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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 12:12 pm
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Originally Posted by jpatokal
Now that the easy stuff is out of the way it's time for some curveballs

Garuda (Indonesia)
Berjaya Air (Malaysia)
Biman (Bangladesh)
Druk Air (Bhutan)
Air DO (Japan)
Nok Air (Thailand)
Here goes...

Berjaya Air: Part of the Berjaya Group conglomerate. Berjaya means "success" in Malay...I think.

Biman: means airplane(?) in Bangla/Bengali?

Druk Air: The people of Bhutan are also called Drukpa, IIRC....so maybe something to do with that.

Nok Air: Nok means "bird" in Thai - fly in the belly of the bird
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