Overview

• In-flight maps showed the capital prominently as Puerto Argentino, with the British name Port Stanley relegated to a bracketed subtitle.
• Falklands veterans, including Admiral Lord West, condemned the change as “disgraceful” and disrespectful to the islanders’ British identity.
• British Airways has pledged to review the matter with its third-party map supplier to correct the naming error.
• The incident has revived debates over the islands’ status, despite a 2013 referendum where 99.8% of residents voted to remain under UK sovereignty.
• Argentina continues to claim the islands as its own territory and in 2017 renamed Port Stanley to Puerto Argentino in its senate resolutions.