ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Airline

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɛəˌlaɪn/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Airline is a noun meaning A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

Meaning

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

Example Sentences

But already there are some commercial air­lines in the United States which use airplanes cap­able of more than 200 miles an hour.
They and the airline itself described an internal process that requires multiple departments to manually redesign the airline’s schedule – a system that works “the vast majority of the time,” Southwest said in a statement. […] Other airlines managed to recover by early this week; at Southwest, the cancellations only increased.

Word Forms

Synonyms for airline

Depending on context, synonyms include airway, airways.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include airway, airliner, airspace, aviation, airport, jetliner.

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