Definitions for airline
ˈɛərˌlaɪnair·line

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. airline, air hosenoun

   a hose that carries air under pressure

2. airline, airline business, airwaynoun

   a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. airlinenoun

   A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

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1. Airline

   An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and/or freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in which they both offer and operate the same flight. Generally, airline companies are recognized with an air operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body. Airlines may be scheduled or charter operators. The first airline was the German airship company DELAG, founded on November 16, 1909. The four oldest non-airship airlines that still exist are the Netherlands' KLM (1919), Colombia's Avianca (1919), Australia's Qantas (1920) and the Czech Republic's Czech Airlines (1923).Airline ownership has seen a shift from mostly personal ownership until the 1930s to government-ownership of major airlines from the 1940s to 1980s and back to large-scale privatization following the mid-1980s. Since the 1980s, there has also been a trend of major airline mergers and the formation of airline alliances. The largest alliances are Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld, and these three collectively account for more than 60% of global commercial air traffic in 2015. Airline alliances coordinate their passenger service programs (such as lounges and frequent-flyer programs), offer special interline tickets and often engage in extensive codesharing (sometimes systemwide). As of 2019, the largest airline by passengers carried and fleet size was the American Airlines Group, while Delta Air Lines was the largest by revenue. Lufthansa Group was the largest by number of employees, FedEx Express by freight ton-kilometers, Turkish Airlines by number of countries served and UPS Airlines by number of destinations served (though United Airlines was the largest passenger airline by number of destinations served).

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1. airline

   An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight by operating flights. They often have a recognized operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body, and may offer regular services on various routes, usually following a fixed schedule. Some airlines are also involved in aircraft leasing, maintenance and crew training.

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1. Airline

   An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit. Generally, airline companies are recognized with an air operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body. Airlines vary from those with a single aircraft carrying mail or cargo, through full-service international airlines operating hundreds of aircraft. Airline services can be categorized as being intercontinental, intra-continental, domestic, regional, or international, and may be operated as scheduled services or charters.

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1. airline

   A type of business that provides just affordable air travel and aircraft ensuring the air travel is accessible and affordable and the service is simple and efficient.

   Low-cost airlines provide a simple, affordable and efficient service to their air passengers and therefore many times receive loyal business and customers.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 26, 2016  

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'airline' in Nouns Frequency: #1851

How to pronounce airline?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say airline in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of airline in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of airline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of airline in a Sentence

1. Former Vice President Dick Cheney:

   Remember, the weapon they used on 9/11, airline tickets and box cutters. That's -- was a difficult, terrible day for us, 3,000 casualties. It'll be a lot worse if they find deadlier weapons.

2. Chairman Warren Buffett:

   We made that decision in terms of the airline business. We took money out of the business basically even at a substantial loss, we will not fund a company that — where we think that it is going to chew up money in the future.

3. Actor Liam Hemsworth:

   6. The smelly kid Some parents feel the need to use the entire plane as a diaper. Gross, but true : A child reportedly pooping on a plane seat on a Delta flight last year( the parents covered the seat with newspapers — how thoughtful). And it’s not unusual for babies to drop a( stink) bomb or two during the flight. ( If this emotional support pig can get kicked off a plane for crapping in the aisle, should little humans, too ?) 7. The chatty kid Chatty Cathy is generally one of the most annoying passengers on a flight but what if Cathy is six years old ? While adorable and curious, she’s probably the last person you want conversation with, because of course she continues to ask the same question in different ways. Or maybe she’s having a loud conversation with her doll. In fact, several years ago, a kid actually got kicked off a plane for being too chatty. According to the Associated Press, Kate Penland’s then 19-month-old son, Garren, started saying ‘ Bye, bye plane, ’ before takeoff — and would n’t stop. When the other passengers started complaining, Kate Penland got mad and eventually Kate Penland and Kate Penland son were asked to leave. That seems a little extreme. Maybe just give the kid a pack of pretzels( peanuts are too risky) and offer him a window seat. 8. The ultimate nightmare kid It’s fair to say no one wants to sit next to a kid who kicks your seat, complains, talks up a storm and manages to poop themselves all on one flight. But as they say in airline business, the sky’s the limit. Passengers who survive the ultimate nightmare child passenger deserve a medal. Actor Liam Hemsworth recently admitted on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that Actor Liam Hemsworth own three kids were those kids on a recent flight from London to Australia( a 30-hour trip). The Ellen DeGeneres Show was kind of like the trip from hell, they were all sick and literally took turns to scream. One would kinda do it and then look over and be like, ‘ I ’m done, you want a turn ? ’ ' Yep, Wahhhh ! ’ The whole cabin, yeah, wanted to kick us off … I don’t know what people expect though — you’re gon na put them in the suitcase or something ?

4. Gary Leff:

   When things do go back to normal, they don’t tend to flip on like a switch, because of course not every airline will return right away, they have to do their own assessments, planes will be out of position.

5. Ken Dyson:

   Airline pilots have, over the past, reported some stuff that could have been black aircraft in flight tests, one and a half.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=airline
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Airline
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=airline