flag carrier
noun [C] (also flag airline)Definition
› 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.
(Definition of flag carrier noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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