air bridge

noun

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

Example Sentences

Despite all that effort, everyone at the base that day knew that the multinational air bridge to Gaza was a wildly inefficient solution to a problem that by rights should never have existed.

From Los Angeles Times

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

The European Union last week announced the launch of a humanitarian air bridge from the Central American country of Panama to Haiti.

From Seattle Times