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 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 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
As a result, the air route between them is one of the nation’s most competitive and heavily trafficked.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2018
"I wonder," said Bell coldly to himself, with the thunder of the motor coming through the singing of the air route signal, "I wonder if he'll see the ship I cracked up last night?"
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Bates, Harry
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