airline

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See also: air line and Airline

English

Etymology

From air +‎ line.

Noun

airline (plural airlines)

  1. A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.
    • 1932, Amelia Earhart, “Air Trails of the Future”, in The Fun of It, page 205:
      But already there are some commercial air­lines in the United States which use airplanes cap­able of more than 200 miles an hour.

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  • See "derived terms" at air.

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