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airliner

[ air-lahy-ner ]

noun

  1. a passenger aircraft operated by an airline.


airliner

/ ˈɛəˌɪə /

noun

  1. a large passenger aircraft
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of airliner1

First recorded in 1905–10; air 1 + liner 1
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The next-generation airliner was billions of dollars over budget and three years late.

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The documents also implicate Libyan agents in the destruction of a French airliner that crashed in the Sahara desert in 1989, killing another 170 people.

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The Blackhawk that went down recently near Washington D.C. when it collided with a commercial airliner was operating in a training exercise.

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Ten months later, a French airliner, UTA 772, crashed into the desert in Niger as it flew from Chad to Paris.

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Footage of the evacuation showed passengers huddled on the wing of the Boeing airliner, some holding bags, with flames burning near the bottom of the plane.

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