air bridge

British  

noun

1. a link by air transport between two places, esp two places separated by a stretch of sea

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Example Sentences

An air bridge from Miami and Tampa to Havana and other cities brings in millions of dollars in cash as well as tons of clothing, footwear, medicines, consumer goods, power generators and food sent by Cubans living in the U.S. to family on the island.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another route is an air bridge of small planes flying from clandestine airstrips in southern Venezuela to landing sites in Central America and Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal

Around 100 tonnes of equipment are being delivered each day, the ministry said, as an air bridge was built between Mayotte, Reunion and mainland France.

From BBC

The government said it was sending in supplies via an air bridge from its other Indian Ocean territory, Reunion Island.

From BBC

To solve this problem, the researchers built a thin layer of air into the thermophotovoltaic cell just beyond the semiconductor and added a gold reflector beyond the air gap -- a structure they call an air bridge.

From Science Daily