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Air Busan Flight 391
Air Busan Flight 391 was a flight from Busan to Hong Kong destroyed by a fire, traced to a lithium-ion power bank, at Gimhae Airport on 28 January 2025.
Air Cambodia
Air Cambodia, formerly Cambodia Angkor Air, is the national flag carrier of Cambodia, rebranded from Cambodia Angkor Air on 1 January 2025 and rated three stars by Skytrax.
Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan
Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan: the IRGC's cross-border missile, drone and artillery campaign against exiled Iranian Kurdish parties (KDPI, Komala, PAK) in Iraq's Kurdistan Region since 2017–2018, peaking after the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, plus strikes on Iranian Kurdistan itself in the Iran–Israel conflict.
Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest airline and flag carrier, headquartered in Montreal. Founded as Trans-Canada Air Lines in 1937, it is a founding Star Alliance member.
Air Canada chatbot liability ruling
The Air Canada chatbot liability ruling is a February 2024 British Columbia tribunal decision holding the airline liable for wrong bereavement-fare advice from its website chatbot.
Air Canada Express
Air Canada Express is the brand under which regional airlines fly shorter routes for Air Canada, launched in 2011 and primarily operated by Jazz Aviation.
Air Canada Express Flight 8646
Air Canada Express Flight 8646 was a regional flight from Montréal to New York's LaGuardia Airport that struck a fire truck on landing on March 22, 2026, killing both pilots.
Air Canada Flight 759
Air Canada Flight 759 was a 2017 near-disaster in which an Airbus A320 lining up to land at San Francisco instead aimed at a taxiway crowded with four waiting airplanes.
Air Canada Flight 797
Air Canada Flight 797, DC-9-32 C-FTLU, in-flight aft lavatory fire June 2, 1983; emergency landing at Cincinnati; flash fire killed 23 of 46; cause undetermined; led to lavatory smoke detector rules.
Air Canada Rouge
Air Canada Rouge is the leisure airline subsidiary of Air Canada, flying vacation and sun-destination routes on a lower cost structure since July 1, 2013.
Air Carrier Access Act
The Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) is a United States federal law, passed in 1986, that prohibits disability discrimination in air travel by US and foreign carriers.
Air changes per hour
Air changes per hour (ACH), also called the air change rate, measures how many times a room's total air volume is replaced each hour, calculated as hourly airflow divided by room volume.
Air China
Air China, also known as Zhongguo Guoji Hangkong or Guo Hang, is China's national flag carrier, a Beijing-headquartered airline established in 1988, a Star Alliance member, and the only Chinese airline flying the national flag.
Air circuit breaker
An air circuit breaker (ACB) is a circuit breaker that extinguishes its arc in air, used in main distribution switchgear and once common on high-voltage transmission systems.
Air classifier
An air classifier is a particle separation device that uses controlled airflow to divide dry material into fine and coarse fractions, classifying by size, shape, and density.
Air Combat Command
Air Combat Command (ACC) is the U.S. Air Force major command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, created 1 June 1992 from Strategic and Tactical Air Commands; it provides combat airpower, over 1,600 aircraft and 155,205 personnel, to warfighting commands.
Air combat manoeuvring
Air combat maneuvering (ACM), also known as aerial combat maneuvers, is the practice of maneuvering fighter aircraft to gain a positional advantage from which a weapon can be used.
Air Commerce Act of 1926
The Air Commerce Act of 1926 is a United States federal law regulating civil aviation, signed by President Coolidge on May 20, 1926, at industry leaders' urging.
AIR Communities
AIR Communities, the public brand of Apartment Income REIT Corp., was an American multifamily apartment real estate investment trust formed from Aimco in 2020 and taken private by Blackstone in 2024 for about $10 billion.
Air compressor
An air compressor is a machine that raises the pressure of ambient air, storing energy that powers pneumatic tools, actuators, and spray equipment across manufacturing, construction, and mining.
Air conditioning
Air conditioning is the process and equipment that control indoor air temperature, humidity, and cleanliness. The first modern system was built by Willis Carrier in 1902.
Aïr confederation
The Aïr confederation, known as Kel Aïr (Tamasheq: Kel Ayr), is a Tuareg confederation of northern Niger based on the Aïr massif, with its sultan seated at Agadez.
Air control
Air control, also called air policing, was the British interwar doctrine of pacifying colonial territories from the air, first shown in Somaliland in 1920 and applied in Iraq from 1922.
Air curtain
An air curtain, or air door, is a fan-powered device that blows a stream of air across an open doorway to block heat, dust, fumes, and insects.
Air Doll (空気人形)
Air Doll (空気人形, Kuki Ningyo) is a 2009 Japanese fantasy-romance film by Hirokazu Kore-eda, adapted from Yoshiie Goda's manga, starring Bae Doona as an inflatable doll who gains a heart; premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard 2009.
Air drilling
Air drilling is a rotary drilling method that uses compressed air rather than water or mud as the circulation medium, typically in hard, dry formations where it drills faster.
Air embolism
Air embolism (gas embolism): air bubbles entering veins or arteries, blocking blood flow. Venous form reaches the lungs; arterial form causes stroke or cardiac ischemia. Mainly procedure-related (central lines, surgery, diving); treated with oxygen, positioning, hyperbaric therapy.
Aïr et Ténéré Biosphere Reserve
Aïr et Ténéré Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB site in Agadez region, northern Niger, designated 1997, covering 24 million ha of the Aïr massif and Ténéré desert; its core and buffer zones form the 1991 World Heritage site, in danger since 1992.
Air Europa
Air Europa, also known as Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, is a Spanish airline based at Madrid–Barajas that flies to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States.
Air fern
The air fern, also sold as the Neptune Plant, is a decorative ornament made from the dried, dyed skeleton of a marine animal, not a plant.