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Definition of Airline

1. Noun. A hose that carries air under pressure.

2. Noun. A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers.

Definition of Airline

1. Noun. A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Airline

1. an air transportation system [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Airline

airish airlane airlanes airless airless lung airlessly airlessness airlessnesses airletter airletters

airlift airlifted airlifting airlifts airlike airline (current term) airline business airliner airliners airlines

airlinese airling airlings airlock airlocked airlocks airly airmail airmail letter airmailed

Literary usage of Airline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"airline Proprietary Project Officer Dep., 6/12/87, at 48-49. ... The airline proprietary manager reported to CIA that Schwimmer "must be crazy" and rejected ..."

2. Aviation Accident Investigations: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce edited by John McCain (1999)
"If the foreign airline is represented by a pilot's union that is a member of the ... The Systems Group consists of the FAA, airline, airframe and engine ..."

3. Global Competitiveness of U. S. Advanced-Technology Manufacturing Industries ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"GPA and GE's Polaris unit combined will control a portfolio of nearly 1000 LCA. "The Dangers of Overreach," airline Business, June 1993, p. 7. ..."

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