An airline from Iceland is naming its new plane 'TF-GAY' to support the LGBT community.

WOW Airlines' CEO says the name was suggested by a pilot to mark their new flight route to San Francisco. The US city is famous for its gay scene.

The plane will join WOW's existing "family" of aircraft, which have names like TF-MOM, TF-DAD, TF-SIS.

Skuli Mogensen says: "I immediately thought it was a great idea."

He says it fits "with our approach of using words relating to family members in the spirit of inclusiveness."

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He believes it's all part of supporting gay people's rights, "just as we support equal rights for everybody, no matter their gender, religion, ethnicity or culture".

"By making it possible for everybody to travel with us, we'll hopefully manage to make the world slightly smaller, and better," he tells GayIceland.

He also says he's not bothered if people don't like the name.

"If I were worried or scared of what people might say about me or what I do, then WOW air wouldn't exist," he says.

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