: made, carried out, or provided for use or enjoyment while in flight
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Last year, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy launched an air travel civility campaign, noting that the FAA had seen a 400% increase of in-flight outbursts since 2019 and 13,800 unruly passenger incidents since 2021.
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ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
The network, which now includes more than 9,600 active units, also enables cell-to-satellite and in-flight wifi on select providers.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
And instead of—or in addition to—downing a few glasses of Bordeaux, the airline has an in-flight meditation program from Petit BamBou designed to address stress triggers like turbulence.
—Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
The vehicles are flexible, modular and feature advanced software for in-flight collaboration and re-targeting, and support swarming capability of autonomous aircraft.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
The network, which now includes more than 9,600 active units, also enables cell-to-satellite and in-flight wifi on select providers.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
And instead of—or in addition to—downing a few glasses of Bordeaux, the airline has an in-flight meditation program from Petit BamBou designed to address stress triggers like turbulence.
—Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
The vehicles are flexible, modular and feature advanced software for in-flight collaboration and re-targeting, and support swarming capability of autonomous aircraft.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for in-flight
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“In-flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-flight. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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