Meanings
nounairline (plural airlines)
plural airlines
- A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.
But already there are some commercial airlines in the United States which use airplanes capable of more than 200 miles an hour.
1932, Amelia Earhart, “Air Trails of the Future”, in The Fun of It, page 2051 more example
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.
2022 December 30, Gregory Wallace, “Insiders at Southwest reveal how the airline’s service imploded”, in CNNSynonyms: air carrier, airway, airways
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.
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nouna commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
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airline businessairway
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans lugdiens
- lugdienscompany that flies airplanes
Arabic شَرِكَة طَيَرَان, خُطُوط جَوِيَّة
- شَرِكَة طَيَرَان (šarikat ṭayarān)company that flies airplanes
- خُطُوط جَوِيَّة (ḵuṭūṭ jawiyya)company that flies airplanes
- خُطُوط طَيَرَان (ḵuṭūṭ ṭayarān)company that flies airplanes
Bengali এয়ারলাইন
- এয়ারলাইন (eẏarlain)company that flies airplanes
Bulgarian авиокомпа́ния, авиоли́ния
- авиокомпа́ния (aviokompánija)company that flies airplanes
- авиоли́ния (aviolínija)company that flies airplanes
Catalan aerolínia
- aerolíniacompany that flies airplanes
Chinese Cantonese 航空公司
- 航空公司 (hong⁴ hung¹ gung¹ si¹)company that flies airplanes
Chinese Mandarin 航空公司
- 航空公司 (hángkōng gōngsī)company that flies airplanes
Czech letecká společnost, aerolinie
- letecká společnostcompany that flies airplanes
- aeroliniecompany that flies airplanes
- aerolinkacompany that flies airplanes
Danish flyselskab
- flyselskabcompany that flies airplanes
Dutch luchtvaartmaatschappij
- luchtvaartmaatschappijcompany that flies airplanes
Esperanto flugkompanio
- flugkompaniocompany that flies airplanes
Estonian lennufirma, lennukompanii
- lennufirmacompany that flies airplanes
- lennukompaniicompany that flies airplanes
- lennuliincompany that flies airplanes
Finnish lentoyhtiö
- lentoyhtiöcompany that flies airplanes
French compagnie aérienne, ligne aérienne
- compagnie aériennecompany that flies airplanes
- ligne aériennecompany that flies airplanes
German Fluggesellschaft, Airline
- Fluggesellschaftcompany that flies airplanes
- Airlinecompany that flies airplanes
Greek αερογραμμή
- αερογραμμή (aerogrammí)company that flies airplanes
Hebrew חֶבְרַת תְּעוּפָה
- חֶבְרַת תְּעוּפָה (hevrát t'ufá)company that flies airplanes
Hindi एयरलाइन, हवाई कम्पनी
- एयरलाइन (eyarlāin)company that flies airplanes
- हवाई कम्पनी (havāī kampanī)company that flies airplanes
Hungarian légitársaság
- légitársaságcompany that flies airplanes
Icelandic flugfélag
- flugfélagcompany that flies airplanes
Indonesian maskapai penerbangan, maskapai
- maskapai penerbangancompany that flies airplanes
- maskapaicompany that flies airplanes
Irish aerlíne
- aerlínecompany that flies airplanes
Italian linea aerea, compagnia aerea
- linea aereacompany that flies airplanes
- compagnia aereacompany that flies airplanes
- aviolineacompany that flies airplanes
- aerolineacompany that flies airplanes
Japanese 航空会社, エアライン
- 航空会社 (kōkū-gaisha)company that flies airplanes
- エアライン (earain)company that flies airplanes
Korean 항공 회사, 항공사
- 항공 회사 (hanggong hoesa)company that flies airplanes
- 항공사 (hanggongsa)company that flies airplanes
Latvian lidsabiedrība, aviosabiedrība
- lidsabiedrībacompany that flies airplanes
- aviosabiedrībacompany that flies airplanes
Lithuanian oro linija, aviakompanija
- oro linijacompany that flies airplanes
- aviakompanijacompany that flies airplanes
Malay syarikat penerbangan
- syarikat penerbangancompany that flies airplanes
Norwegian Bokmål flyselskap
- flyselskapcompany that flies airplanes
Polish linia lotnicza
- linia lotniczacompany that flies airplanes
Portuguese linha aérea, companhia aérea
- linha aéreacompany that flies airplanes
- companhia aéreacompany that flies airplanes
Romanian companie aeriană, linie aeriană
- companie aerianăcompany that flies airplanes
- linie aerianăcompany that flies airplanes
Russian авиакомпа́ния, авиапредприя́тие
- авиакомпа́ния (aviakompánija)company that flies airplanes
- авиапредприя́тие (aviapredprijátije)company that flies airplanes
- авиали́нии (avialínii)company that flies airplanes
- авиафи́рма (aviafírma)company that flies airplanes
Slovak letečká spoločnosť, aerolínie
- letečká spoločnosťcompany that flies airplanes
- aerolíniecompany that flies airplanes
Spanish aerolínea, compañía aérea
- aerolíneacompany that flies airplanes
- compañía aéreacompany that flies airplanes
Swahili kampuni ya ndege
- kampuni ya ndegecompany that flies airplanes
Swedish flygbolag n flygföretag
- flygbolag n flygföretagcompany that flies airplanes
Tagalog kompanyang panghimpapawid
- kompanyang panghimpapawidcompany that flies airplanes
Thai สายการบิน
- สายการบิน (sǎai-gaan-bin)company that flies airplanes
Turkish hava yolu, havayolu
- hava yolucompany that flies airplanes
- havayolucompany that flies airplanes
Ukrainian авіакомпа́нія, авіалі́нії
- авіакомпа́нія (aviakompánija)company that flies airplanes
- авіалі́нії (avialíniji)company that flies airplanes
- авіапідприє́мство (aviapidpryjémstvo)company that flies airplanes
Urdu فِضائی اِدارَہ, ہَوائی کَمْپَنی
- فِضائی اِدارَہ (fizāī idāra)company that flies airplanes
- ہَوائی کَمْپَنی (havāī kampanī)company that flies airplanes
- ایئَرْلائِن (earlāin)company that flies airplanes
Vietnamese công ty hàng không, hàng không
- công ty hàng khôngcompany that flies airplanes
- hàng khôngcompany that flies airplanes
- hãng hàng khôngcompany that flies airplanes
Yiddish לופֿטליניע
- לופֿטליניע (luftlinye)company that flies airplanes
Cite this entry
APA
airline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airline
MLA
“airline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airline. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airline.
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