What is a flag carrier?

Insurance más at once Oíthis the famous téterm aerosolíflag line, but ¿thaté What does this expression mean?ón, exists, are a técurrent term or is it an old phrase dating back to the éfew romáaviation ethicsón?

Aerolíby Bandera

This expressionón comes from the añthe 50s onwards, when the great majoríaerosolíairlines in the world were State-owned and airlines were usedíneas as a global advertising medium, locating logos or brands forís on airplanes, a kind of ambassadors. You have to remember that back then, there were few aerosolsíand it beganó to place the flag of the countryís what I belong toíto the grandfatherónext to the motheríbutt. Subsequently, the téterm evolved and becameó to the airínea más representative, be it for history, was the first or had meás international presence in «aerolíflag line», máI know nothing, the airínea más acquaintance of a país and make his compatriots feel proud.

With the passing of theños, much of these famous aerolíflag lines have been privatized due to the high operating costs that governments mustían assume and within this change, for commercial reasons or for being a téterm that is used less and less, They stopped using or calling themselves Aerolínea de bandera de X país.

Con la globalizationón and the arrival of large groups toéprivate prisoners, some of these traditional aerosolíflag lines were disappearing, breaking the fusionáhanging out with others, so the famous téterm has been disappearing and currently, mainly in Latinérica, There are very few thatúThey do not use it as an advertising medium or to call for patriotism to win passengers over large private companies..

Although many have stopped using teaéterm, in the society of each countryís, everyone knows asál is the main aeroínea, the más representative of your aerolíne flag, without it being necessarily State or having this denominative officially.

Aerolíflag lines of the world

These were or are the ones that can be considered aerosolíflag line of the different countriesíses (Source www.xixerone.com):

¿Alguien officially determines cuál is the airíthe flag of a país?

It depends on each país, in some for example, has been named víby presidential decree the aerolínea considered official flag, while in others, it's only the más popular or well-known, without there being an official entity that has determined it to have this categoryía.

an aerosolíflag line will not necessarily beá the más grande (couldíto be a private), the one that más planes have, the one that más destinations fly or the one with the best service, but yesí to beá which all a país identifies with. In this point, some governments toún insist that you have an aerolíflag line helpá to tourism and economyíto the país or even this concept has been used as a way to protect airlinesíneas doméstatic before the big airlinesídenies, either way, this concept is disappearing.

The case of Ecuador

In our particular case, when Tame passedó to be aerosolíline administered by the FAE to Company Pública, had the objective of connecting Ecuador with the world, carrying the flag of Ecuador to the places where Ecuadorians are and from thereí, It is known as the Aerolíflag of Ecuador. Although currently it has closed some international destinations, your brand has someún degree of recognition in the regionón and is identified as the aerolínea of ​​the Ecuadorians.

Previously, I had this pedestalíto busy Ecuadorian de Aviación, única aerolíEcuadorian line that arrivedó to impose a strong brand positioning in the regionón with all the international routes that it had in its best daysías.

On concludedón, the téterm aerosolíflag line is a téterm something romáAttic and continues its process of disappearing and giving way to an aviationón globalized, where all compete equally for each passenger transported and the concept of «aerolínea más representative of a país» without being an official appointment, máthe choice is rightón of his countrymen.