Airlines

[Andre1 (Andre)]

Hey,

Could we add some airlines like British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates, Qatar airlines, Singapore airlines as the stocks are probably at a low at the moment.

Cheers!

[Eden]

@Andre1

British Airways

https://community.freetrade.io/t/request-international-airlines-group-iag/3299/45

This requires a nationality declaration before it can be added which Freetrade doesn’t support quite yet (hopefully soon)

@Andre1

Virgin Atlantic

Owned by Virgin Group and Delta, so as far as I can tell you could only get exposure via Delta?

@Andre1

Emirates

This is a state owned business

@Andre1

Qatar airlines

Also a state owned business

@Andre1

Singapore airlines

They are listed on the Singapore stock exchange which Freetrade isn’t exposed to yet. You might want to post an idea for this exchange to be added.

[Freetrade_Team]

Hey Andre, first of all, welcome to the community forum

We plan to add more airlines in future, however, the delay for these is due to something called nationality declaration.

This adds some not inconsiderable compliance work for us.

You can read more about it here:

About the #nationality-declaration tag

You’ll see this tag on #stock-requests topics. Some companies (often airlines), require investors to declare their nationality when they invest in their stocks. Since our Basic Orders are processed as a bundle, we can’t declare the nationality of each shareholder whose order is included in that bundle. There are ways that we can enable you to buy these stocks but at the moment, we’re prioritising other items on our roadmap first. You can help us prioritise this functionality by voting for th…

And also find many other airlines and travel companies on the app.

Capital at risk