The only cold comfort for Taiwan's flagship carrier is that travelers seem to have developed shorter memories.

Changing the practice of allowing flagship carriers to split a market 50-50 is likely to be the most sensitive subject the ministers will confront.

Air Canada, the national flagship carrier, is considered one of the world's safest airlines.

British Airways, the country's flagship carrier, was recently privatized by the Thatcher Government.

In July, Air China, the nation's flagship carrier, also saw its international passenger traffic fall by 19% from a year earlier.

But that is unlikely to happen partly because of cozy relationships between some European governments and their flagship carriers.

There was a time when the aircraft itself was terrorists' main target, and flagship carriers from certain countries could feel a relative degree of immunity.

The airline rose out of the ashes of Swissair, which had been the country's flagship carrier.

Its regional carrier, Crossair, emerged as the new flagship carrier.

Garuda, Indonesia's flagship carrier, has been criticized in the past for poor pilot training and poor performance.