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FLAG CARRIER | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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Meaning of flag carrier in English

flag carrier

noun [ C ]

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(also flag airline)

TRANSPORT

an airline that is or was owned by a government, often with the name of the country in its name:

Air India, the country's flag carrier

The Australian government raised A$1.45 billion from the sale of its 75% stake in the national flag carrier.

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(Definition of flag carrier from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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