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Remove British Airways as the UK flag carrier and its transatlantic slots

Submitted on Tuesday 13th November 2018

Rejected on Wednesday 21st November 2018

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Remove British Airways as the UK flag carrier and its transatlantic slots

Petition Details

BA is seeking to become a Spanish registered company after brexit rather than a British company in an effort to bypass eu regulations on airline ownership. Thus would mean delisting the parent company IAG from the London stock market and forcing funds to sell their stocks.

Additional Information

With BA seeking Madrids help in confirming its status as a Spanish company therefore bypassing the EU regulations on airline ownership, if it does confirm its a Spanish company surely it can no longer be the UK flag carrier? Also if not the flag carrier it should have its very lucrative transatlantic slots at Heathrow looked at with reality UK Airlines getting at least 50% of BAs current allocation. We cannot have a foreign company as flag carrier and majority slot owner.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can't accept your petition because it's about something the UK Government or Parliament is not responsible for.

The term "flag carrier" is an informal term, with no official meaning in the United Kingdom.

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