airbus
noun
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
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airbus
American
[air-buhs]
/ ˈɛərˌbʌs /
Or
air bus
noun
Airbus
British
/ ˈɛəˌbʌs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of airbus
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Surface damage seen on Qatar Airways' airbus A350 parked at Qatar airways aircraft maintenance hangar in Doha, Qatar, June 20, 2022.
From Reuters ● Jul. 15, 2022
She scissored her arms over her head, as if signaling an airbus to cut its engines at Reagan National.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2015
There was real-life drama at Barcelona airport when a Boeing 767 arriving from Moscow almost hit an Argentinian airbus which was taxiing across its path to prepare for take-off.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2014
The Air France airbus was prepping for takeoff to Paris when its wing collided with the tail of a Comair commuter jet.
From Time ● Apr. 12, 2011
He opened the letter when he had settled down in a comfortable morris chair in the airbus.
From The Man Who Staked the Stars by Charles Dye
The company owns a 25% stake in MBDA, a joint venture that manufactures missiles with France’s Airbus and the U.K.’s BAE Systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The sole occupant of the Airbus was identified as Tyler Delane Sturdevant, 38, of Newberg, Oregon.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Munns said it was a "huge privilege" to be at the controls of the Airbus A321neo with her daughter and her fellow pupils on board.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
"Historically in aviation, the main driver of fuel-burn reduction was the engine," Bruno Fichefeux, Airbus head of future programs, told AFP at the Farnborough Airshow in July.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
That I proposed to climb to the cruising altitude of an Airbus 300 jetliner struck me, at that moment, as preposterous, or worse.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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