national airport

collocation in English

meaningsofnationalandairport

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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airport
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.pɔːt/
us
/ˈer.pɔːrt/
a place where aircraft regularly take off and land, with buildings for passengers to ...
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(Definition ofnationalandairportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnational airport

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Even ournationalairportis served by a single carriageway road interspersed with roundabouts which one cannot get round.
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Above all, if there were anationalairportplan we should know much more about the siting of future airports.
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However, we must see what else he said about anationalairportpolicy.
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Paradoxically, we are now further away from a coherentnationalairportpolicy than we were over thirty years ago.
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As a result, compensatory payments made in respect ofnationalairportnetworks will be restricted to domestic flights.
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In the same article, we support the decision of the rapporteur to introduce the concept ofnationalairportnetworks.
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The fact that we have not had—indeed, have never had—anationalairportstrategy causes great concern.
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No longer is it an international airport, no longer is it even anationalairport.
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That raises the question of anationalairportplan.
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This could happen, and it would have considerable relevance tonationalairportplanning.
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This is one sound reason why we could not possibly achieve anationalairportpolicy to last us for the next 10 or 20 years.
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We have nonationalairportor seaport policy.
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Unfortunately, in this country we do not have anationalairportstrategy.
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The inevitable consequences have been that since the war we have not had a coherentnationalairportpolicy.
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The rest of the country must surely have some claim if there is to be the enormous investment which a thirdnationalairportwould require.
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I hope that the consultation process will be fruitful and that as a result we shall obtain anationalairportstrategy at long last.
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First, the terms of reference of any inquiry into a majornationalairport, and secondly, the form that the inquiry can properly take.
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That is where the initial error arose in this whole planning of where our thirdnationalairportshould be.
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We want regional transport to develop for the sake of the regions, but also for the sake of thenationalairportsystem.
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Is it not anationalairportthat happens to be in the north-west?
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