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airliner

fixed-wing powered aircraft intended to carry cargo or passengers in commercial service
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airliner

Summary

airliner is an aircraft functional class[1]. airliner has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • airliner's instance of is recorded as aircraft functional class[3].
  • airliner is a type of commercial transport aircraft[4].
  • airliner is a type of transport airplane[5].
  • airliner is used for commercial aviation[6].
  • airliner's Commons category is recorded as Airliners[7].
  • airliner's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Airliners[8].
  • airliner's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02690373-n[9].

Body

Definition and Type

airliner's instance of is recorded as aircraft functional class[3]. Recorded subclass of include commercial transport aircraft[4] and transport airplane[5].

Use and Application

airliner is used for commercial aviation[6].

Why It Matters

airliner has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] airliner is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → commercial transport aircraft, transport airplane
    Aliases → —
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    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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