major airline

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandairline

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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airline
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.laɪn/us
/ˈer.laɪn/
a business that operates regular services for carrying passengers and/or goods ...
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(Definition ofmajorandairlinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is as yet no indication that the 10majorairlinecountries would reach agreement.
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This development is without precedent inmajorairlinebankruptcies and is a remarkable move by organized labor to exercise control over its own destiny.
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Additionally,majorairlinepilots are usually higher paid than regional pilots, and there is a perceived safety advantage in favor of major airlines.
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It has 19 connections tomajorairlinehubs.
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This saves themajorairlinethe expense of training personnel to fly and maintain the aircraft, along with other considerations.
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The report indicates that since 1993 there have been 10majorairlinecrashes caused by aircrew fatigue, resulting in 260 fatalities.
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While looking for their big break in show business, they both worked as flight attendants for amajorairline.
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Most major airlines today have code sharing partnerships with other airlines and code sharing is a key feature of themajorairlinealliances.
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The plane was formerly in the air fleet of amajorairline, but all of the passenger seats have been removed.
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In the 1980s and 1990s, major facelifts took place and all themajorairlinecompanies made the airport a destination.
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There are also rumors that they will join amajorairlinealliance soon.
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This is generally credited as the industry's first code-share agreement and the firstmajorairlineto use another airline as its commuter partner.
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She was one of the first female pilots to work for amajorairline.
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For this reason, the major airlines would not rally to its defense - or to the defense of the discount airline sector at large - and the company's fortunes declined rather rapidly.
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Is he aware that some 44 major airlines deal with this matter through their own bucket shops?
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Furthermore, all the major airlines, hotel groups and car hire companies are associated with the institute through a special class of corporate membership.
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Even the major airlines are doing the same, hounded by the competition.
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But if our aircraft industry is not to be lamed, it is important that we should act in parallel with other countries with major airlines.
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There is, nevertheless, an area of overlap in which greater co-ordination between the two major airlines ought to provide very considerable economic and other benefits.
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It is likely that the organisations who would wish to develop new terminals would be major airlines.
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