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Airi Suzuki
Airi Suzuki (鈴木愛理) is a Japanese singer and actor, born in 1994, who spent fifteen years in Hello! Project with ℃-ute and Buono! before going solo in 2018.
Airidas Golambeckis
Airidas Golambeckis (born 2007, East Ham, London) is an English-Lithuanian centre-back for West Ham United, number 58. Academy player from age five, England U18/U19 after Lithuania U16, first-team debut August 2026.
AirLand Battle
AirLand Battle: US Army operational doctrine codified in FM 100-5 (1982, revised 1986), built on initiative, depth, agility, and synchronization; replaced 1976 Active Defense, shaped NATO's FOFA strategy, and underpinned Gulf War operations.
Airlangga
Airlangga was an 11th-century king who reunified eastern Java after the collapse of the Medang kingdom, ruling from Kahuripan from about 1019 to 1043 before dividing his realm between Janggala and Panjalu (Kediri).
Airlangga as Vishnu
Airlangga as Vishnu is the traditional identification of an East Javanese statue of Vishnu riding Garuda as the posthumous image of King Airlangga, who died in 1049.
Airlangga Hartarto
Airlangga Hartarto (born 1962, in Surabaya, East Java) is an Indonesian politician serving as Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs under both Presidents Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto.
Airlangga's reunification of Java
Airlangga's reunification of Java (Restorasi kerajaan oleh Airlangga) was King Airlangga's reconquest of eastern Java, begun in 1019 after the Medang kingdom collapsed in the Wurawari attack of 1016.
Airlift
Airlift is the organized transport of passengers, cargo, or supplies by aircraft, when surface routes are impractical, ranging from strategic delivery to the Berlin Airlift of 1948–1949.
Airlift (film)
Airlift is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language historical drama-thriller directed by Raja Krishna Menon, starring Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur, based on the real 1990 evacuation of Indians from Kuwait.
Airline
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for paying passengers or freight, from regional operators to global carriers flying hundreds of millions of travelers yearly.
Airline (1998 TV series)
Airline (1998 TV series) is a British fly-on-the-wall ITV docusoap by LWT following Britannia Airways then easyJet staff and passengers, 6 March 1998 to 19 January 2007, 124 episodes plus a Christmas special, narrated by Charlie Higson, Tony Robinson, and Veronika Hyks.
Airline alliance
An airline alliance is an arrangement in which airlines cooperate on services, marketing, and loyalty programs while remaining separate; the three global alliances are Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam.
Airline codes
Airline codes, also known as airline designators, are short identifiers assigned to airlines and airports by IATA for ticketing and reservations and by ICAO for flight plans and air traffic control.
Airline deregulation
Airline deregulation is the removal of government controls over airline fares, routes, and market entry, carried out in the United States by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
Airline Deregulation Act
The Airline Deregulation Act is a United States federal law signed by President Jimmy Carter on October 24, 1978, removing federal controls over airline fares, routes, and market entry.
Airline hub
An airline hub, also called a hub airport, is an airport where an airline concentrates flights so passengers connect between spokes, the dominant network form since 1978 deregulation.
Airline meal
An airline meal, also called airline or in-flight food, is a meal prepared on the ground and served to passengers in flight, from a first service in 1919.
Airline pilot uniforms
Airline pilot uniforms are the formal outfits worn by commercial flight deck crew, typically a white shirt, dark tie, blazer with rank braid, and peaked cap, standardized by Pan Am in the 1930s.
Airline seat
An airline seat is a certified passenger seat installed in an aircraft cabin, designed to survive crash landings and sold in versions from 28-inch-pitch economy to first-class suites.
Airline ticket
An airline ticket, also called a plane ticket, is a document or electronic record establishing a passenger's right to travel on a flight, mostly electronic since 2008.
Airline trading card
Airline trading cards, or pilot trading cards (PTCs), are free collectible cards depicting airline aircraft with stats on the back, handed out by pilots. Delta pioneered them in 2003; Hawaiian, Southwest, and American joined in 2025-2026.
Airline transport pilot licence
The airline transport pilot license, or ATPL, is the highest level of aircraft pilot license, qualifying its holder to serve as pilot-in-command in commercial air transport.
Airline travel poster
An airline travel poster is a printed advertising poster airlines used to promote flying and destinations, flourishing from the 1920s to about 1970 and now collected as design heritage.
Airliner
An airliner is a large aircraft operated by an airline to carry passengers and cargo for commercial gain, typically certificated in the transport category under FAA rules.
Airlink
Airlink, also known as South African Airlink, is a privately owned South African regional airline founded in 1992, flying to more than 45 destinations in 15 African countries.
Airlock
An airlock is a sealable chamber letting people pass between a pressurized spacecraft and vacuum without losing cabin air, standard for spacewalks since Leonov's 1965 EVA through the Volga.
Airmail
Airmail is mail transported by airplane. Britain ran the world's first scheduled airmail in 1911, while the US began its first scheduled service in 1918.
Airmail stamp
An airmail stamp is a postage stamp issued specially to pay for mail carried by air, often marked "Air Mail" or "Par Avion" and frequently showing aircraft.
Airman
An airman is a member of an air force, most precisely an enlisted service member. In the US Air Force it names both junior enlisted ranks and all personnel.
Airman Battle Uniform
The Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) was the US Air Force utility uniform from 2006 to 2021, with a digital tiger-stripe camouflage pattern, replacing the BDU and Desert Combat Uniform before being supplanted by the OCP uniform.