airline

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UK /ˈɛəˌlaɪn/ US /ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/

noun 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

big, large, major | domestic, international, national

commercial, private, state/state-owned

The country's state-owned airline has announced new flights to Asia next month.

charter, scheduled

Many travelers prefer scheduled airlines because they offer more frequent flights to major cities.

VERB + AIRLINE

operate, run

AIRLINE + VERB

fly, operate

Several budget airlines now fly routes across Europe that were previously too expensive for most travelers.

AIRLINE + NOUN

business, company, industry

flight, service

The airline cancelled my flight because of bad weather yesterday.

employee, operator, pilot | passenger | reservation, ticket

Definitions

noun

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for

airway

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

But already there are some commercial airlines in the United States which use airplanes capable of more than 200 miles an hour.

Wiktionary

Corsairfly is an airline based in Paris.

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Now, you ask me if I've flown a major airline.

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They are a good airline to fly with.

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As soon as one airline announced its plan for airfare reductions, the rest of the companies followed suit.

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