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During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts.
David Bohm

Meaning of "air travel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AIR TRAVEL

air travel  [ɛə ˈtrævəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AIR TRAVEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Air travel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AIR TRAVEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

air travel

Air travel

Air travel is a form of travel in vehicles such as airplanes, helicopters, hot air balloons, blimps, gliders, hang gliding, parachuting, or anything else that can sustain flight. Use of air travel has greatly increased in recent decades - worldwide it doubled between the mid-1980s and the year 2000.

Definition of air travel in the English dictionary

The definition of air travel in the dictionary is transportation in aircraft.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AIR TRAVEL


approval
əˈpruːvəl
arrival
əˈraɪvəl
Cavell
ˈkævəl
civil
ˈsɪvəl
devil
ˈdɛvəl
disgavel
dɪsˈɡævəl
evil
ˈiːvəl
festival
ˈfɛstɪvəl
gavel
ˈɡævəl
gravel
ˈɡrævəl
level
ˈlɛvəl
novel
ˈnɒvəl
out-travel
ˌaʊtˈtrævəl
oval
ˈəʊvəl
pretravel
priːˈtrævəl
ravel
ˈrævəl
removal
rɪˈmuːvəl
survival
səˈvaɪvəl
travel
ˈtrævəl
unravel
ʌnˈrævəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AIR TRAVEL

air sock
air spray
air spring
air station
air steward
air stewardess
air strike
air support
air surfing
air suspension
air terminal
air ticket
air traffic
air turbine
air valve
air vent
air vesicle
air vice-marshal
air war
air waybill

WORDS THAT END LIKE AIR TRAVEL

A level
A-level
avel
caravel
cavel
entry-level
favel
Havel
high-level
low-level
navel
on a level
on the level
rondavel
shovel
space travel
swivel
Tavel
the novel
time travel

Synonyms and antonyms of air travel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «air travel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AIR TRAVEL

Find out the translation of air travel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of air travel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «air travel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空中旅行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los viajes en avión
570 millions of speakers

English

air travel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हवाई यात्रा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السفر الجوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воздушным транспортом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

viagens aéreas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিমান যাত্রা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Voyage de l´air
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

perjalanan udara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flugreisen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

空の旅
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

항공 여행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perjalanan udara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

du lịch hàng không
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விமான பயண
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवाई प्रवास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hava yolculuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

viaggi aerei
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podróż samolotem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повітряним транспортом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

transportul aerian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αεροπορικά ταξίδια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lugvervoer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flygresor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flytrafikken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of air travel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR TRAVEL»

The term «air travel» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.080 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of air travel
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR TRAVEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «air travel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «air travel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about air travel

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10 QUOTES WITH «AIR TRAVEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word air travel.
1
David Bohm
During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts.
2
Alexander Chase
Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death.
3
Tom Conti
When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric.
4
Peter Diamandis
Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized.
5
Pico Iyer
My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.
6
Paul Johnson
Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of course, we shall be in the age of mass space travel, with its fresh and unimaginable crop of horrors.
7
Dan Lipinski
People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.
8
Charles C. Mann
A world with a sudden limit on air travel would be tremendously different from the one we live in now.
9
Janet Napolitano
Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day.
10
John Olver
We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AIR TRAVEL»

Discover the use of air travel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to air travel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cockpit Confidential
Presents an introduction to air travel, covering such topics as safety measures on modern planes, the mechanics of takeoffs and landings, the effects of lightning, bird strikes, and ice-build-up, and the reasons for delays, overbookings, ...
Patrick Smith, 2013
2
Air travel
Discusses the development and different parts of aircraft, how air traffic is controlled, and the effects of air transport on the world.
Tim Wood, 1991
3
Airworld: Design and Architecture for Air Travel
Airline memorabilia buffs go wild over this lavishly illustrated catalog on the visual history of commercial air travel.
Alexander von Vegesack, Jochen Eisenbrand, 2004
4
Life in the Air: Surviving the New Culture of Air Travel
This book is not just about air travel. It is about the emergent social world of flying. It concerns air space and behavior in the air the way someone else might look at cities and street behavior.
Mark Gottdiener, 2001
5
Discrete Choice Modelling and Air Travel Demand: Theory and ...
This book provides an introduction to discrete choice models and uses extensive examples to illustrate how these models have been used in the airline industry.
Professor Laurie A Garrow, 2012
6
Building for air travel: architecture and design for ...
A survey which examines the development of architecture and design for air travel from 1909. The book documents developments in airport architecture, aircraft construction, and interior design, right through to airline corporate identity.
John Zukowsky, Koos Bosma, 1996
7
Full Upright and Locked Position: Not-So-Comfortable Truths ...
But who are they kidding? Former FAA chief counsel and senior aviation policy official Mark Gerchick unravels the unseen forces and little-known facts that have reshaped our air travel experience since September 11, 2001.
Mark Gerchick, 2013
8
Free Flight: Inventing the Future of Travel
Free Flight features the stories of three groups who are inventing and building the future of all air travel: NASA, Cirrus Design in Duluth, Minnesota, and Eclipse Aviation in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
James Fallows, 2008
9
Dictionary for Air Travel and Tourism Activities: Over 7,100 ...
Travel and Tourism are wide and multifaceted systems whose complexity is reflected in the terminology employed to describe them or to operate them.
Homero E. Martinez, 2008
10
Clipping the Clouds: How Air Travel Changed the World: How ...
Mixing in elements of pop culture, Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel.
Marc Dierikx, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AIR TRAVEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term air travel is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Air Travel in Africa: Ever heard of 'Draculators ?
There are many examples to explain why air travel across Africa remains by and large very expensive, condemning many Africans to the ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
2
Air travel hassles lessening after Pearson disruption
On Friday, a labour dispute with airplane re-fuelers at Pearson Airport caused a ripple effect of cancellations and delays that spread through ... «630ched.com, Jul 15»
3
Air Quality on Airplanes 4th of July Air Travel Update
Dallas, TX — July 3rd, 2015 / SUBMIT PRESS RELEASE 123 / You travel on a flight and when you get home you always seem to have a cold or other health ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
4
Hong Kong low-cost air travel expert eying high results
In Hong Kong the market share of airlines offering affordable air travel remains below 10 per cent, compared with around 60 per cent in ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
5
Heathrow aircraft noise and why a drop in demand for air travel is …
... why a drop in demand for air travel is unlikely. Is your journey really necessary? The internet already allows instant, free video conversations. «The Independent, Jul 15»
6
7 Natural Tips for Less Stressful Air Travel
Try these 7 tips to make air travel easier and more pleasant. Prepare your body. In the days preceding your travel plans, be extra concious of ... «Care2.com, Jul 15»
7
Iata warns of 'storm clouds on the horizon' for air travel growth
The Greek debt crisis and weakening trade in Asia Pacific could both dampen air travel growth, Iata warned today. Total revenue passenger ... «Travel Weekly UK, Jul 15»
8
Daily catch-up: the feeble-mindedness of 'predict and provide' in air
This is the old “predict and provide” fallacy: no one knows whether tax-favoured air travel (kerosene for international flights is untaxed because ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
9
The future of air travel is garbage
Your garbage could help fuel airplanes. United Airlines announced Tuesday what it called the largest investment by an American airline in ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
10
Delaware Becomes The Only State Without Commercial Air Travel
While flying is often the easiest and quickest way for travelers to get from one place to another, the nearly one million residents in Delaware will ... «The Consumerist, Jun 15»

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