia International Airlines	Yes
Georgia	Georgian Airways	Yes
Germany	Lufthansa	Yes	Yes	No
Ghana	Ghana International Airlines	Yes	Yes[4]
Greece	Olympic Airlines	Yes	Yes[4]
Greenland	Air Greenland	Yes	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[5]	No[5]	No
	Dragonair	No	No[6]	No
Hungary	Malév	Yes	Yes
Iceland	Icelandair	Yes	Yes	No
Indonesia	Garuda Indonesia	Yes	Yes	Full
India	Air India	Yes	Yes	Full
Iran	Iran Air	Yes	Yes	Full
Iraq	Iraqi Airways	Yes
Ireland	Aer Lingus	Yes	Yes	Minority (28%)
Israel	El Al	Yes	Yes	Minority (30%)
Italy	Alitalia	Yes	No	Minority (49%)
Jamaica	Air Jamaica	Yes	Yes
Japan	Japan Airlines	Yes	Yes	Full
	All Nippon Airways	No	Yes
Jordan	Royal Jordanian Airlines	Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	Air Astana	Yes	Yes
Kenya	Kenya Airways	Yes	Yes
Kiribati	Air Kiribati	Yes
North Korea	Air Koryo	Yes	Yes	Full
South Korea	Korean Air	Yes	Yes
	Asiana Airlines	No	Yes
Kuwait	Kuwait Airways	Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan Airlines	Yes	Yes
Laos	Lao Airlines	Yes
Latvia	Air Baltic	Yes
Lebanon	Middle East Airlines		No
Liberia	Air Liberia	Yes
Libya	Libyan Arab Airlines	Yes
Lithuania	FlyLal	Yes	Yes
Luxembourg	Luxair	Yes	Yes
Macau	Air Macau	Yes
Macedonia	MAT Macedonian Airlines	Yes
Madagascar	Air Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Air Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines	Yes	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	Yes	No
	Mexicana	Yes	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	Yes
Namibia	Air Namibia	Yes
Nauru	Air Nauru	Yes
Nepal	Nepal Airlines	Yes
Netherlands	KLM	Yes	Yes	No
Netherlands Antilles	Bonaire Express
New Caledonia	Aircalin
New Zealand	Air New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Majority
Nicaragua	NICA	Yes
Nigeria	Virgin Nigeria Airways	Yes
Norway	Scandinavian Airlines System	Yes[2]	Yes	Minority[2]
Oman	Gulf Air	Yes[1]		Joint-Venture
	Oman Air	Yes	Yes	Minority (33%)
Pakistan	PIA	Yes	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	Yes	Joint-Venture
Poland	LOT Polish Airlines	Yes	Yes	Majority (67.97%)[7]
Portugal	TAP Portugal	Yes	Yes
Qatar	Qatar Airways	Yes	Yes
Réunion	Air Austral
Romania	TAROM	Yes	Yes	Majority (95%)
Russia	Aeroflot	No	Yes	Majority (51%)
Rwanda	Rwandair Express	Yes
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Samoa	Polynesian Blue
São Tomé and Príncipe	Air São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabian Airlines	Yes		Full
Senegal	Air Sénégal International	Yes	Yes
Serbia	Jat Airways	Yes	Yes	Full[8]
Seychelles	Air Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Sierra National Airlines	yes	yes
Singapore	Singapore Airlines	Yes	Yes	Majority (54%)
Slovakia	Air Slovakia		Yes
Slovenia	Adria Airways		Yes
Solomon Islands	Solomon Airlines	Yes
Somalia	Somali Airlines	Yes
South Africa	South African Airways	Yes	Yes[4]
Spain	Iberia	Yes	Yes	Minority (5%)[9]
	Spanair	No	Yes	No
Sri Lanka	SriLankan Airlines	Yes	Yes
Sudan	Sudan Airways	Yes
Suriname	Surinam Airways	Yes
Sweden	Scandinavian Airlines System	Yes[2]	Yes	Joint-Venture[2]
Swaziland	Royal swazi airlines
Switzerland	Swiss International Air Lines		Yes[4]
Syria	Syrian Arab Airlines	Yes	Yes	Full
Taiwan (Republic of China)	China Airlines[10]	Yes	No
Tajikistan	Tajik Air	Yes
Tanzania	Air Tanzania	Yes
Thailand	Thai Airways International	Yes	Yes	Majority (53%)
Togo	Air Togo	Yes
Tonga	Peau Vavaʻu
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean Airlines	Yes	Yes	Full
Tunisia	Tunisair	Yes	Yes
Turkey	Turkish Airlines	Yes	Yes	Majority
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan Airlines	Yes	Yes
Turks and Caicos Islands	Air Turks and Caicos	Yes
Uganda	Air Uganda	Yes	Yes
Ukraine	Ukraine International Airlines	Yes	Yes	Majority
United Arab Emirates	Etihad Airways	Yes	No	Yes[11]
	Emirates	Yes	Yes	Yes[12]
United Kingdom	British Airways[13]	Yes	Yes	No
United States	All locally-registered airlines[14]	No	Yes	No
Uruguay	PLUNA	Yes	Yes	Minority (25%)
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Airways	Yes		Majority
Vanuatu	Air Vanuatu	Yes	Yes
Venezuela	Conviasa	Yes	No[4]	Full
Vietnam	Vietnam Airlines	Yes	Yes[4]	Full
Yemen	Yemenia	Yes	Yes
Zambia	Zambian Airways	Yes
Zimbabwe	Air Zimbabwe	Yes	Yes