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Flag Carrier Airlines

Can you name the historical national airlines of each of the countries below?
Many of these are no longer state-owned
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First submittedJanuary 8, 2013
Times taken50,624
Average score65.0%
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Country
Flag Carrier
United Kingdom
British Airways
Australia
Qantas
Ireland
Aer Lingus
Canada
Air Canada
Italy
ITA Airways
Netherlands
KLM
Spain
Iberia
Israel
El Al
France
Air France
Chile
LATAM Airlines
Country
Flag Carrier
China
Air China
Colombia
Avianca
Denmark / Norway / Sweden
Scandinavian Airlines
Finland
Finnair
Germany
Lufthansa
Jordan
Royal Jordanian
New Zealand
Air New Zealand
Poland
LOT Polish Airlines
Portugal
TAP Portugal
Russia
Aeroflot
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44 Comments
mal
+5
Level 64
Jan 21, 2013
I didn't get many of these as I've never flown. Looking at the answers though I wouldn't have needed much imagination to get quite a few more!
kalbahamut
+5
Level 79
Jan 21, 2013
I would have gotten a lot more of these given how much I travel, but the quiz is pretty EuroCentric and most of my travels are outside of Europe.
Ozchris
+17
Level 32
Jan 21, 2013
LOL... most of the World's major airlines are European. Sorry if that's eurocentric. The great majority of the quizzes here contain questions (baseball, American only tv ads, stuff about small town US etc) that anyone outside of the US couldn't possibly know. Which can be... challenging. So I wouldn't whinge too much. :)
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Feb 2, 2013
Oz... you're just.... well I'll let ivyhooligan's post speak for itself. I wasn't "whingeing" at all. I don't often fly on US airlines, either, btw. I'm sure I use British Airways more than United.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Feb 2, 2013
ivy... interesting stats. I've flown on all of these top airlines except for Air Canada, Lufthansa, and the Chinese ones. I like using Cathay Pacific, though. Excellent airline. Even though I prefer Singapore Airlines because of Changi. and there are so many good discount airlines around Asia (Cebu Pacific, AirAsia, etc etc) it's hard to justify using the full price carriers.
Trackles13
+3
Level 57
May 23, 2013
Um what has that link got to do with this quiz ivy hooligan? It's FLAG carriers, largest carriers is a different quiz.
Roger77024
+1
Level 56
Jun 23, 2015
The fact is that US does not have a national flag carrier, though with the number of mergers, it seems to be headed towards one.
POOCH
+1
Level 71
Jun 22, 2018
The last US flag carrier that I can remember was Pan Am. That was a great airline.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Sep 28, 2019
ivy's post is gone now, showing that Oz was totally, completely wrong.
Bux72
+4
Level 28
Sep 3, 2013
Great quiz! Got them all but for TAP ... so close. When in doubt add "Air" to the name of the country :)
richardlecoq
+2
Level 26
Sep 23, 2014
I think that applies only with 3 airlines in this quiz...not a very smart advice
mikeb
+2
Level 65
Jun 23, 2015
Actually 4, richardlecoq.
plattitude
+4
Level 94
Jan 29, 2014
Could you accept "Bloody Awful" for the UK? I know it's not really their name, but that's what all my English friends claim BA stands for...
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jun 24, 2015
I don't believe you have an English friend.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Dec 23, 2018
Mr. T was Bloody Awful Barracus?
mez
+1
Level 72
Feb 14, 2021
only ever flown twice with BA, both times it didn't end well
thegrasswren
+1
Level 35
Feb 9, 2014
Thanks for taking the time to make this quiz. Perhaps some of the others on here might make some more airline quizzes for me? ;)
rod93gar
+2
Level 21
Feb 4, 2015
For more Flag Carrier Airlines:

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/30993/flag-carrier-airlines-quiz-2

Logintus
+1
Level 67
Jun 23, 2015
EI AI should be acceptable for Israel... especially because that's what it says in the answer box, but its not. Only ELAL is... Why? Can you fix this? Thanks.
Djilas
+4
Level 86
Nov 11, 2016
unfortunately for you capitalized i and non-capitalized L look the same in this font, but only L is correct
katierae557
+1
Level 44
Jun 23, 2015
Almost didn't get Portugal, eventually got them all with 2:24 left because I am a huge aviation nerd.
stromae
+1
Level 70
Jun 23, 2015
Lucky for me, one of the airlines was advertising on this site and I didn't know it so it got me one, thank you Aeroflot.
DiscoBayGolfer
+2
Level 80
Jun 23, 2015
HA...tried Finlandia and then realized that's a vodka. Must be close to 5:00.
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Nov 3, 2016
We old-time jaded travelers a good laugh back in the '80s renaming some of the airlines we flew most often: BWIA and ALM (The Antillean off-shoot of KLM) .

We renamed it BWIA: But Will It Arrive,

and ALM: Altijd Laat Maatschapij. (Always Late Company)

lucd13
+5
Level 70
Nov 18, 2016
LAN Chile changed its name in 2010 to LATAM Chile after merging with TAM Airlines (as did all the other LANs in the area). Update required.
anonymousrbarm
+3
Level 28
Jan 27, 2018
LAN no longer exists
ImmortalHawk
+2
Level 62
Jul 20, 2018
Please change LAN Airlines to LATAM Chile
Gassu
+15
Level 69
Dec 2, 2018
Ok, Jordan just missed a yuge opportunity. I‘d love to fly with "Air Jordan"
TMK613
+2
Level 59
Dec 23, 2018
LAN Chile is wrong. It is LATAM Chile.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Dec 23, 2018
Finally fixed
marez
+1
Level 65
Jan 6, 2020
I like QSuite on Qatar Airways... I only fly first or business, never cattle
RSGenius25
+1
Level 36
Oct 18, 2021
19/20. Missed Avianca
Borini11
+2
Level 99
Feb 10, 2022
Alitalia doesn't exist anymore
BahamutzYt
+2
Level 19
May 6, 2022
Aer Dingus

LOL

RoadmanM
+1
Level 57
Feb 24, 2023
ITA airways is the Italian flag carrier now. Alitalia is no more.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 24, 2023
Updated
TheSultan1
+3
Level 43
Apr 17, 2023
Should probably update the instructions as well since ITA is technically a new entity, while Alitalia is the "historical" flag carrier.
thorafl
+2
Level 51
Jul 3, 2023
couldn't spell Lufthansa
cmountenay
+6
Level 91
Sep 2, 2023
How is Jordan not Air Jordan?
InterAlia
+3
Level 83
Apr 11, 2026
It does seem they missed an opportunity there.

There's also JordanAir, though that's a more obscure reference. The Jordanaires were a Nashville vocal quartet who provided backing vocals for Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, and various others for decades.

shrekcena
+1
Level 60
Apr 12, 2026
Wonder if it was a copyright thing lol
geo304
+2
Level 80
Apr 15, 2024
Could you accept British Air for UK?
shrekcena
+1
Level 60
Apr 12, 2026
Apparently not
THEAilin
+1
Level 37
Apr 13, 2026
I can't believe I got Jordan but not China
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