low-cost carrier

noun

An airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.

Similar
budget airlineLCC
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Meanings

nounlow-cost carrier (plural low-cost carriers)

plural low-cost carriers · alternative low cost carrier

  1. aeronauticsAn airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.

    Synonyms: budget airline, LCC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.

Similar
budget airlineLCC

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 廉價航空 /廉价航空, 廉航
  • 廉價航空 /廉价航空 (liánjià hángkōng)an airline selling very cheap tickets
  • 廉航 (liánháng)an airline selling very cheap tickets
Finnish halpalentoyhtiö
  • halpalentoyhtiöan airline selling very cheap tickets
German Billigflieger, Billigfluggesellschaft
  • Billigfliegeran airline selling very cheap tickets
  • Billigfluggesellschaftan airline selling very cheap tickets
  • Billigflugliniean airline selling very cheap tickets
Japanese LCC (erushīshī), 格安航空会社
  • LCC (erushīshī)an airline selling very cheap tickets
  • 格安航空会社 (kakuyasu kōkū gaisha)an airline selling very cheap tickets
Korean 저비용 항공사
  • 저비용 항공사an airline selling very cheap tickets
Russian лоуко́стер, бюдже́тная авиакомпа́ния
  • лоуко́стер (loukóstɛr)an airline selling very cheap tickets
  • бюдже́тная авиакомпа́ния (bjudžétnaja aviakompánija)an airline selling very cheap tickets
  • диска́унтер (diskáuntɛr)an airline selling very cheap tickets
Swedish lågprisflygbolag
  • lågprisflygbolagan airline selling very cheap tickets
Turkish düşük maliyetli havayolu
  • düşük maliyetli havayoluan airline selling very cheap tickets
Cite this entry
APA

low-cost carrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/low-cost%20carrier

MLA

“low-cost carrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/low-cost%20carrier. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “low-cost carrier,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/low-cost%20carrier.

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