air travel
- noun
- /ɛr ˈtrævəl/
- Many people prefer air travel because it is faster than driving long distances.
- commercial air travel
- international air travel
- increases in air travel
Here is what the future of air travel might look like.
- Here is what the future of air travel might look like.
- And the ADA hasn't historically applied to air travel.
- Commercial air travel was neither cheaper nor faster nor safer nor more comfortable than rail travel.
- We begin today with air travel and automation annoyance.
- It's worth noting that to date, House Hack has paid zero of the air travel fees for my plane.
- Deductions for restaurants, tourism, hospitality, and big one, maybe air travel.
- But but but there you know, why do we cover air travel going down and not the cuts against Head Start and poor kids.
Examples
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The long-range vision includes major changes in personal transportation and significant increases in air travel capacity and safety.
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We also have discounts on air travel and car rental around the time of the meeting.
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Here is what the future of air travel might look like.
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And just remember, there was no commercial air travel in these days.
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The entire nature of air travel has changed to benefit you and your needs.
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When it comes to air travel, we know you have no choice.
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So a really big issue with air travel and airplanes is safety standards.
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And the reason it's far worse than that is because air travel is growing tremendously.
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Don't you just love air travel?
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The international sanctions imposed against Yugoslavia ended all air travel to what remains of that beleaguered country.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
A trip by plane from one place to another
Travel by airplane
The movement of people or goods by plane
The movement of people or goods by plane
Traveling by plane or other aircraft
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'travel by aircraft' is directly and compositionally derived from 'air' (relating to aviation/airborne) + 'travel' (the act of journeying). This straightforward noun + noun/compound pattern is common across languages and in English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Air travel comes from the simple picture of moving through the air while you travel in a plane. That's why it means 'to travel by plane'.