- airline
- noun Date: 1901 an air transportation system including its equipment, routes, operating personnel, and management
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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airline — air‧line [ˈeəlaɪn ǁ ˈer ] noun [countable] ORGANIZATIONS TRANSPORT TRAVEL an organization offering transport by plane for passengers and goods: • IBM is an IT supplier to most major airlines world wide. • It is considering operating as a charter… … Financial and business terms
airline — ☆ airline [er′līn΄ ] n. 1. the shortest distance between two points on the earth s surface; great circle route between two places; beeline: also air line 2. a system or company for moving freight and passengers by aircraft 3. a route for travel… … English World dictionary
airline — air line an organization, usually commercial or governmental, providing transportation by airplane for freight or passengers. The term includes the organization, its personnel, equipment and other properties, such as approved air routes. [PJC.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
airline — (n.) also air line, 1813, beeline, straight line from place to place (as through the air, rather than over terrain; in later 19c. especially in reference to railways that ran directly between big cities in the U.S. instead of meandering from town … Etymology dictionary
airline — ► NOUN 1) an organization providing a regular passenger air service. 2) (air line) a pipe or tube supplying air … English terms dictionary
Airline — For other uses, see Airline (disambiguation). Airline A Boeing 767 300ER of Delta Air Lines, one of the world s largest passenger airlines … Wikipedia
airline — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major ▪ domestic, international, national, regional ▪ commercial, private … Collocations dictionary
airline — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [air] carrier, airways; air shuttle. See aviation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. air carrier, commercial airline, air passenger carrier, air freight carrier, air service, scheduled airline, commuter airline … English dictionary for students
airline */*/ — UK [ˈeə(r)ˌlaɪn] / US [ˈerˌlaɪn] noun [countable] Word forms airline : singular airline plural airlines a company that owns aircraft and takes people or goods by plane from one place to another Australia s national airline He d always wanted to… … English dictionary
Airline — Luftverkehrsgesellschaft; Fluggesellschaft; Fluglinie * * * Air|line 〈[ɛ:rlaın] f. 10〉 Fluggesellschaft, Fluglinie [engl.] * * * Air|line [ ɛ:ɐ̯la̮in ], die; , s [engl. airline]: Fluglinie, Fluggesellschaft. * * * Airline [ eəlaɪn], englische … Universal-Lexikon
airline — air|line [ er,laın ] noun count ** a company that owns aircraft and takes people or goods by airplane from one place to another: Australia s national airline an airline pilot/passenger: He d always wanted to be an airline pilot … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
