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Old 3rd Jan 2005, 17:05
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barry lloyd
 
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Airline names - the real meaning

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*I once asked the (then) chairman of BWIA why they still called it BWIA long after the countries concerned had become independent. He said 'Do you think anyone would fly with us if we just called it West Indian Airways?'

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