Another day, another round of guesses
Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
15. Two airlines use mythological birds. Name the birds and respective airlines (both bird names end with "a")
Hint National carriers of two countries both beginning with "I"
There are only so many countries that start with "I". The first flag carrier that came to mind is Garuda Indonesia whose logo is... a garuda, which turns out to be a mythical eagle (thanks, Wikipedia).
Going through the list of countries in my mind:
Italy: Alitalia has a big "A"
Israel: El Al has a Star of David
Iran: Iran Air has a griffin, which is a mythological bird-like creature, but doesn't end in "a"
Ireland: Aer Lingus has a shamrock
India: Air India - apparently that tail is supposed to be a swan? Who knew?
Iceland: Icelandair has... something, but it doesn't really look like a bird
Iraq: Iraqi AIrways has a swallow, which is a bird, but not very mythological.
Upon further research, it turns out that the Iran Air griffin is actually a mythological Huma (or Homa) bird (
Huma Bird), so I figure that must be what you're going for.
Well, I learned something today!