AIRBUS Definition & Meaning

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airbus

or air bus

[ air-buhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.

Airbus

/ ˈɛəˌ��ʌ�� /

a commercial aircraft manufactured and marketed by an international consortium of aerospace companies

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Origin of airbus¹

First recorded in 1905–10; air ¹ + bus ¹

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Surface damage seen on Qatar Airways' airbus A350 parked at Qatar airways aircraft maintenance hangar in Doha, Qatar, June 20, 2022.

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Paramedics wearing protective gear loaded patients on life-support aboard the airbus, which later landed in Stuttgart.

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Currently, the Google office is being built within the “Spruce Goose” airplane hangar where Mr. Hughes built his wooden airbus, said Mr. Foley.

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The Air France airbus was hijacked on 27 June and flown to Entebbe, where at least three Palestinian accomplices were waiting at the airport.

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The airbus “wreck” is considered to be the largest plane sunk voluntarily to become an artificial reef.

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