budget airline

noun

A low-cost carrier.

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Meanings

nounbudget airline (plural budget airlines)

plural budget airlines

  1. aeronauticsA low-cost carrier.

    I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.

    2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
low-cost carrier
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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