asking about flight

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Are both of these sentences correct? Which one is a more natural way to ask it?
1. Which airline are you going to take?
2. Which airline are you flying / traveling with?
 

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'Which airline are you flying with?'
 
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Is it funny / unnatural to ask "Which airline are you taking"?
 

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It's sounds unnatural to me.
 

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"Which flight/bus/train are you taking/getting?" would be natural in BrE but only when talking about a specific service (ie flight number BA243, bus number 7 etc), but it doesn't work with the name of an airline.
 
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