airline
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often airlines . a company that owns or operates such a system.
a direct line; beeline.
an airhose used to pipe air to a deep-sea diver, pneumatic drill, etc.
of or on an airline.
Origin of airline
1Words Nearby airline
Other definitions for air-line (2 of 2)
straight; direct; traveling a direct route: Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.
Origin of air-line
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How to use airline in a sentence
They were the first airline to require masks for flight attendants, and among the first to say they would not let customers fly who refused to wear masks.
United will start offering pre-flight COVID tests in October to passengers traveling to Hawaii | Lee Clifford | September 24, 2020 | FortuneThe crystallization of aviation’s potentially hydrogen-hued future does nothing to change the fact that, in 2020, airlines are far more preoccupied with staying alive than they are with taking on new aircraft.
Check out Airbus’s concepts for the world’s first ‘zero-emission commercial aircraft’ | David Meyer | September 21, 2020 | FortunePrices for the holidays should be attractive, given that airlines need to boost demand.
Planning to fly for the holidays? 6 things to know before you book | matthewheimer | September 19, 2020 | FortuneThe airline kept mentioning the process used to clean the airplane.
Are you ready to start traveling for work again? TripActions’ CEO is banking on it | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 15, 2020 | FortuneThat said airlines have instituted some measures to help reduce that risk.
All Your Questions About Flying During the Pandemic Answered | Charli Penn | September 4, 2020 | Essence.com
Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTDid the airline file a flight plan that took account of the weather en route from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore?
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTLike him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMalaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSearch teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.
For, given water, they were very good lands indeed, and Western airline was prepared to sell them with a water guarantee.
Desert Conquest | A. M. ChisholmHe had so come to look upon Western airline as an irresistible force, that the concept of an immovable body was quite beyond him.
Desert Conquest | A. M. ChisholmAnd this boy fixed me up with his sister who was an airline stewardess.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyReturning to this date that you had with this airline stewardess, did she tell you anything about Oswald?
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyOswald once dated an airline stewardess who was learning Russian.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for airline
/ (ˈɛəˌlaɪn) /
a system or organization that provides scheduled flights for passengers or cargo
(as modifier): an airline pilot
a hose or tube carrying air under pressure
mainly US a beeline
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