air route
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of air route
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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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
The fiasco erupted in the wake of attempts by the government of Antigua and Barbuda to establish a direct air route between the twin isle nation and Central Africa.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2023
La Roma, the neighborhood, is below the air route to the Mexico City Airport, which is not far away from there.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2018
But that’s bound to be eclipsed soon as airlines and aircraft manufacturers vie to be the first to pull off the last major nonstop air route: Sydney to London, estimated at over 20 hours.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2018
Almost immediately, I understood the fame of this little station, so far from everything but the air route.
From The Literary World Seventh Reader by Metcalf, John Calvin
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