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Boeing withdrew the request following her letter to the FAA and pledged not to seek certification of either airliner until a fix was developed.
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture Airport hasn’t seen a commercial airliner since March 4, and the seaport, a boat since March 5.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
In the commercial airliner version, the A319 has 110 to 156 seats.
—Daniel Ross, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
With only two companies, Boeing and Airbus, building the lion’s share of the world’s airliners, Boeing’s issues pose a challenge for airlines and their customers as well.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The Singapore Airshow – Asia’s largest – kicked off Tuesday with an array of aerial displays including some by China’s COMAC C919 narrow-body airliner.
—Zen Soo, Fortune Asia, 20 Feb. 2024
The airliner covered 210 nautical miles (241 miles) in the 28 minutes that the pilots were out cold, just further than the distance between New York and Washington, D.C.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
The world's first and most successful supersonic airliner, Concorde was an ambitious and extremely expensive joint project developed by the UK and France.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
The current target is for the Overture airliner to take its first flight by 2030, but getting there will be expensive.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture Airport hasn’t seen a commercial airliner since March 4, and the seaport, a boat since March 5.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
In the commercial airliner version, the A319 has 110 to 156 seats.
—Daniel Ross, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
With only two companies, Boeing and Airbus, building the lion’s share of the world’s airliners, Boeing’s issues pose a challenge for airlines and their customers as well.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The Singapore Airshow – Asia’s largest – kicked off Tuesday with an array of aerial displays including some by China’s COMAC C919 narrow-body airliner.
—Zen Soo, Fortune Asia, 20 Feb. 2024
The airliner covered 210 nautical miles (241 miles) in the 28 minutes that the pilots were out cold, just further than the distance between New York and Washington, D.C.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
The world's first and most successful supersonic airliner, Concorde was an ambitious and extremely expensive joint project developed by the UK and France.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
The current target is for the Overture airliner to take its first flight by 2030, but getting there will be expensive.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airliner. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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airliner
noun
air·lin·er
-ˌlī-nər 
: an airplane operated by an airline
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