airline

airline

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.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with an air line, i.e., a route taken by flight.

Synonyms

• air carrier
• airway or airways

Derived terms

• airline bag
• airline mile
• airline seat
• airline ticket
• budget airline
• national airline

 

Related terms

• See "derived terms" at air.

Translations

company that flies airplanes

Afrikaans: lugdiens Arabic: شَرِكَة طَيَرَان‎ f (šarikat ṭayarān), خُطُوط جَوِيَّة‎ m pl (ḵuṭūṭ jawiyya) Armenian: ավիաընկերություն (hy) (aviaənkerutʿyun) Belarusian: авіякампа́нія f (avijakampánija) Bengali: বিমানসংস্থা (bimansôṅstha), এয়ারলাইন (eẏarlain) Bulgarian: авиокомпа́ния f (aviokompánija) Burmese: လေကြောင်း (my) (le-kraung:) Catalan: aerolínia f Chinese: Mandarin: 航空公司 (zh) (hángkōng gōngsī) Czech: letecká společnost f, aerolinie (cs) f pl, aerolinka (cs) f Danish: flyselskab n Dutch: luchtvaartmaatschappij (nl) f Esperanto: flugkompanio Faroese: flogfelag n Finnish: lentoyhtiö (fi) French: compagnie aérienne (fr) f, ligne aérienne (fr) f Galician: aeroliña f, compañía aérea Georgian: ავიაკომპანია (aviaḳomṗania), ავიახაზები (aviaxazebi) German: Fluggesellschaft (de) f, Airline (de) f Greek: αερογραμμή (el) f (aerogrammí) Hebrew: חֶבְרַת תְּעוּפָה‎ (he) (hevrat t'ufa) Hindi: एयरलाइन (eyarlāin), हवाई कम्पनी (havāī kampanī) Hungarian: légitársaság (hu) Icelandic: flugfélag n Indonesian: maskapai penerbangan Irish: aerlíne f Italian: linea aerea f, compagnia aerea f, aviolinea (it) f, aerolinea (it) f Japanese: 航空会社 (こうくうがいしゃ, kōkū-gaisha), エアライン (earain) Kazakh: әуекомпания (äuekompaniä) Khmer: អាកាសចរ (ʔaakaascɑɑ) Korean: 항공 회사(航空會社) (hanggong hoesa), 항공사(航空社) (ko) (hanggongsa) Lao: ສາຍການບິນ (lo) (sāi kān bin) Latvian: lidsabiedrība f Lithuanian: oro linija f Macedonian: авиоли́нија f (aviolínija), авиокомпа́нија f (aviokompánija) Malay: syarikat penerbangan Mongolian: агаарын зам (agaaryn zam) Norwegian: flyselskap n Persian: شرکت هواپیمایی‎ (šerkat-e havâpeymâyi) Polish: linie lotnicze (pl) f pl Portuguese: linha aérea (pt) f, companhia aérea f Romanian: companie aeriană f, linie aeriană (ro) f Russian: авиакомпа́ния (ru) f (aviakompánija), авиапредприя́тие (ru) n (aviapredprijátije) (USSR), авиали́нии (ru) f pl (avialínii) (normally used in airline names) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: авиокомпа̀нија f Roman: aviokompànija (sh) f Slovak: letečká spoločnosť f, aerolínie f pl Slovene: letalska družba f Spanish: aerolínea (es) f, compañía aérea f Swahili: kampuni ya ndege Swedish: flygbolag (sv) n flygföretag n Tagalog: kompanyang panghimpapawid Thai: สายการบิน (th) (săai gaan bin) Turkish: hava yolu (tr) Ukrainian: авіакомпа́нія f (aviakompánija), авіалі́нії f pl (avialíniji) (normally used in airline names) Urdu: فضائی ادارہ‎ (fizāī idāra) Vietnamese: công ty hàng không (公司航空), hàng không (vi) (航空), hãng hàng không Yiddish: לופֿטליניע‎ f (luftlinye)

Further reading

• airline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia