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
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
The French, for instance, hope to push a trunk air route to India via Constantinople, and this line has the advantage of avoiding a long sea and desert crossing.
From Aviation in Peace and War by Sykes, Frederick Hugh, Sir
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