airline

Definition

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

Etymology

From air + line.

Example Sentences

• "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."