air transportation

noun

chiefly US
: travel in airplanes, helicopters, etc.

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Plantation owners and traditional farmers often start fires to clear land for farming at low cost, triggering hazardous haze that reduces visibility, disrupts land and air transportation and threatens public health. — Muhammad Hatta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 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 — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026 The Department of Transportation rescinded an order from 2019 that had suspended foreign air transportation between the United States and Venezuela.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 Ryan’s planes were retrofitted to seat four to six passengers, and a daily air transportation service between San Diego and Los Angeles was established as Ryan Airlines Inc. — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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