air route
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of air route
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Analysts say the Houthis, under pressure at home from skyrocketing prices and dwindling supplies of basic necessities, are motivated to force open the air route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
More than 7,000 animals, dead and alive, have been seized along the Thailand-India air route in the last 3.5 years, it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
Data published earlier this by the consultancy OAG suggests Dublin-Heathrow is the second busiest international air route in Europe.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
The Sanaa-Amman air route was reintroduced last year as part of a U.N.-brokered cease-fire deal between the Houthis and the internationally recognized government.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
The St Louis to New York flight was a distance by air route, 1,266 miles.
From Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship by Octave Chanute
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