air transportation

noun

chiefly US
: travel in airplanes, helicopters, etc.

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This is the weekend when high school football fans and sportswriters across the Southland need air transportation or multiple screens on a computer or cellphone or at a sports bar to watch the many top games during Week 8. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 The capacity of air transportation and hotel accommodation in Egypt rose until 2026. — Connie Etemadi, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 ClearJet says this approach can reduce shipping costs by as much as 35 percent while accelerating delivery by one to three days, narrowing the traditional trade-off between the speed of air transportation and the affordability of ground networks. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026 The Department of Transportation rescinded an order from 2019 that had suspended foreign air transportation between the United States and Venezuela. — Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for air transportation

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“Air transportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20transportation. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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