air transportation

noun

chiefly US
: travel in airplanes, helicopters, etc.

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This is not to say that research regarding potential air transportation options should not be accomplished. Michael Boyd, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 Travel services face comparable pressures, with air transportation costs up 4.1% as operational expenses rise in real-time. Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 Some of the areas that will feed through from the PPI and elevate the PCE include higher prices for hospital care as well as insurance prices and air transportation, according to Sam Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025 This expansion of cooperation in Israel’s energy security with Azerbaijan – a secular state with a Muslim Shi’a majority, builds on over thirty years of cordial relations and joint projects in defense, energy, culture, air transportation, and foreign policy. Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 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 29 Jul. 2025.

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