Definition of jetliner
: a jet-propelled airliner
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The co-pilot of an Airbus A319 jetliner was sucked halfway out of the cockpit after the windshield of the plane suddenly shattered at 32,000 feet.
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JetBlue Airways is placing a big bet on Airbus’s newest jetliner.
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While the companies have discussed combining for more than a decade, the talks gained urgency in recent months as Airbus prepared to take control of the C Series — the advanced jetliner that's drained billions of dollars from Canada's Bombardier.
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In 1986, four American passengers, including an 8-month-old girl, her mother and grandmother, were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route from Rome to Athens, Greece.
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How many hours for the president? – Frank Kaminski, Cheswick, Pennsylvania A: The 747 that the president flies as Air Force One cruises at about the same speed as a normal commercial jetliner.
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In the broader economy, Chinese banks, airlines, farms and other industries need US technology from jetliners to drugs to software.
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Carriles was later suspected of organizing the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner that killed 73, as well as a string of Havana hotel bombings in 1997.
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He was later suspected of organizing the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner that killed 73, as well as a string of Havana hotel bombings in 1997.
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First Known Use of jetliner
1949
JETLINER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of jetliner for English Language Learners
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: a large jet airplane used for carrying passengers
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