Meaning of flag carrier in English
(Definition of flag carrier from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of flag carrier
flag carrier
Passengers flights are run by the national flag carrier and other domestic airlines.
The organization continued to stress that the squad was not cheerleaders but rather a unique flag carrier/dance team.
During this time, the airline was designated as the countrys flag carrier.
The carrier therefore became the flag carrier of the country.
The second and more broadly used definition of flag carrier is a legacy of the time when countries established state-owned airline companies.
One player grabs the flag and runs through checkpoints, while other players try to grab the flag away by running into the flag carrier.
We cannot have all the problems of a second flag carrier operating from a different airport.
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That is not a commercial way of doing business, but when an airline is a national flag carrier it is forced to do these things.
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Yet in neither case is there evidence of damage to the flag carrier.
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We still stand by having a strong public sector airline as the national flag carrier.
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