Afrikaans lugredery | ||
Albanian linja ajrore | ||
Amharic አየር መንገድ | ||
Arabic شركة طيران | ||
Armenian ավիաընկերություն | ||
Assamese বিমান সংস্থা | ||
Aymara avión ukan irnaqiri | ||
Azerbaijani aviaşirkət | ||
Bambara awiyɔn baarakɛlaw | ||
Basque aire konpainia | ||
Belarusian авіякампанія | ||
Bengali বিমান সংস্থা | ||
Bhojpuri एयरलाइन के ह | ||
Bosnian aviokompanija | ||
Bulgarian авиокомпания | ||
Catalan companyia aèria | ||
Cebuano airline | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 航空公司 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 航空公司 | ||
Corsican cumpagnìa | ||
Croatian zrakoplovna kompanija | ||
Czech letecká linka | ||
Danish flyselskab | ||
Dhivehi އެއާލައިން އެވެ | ||
Dogri एयरलाइन ने दी | ||
Dutch luchtvaartmaatschappij | ||
English airline | ||
Esperanto flugkompanio | ||
Estonian lennufirma | ||
Ewe yameʋudɔwɔƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) airline | ||
Finnish lentoyhtiö | ||
French compagnie aérienne | ||
Frisian loftfeartmaatskippij | ||
Galician compañía aérea | ||
Georgian ავიაკომპანია | ||
German fluggesellschaft | ||
Greek αερογραμμή | ||
Guarani aerolínea rehegua | ||
Gujarati એરલાઇન | ||
Haitian Creole avyon | ||
Hausa kamfanin jirgin sama | ||
Hawaiian mokulele | ||
Hebrew חֶברַת תְעוּפָה | ||
Hindi एयरलाइन | ||
Hmong menyuam | ||
Hungarian légitársaság | ||
Icelandic flugfélag | ||
Igbo ụgbọ elu | ||
Ilocano kompania ti eroplano | ||
Indonesian perusahaan penerbangan | ||
Irish aerlíne | ||
Italian compagnia aerea | ||
Japanese 航空会社 | ||
Javanese maskapai | ||
Kannada ವಿಮಾನಯಾನ | ||
Kazakh авиакомпания | ||
Khmer ក្រុមហ៊ុនអាកាសចរណ៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda indege | ||
Konkani विमान कंपनी | ||
Korean 공기 호스 | ||
Krio aylayn | ||
Kurdish şîrketa balafiran | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هێڵی ئاسمانی | ||
Kyrgyz авиакомпания | ||
Lao ສາຍການບິນ | ||
Latin airline | ||
Latvian aviokompānija | ||
Lingala kompanyi ya mpɛpɔ | ||
Lithuanian aviakompanija | ||
Luganda kkampuni y’ennyonyi | ||
Luxembourgish fluchgesellschaft | ||
Macedonian авиокомпанија | ||
Maithili एयरलाइन | ||
Malagasy airline | ||
Malay syarikat penerbangan | ||
Malayalam എയർലൈൻ | ||
Maltese linja tal-ajru | ||
Maori rererangi | ||
Marathi विमान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯌꯔꯂꯥꯏꯟꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ ꯌꯨ.ꯑꯦꯁ | ||
Mizo airline a ni | ||
Mongolian агаарын тээврийн компани | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လေကြောင်းလိုင်း | ||
Nepali एयरलाइन | ||
Norwegian flyselskap | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ndege | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିମାନ ସେବା | ||
Oromo daandiin xiyyaaraa | ||
Pashto ایرلاین | ||
Persian شرکت هواپیمایی | ||
Polish linia lotnicza | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cia aérea | ||
Punjabi ਏਅਰ ਲਾਈਨ | ||
Quechua avión compañía | ||
Romanian companie aeriană | ||
Russian авиакомпания | ||
Samoan vaalele | ||
Sanskrit विमानसेवा | ||
Scots Gaelic companaidh-adhair | ||
Sepedi khamphani ya difofane | ||
Serbian ваздушна линија | ||
Sesotho sefofane | ||
Shona ndege | ||
Sindhi ايئر لائن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගුවන් සේවය | ||
Slovak letecká spoločnosť | ||
Slovenian letalski prevoznik | ||
Somali diyaarad | ||
Spanish aerolínea | ||
Sundanese maskapai | ||
Swahili shirika la ndege | ||
Swedish flygbolag | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) airline | ||
Tajik ширкати ҳавопаймоӣ | ||
Tamil விமான நிறுவனம் | ||
Tatar авиакомпания | ||
Telugu వైమానిక సంస్థ | ||
Thai สายการบิน | ||
Tigrinya መንገዲ ኣየር | ||
Tsonga khamphani ya swihahampfhuka | ||
Turkish havayolu | ||
Turkmen awiakompaniýasy | ||
Twi (Akan) wimhyɛn adwumayɛkuw | ||
Ukrainian авіакомпанія | ||
Urdu ایئر لائن | ||
Uyghur ئاۋىئاتسىيە شىركىتى | ||
Uzbek aviakompaniya | ||
Vietnamese hãng hàng không | ||
Welsh cwmni hedfan | ||
Xhosa inkampani yezindiza | ||
Yiddish ערליין | ||
Yoruba oko ofurufu | ||
Zulu inkampani yezindiza |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word, 'lugredery,' derives from 'lug' ('air') and 'redery' ('shipping line') but has come to mean 'airline'. |
| Albanian | "Linja ajrore" literally means "air line" in Albanian, referring to the path taken by an aircraft. |
| Amharic | In addition to meaning "airline," "airline" also means "airway" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "شركة طيران" literally translates to "flying company" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "aviaşirkət" likely comes from the French word "aviation" or the Russian word "авиакомпания" (aviakompaniya), both of which mean "airline". |
| Basque | The Basque word "aire konpainia" literally translates to "air company". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "авіякампанія" can also refer to an air carrier or aviation company. |
| Bengali | বায়ু (air) + যান (vehicle) + সংস্থা (organization) অর্থাৎ আকাশে যান চালানোর জন্যে প্রতিষ্ঠিত প্রতিষ্ঠান। |
| Bosnian | Bosnian "aviokompanija" also means "airline company, airline industry". |
| Bulgarian | The word "авиокомпания" derives from the Russian word for "air" and the French word for "company". |
| Catalan | The word "companyia aèria" in Catalan means "airline" and derives from the Latin word "compagnīa", meaning "group of people or things," and "aèria" from Greek, meaning "of or relating to the air." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “航空”原指“航空事业”,即以飞机进行运输的事业,后来才衍生出“航空公司”的含义。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 航空公司在中文语境中除了表示航空运输企业,还可指航线、飞行日程等涵义。 |
| Corsican | The word "cumpagnìa" in Corsican, meaning "airline", is derived from the French word "compagnie", which means "company". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "zrakoplovna kompanija" is derived from the Slavic words "zrak" (air) and "plovna" (sailing), and originally meant "airship company". |
| Czech | The word "letecká linka" literally means "flying line" in Czech, referring to the path of an airplane in the sky. |
| Danish | The word "flyselskab" can also mean "fly fishing club" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The word 'luchtvaartmaatschappij' literally means 'air travel company' in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | The word "flugkompanio" is derived from the German word "Fluggesellschaft" and the Esperanto word "kompanio" meaning "company". |
| Estonian | The term was adopted from the Russian word "воздушный" and later came to mean both airlines and aviation. |
| Finnish | The word "lentoyhtiö" is derived from the Finnish words "lentää" (to fly) and "yhtiö" (company). |
| French | The word "Compagnie aérienne" literally means "air company" in French. |
| Frisian | The first element, "loft", means "air" and the second element, "feart", means "trip", while the third element, "maatskippij", means "company". |
| Galician | The word "compañía aérea" comes from the Latin words "cum" (with) and "panis" (bread), and originally referred to a group of people who ate bread together. |
| Georgian | The word "ავიაკომპანია" is derived from the Russian word "авиакомпания", which in turn is derived from the Latin word "avia", meaning "bird". |
| German | The word "Fluggesellschaft" is derived from the German words "Flug" (flight) and "Gesellschaft" (company) and can also refer to a "flying club" or an "aviation company". |
| Greek | "Αερογραμμή" is a compound word derived from "αέρας" (air) and "γραμμή" (line), representing the path traveled by an aircraft in the sky. |
| Gujarati | The word "એરલાઇન" (airline) in Gujarati can also refer to a line or route on which airplanes fly. |
| Haitian Creole | When used as a noun in Haitian Creole, "avyon" often refers to a physical airplane rather than an airline. |
| Hausa | Literally meaning 'airplane blanket', 'kamfanin jirgin sama' also refers to the company that operates the airplane. |
| Hawaiian | Mokulele originated from the Hawaiian words “moku” (island) and “lele” (to fly). |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "חֶבְרַת תְעוּפָה" ("airline") literally means "company of flight". |
| Hindi | The word "एयरलाइन" (airline) in Hindi is derived from the English word "airline" and refers to a company that provides air transport services. |
| Hmong | "Menyuam" is derived from a verb meaning "to travel" and a suffix indicating a place where something happens. |
| Hungarian | "Légitársaság" is derived from "légijármű" (aircraft) + "társaság" (company). |
| Icelandic | Flugfélag is also the term used for 'hot air balloon' in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The word "ụgbọ elu" can also mean "aircraft" or "airplane" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word 'perusahaan penerbangan' also means 'shipping company' in Indonesian, derived from the word 'pengangkutan' (transportation). |
| Irish | The word 'aerlíne' is a compound word derived from 'aer' (air) and 'líne' (line), denoting a scheduled air transport service. |
| Italian | The word "compagnia aerea" also means "air force" in Italian. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "航空会社" (airline) literally means "air-flight-company," highlighting the mode of transportation and its commercial nature. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "maskapai" has an alternate meaning of "company or organization." |
| Kannada | In Sanskrit, "vimana" means airborne vehicle, and "ayana" means travel or journey. |
| Kazakh | The word "авиакомпания" is derived from the Russian word "авиационная компания" which means "aviation company". |
| Korean | 공기 호스 originally meant "pipe for air" but has come to also mean "pipe for other fluids". |
| Kurdish | "Balafiran" means both "aircraft" and "plane tree" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | "Авиакомпания "Авиакомпания", от "авиация" и "компания." |
| Latin | In Latin, "airlines" can also refer to the space between two rows of vines. |
| Latvian | "Aviokompānija" is formed from the Latin "avis" (bird) and "compagnia" (company), or, it literally means "a bird company". |
| Lithuanian | The word "aviakompanija" is derived from the Russian word "авиакомпания" ("airline"), which in turn is derived from the Latin word "avia" ("air, aviation") and the Greek word "κοινός" ("common, shared"). |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Fluchgesellschaft" is derived from the German word "Fluggesellschaft", which means "airline". |
| Macedonian | The word “авиокомпанија” is derived from the Greek word “aero” (air) and the Latin word “compagnia” (company). |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy the word "airlines" ("orinasam-pitaterana") literally means "flying canoe". |
| Malay | 'Syarikat' refers to a 'company' and 'penerbangan' means 'flight', so 'syarikat penerbangan' translates to 'flight company'. |
| Malayalam | "എയർലൈൻ" can also mean "airborne" or "existing in the air" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, the word "linja tal-ajru" can also refer to a shipping lane or a telephone line. |
| Maori | The Maori word "rererangi" can also refer to a "flying machine" or a "plane". |
| Marathi | "विमान" in Marathi also refers to an "aeroplane" or "aircraft". |
| Nepali | In Nepali, "एयरलाइन" also means "airway" or "air route". |
| Norwegian | The word "flyselskap" can also mean "squadron" or "flight crew." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'ndege' is derived from the Swahili word 'ndege', which means 'bird', and has been adopted into Nyanja to refer to airlines. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ایرلاین" can also refer to the "airway" or "breathing passage". |
| Persian | "Sherket" (company) is used in Persian to refer to an airline, as an airline is a type of company that provides air transportation services. |
| Polish | In Polish, "linia lotnicza" literally translates to "flying line", referring to the path of an aircraft. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | CIA aérea in Portuguese means airline just like Central Intelligence Agency does in English |
| Punjabi | The word "ਏਅਰ ਲਾਈਨ" in Punjabi can also refer to the physical line or route taken by an aircraft during a flight. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "companie aeriană" is a compound of the Romanian words "companie" (company) and "aeriană" (air), and can be translated into English as "air carrier" or "airline." |
| Russian | Авиакомпания was earlier used to describe a company that built aircraft rather than one that flew them |
| Samoan | The word "vaalele" can also mean "to travel on a plane" or "to navigate the stars" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word for 'airline', companaidh-adhair, is also the word for 'flying machine'. |
| Serbian | "Ваздушна линија" primarily refers to the physical path an aircraft travels through the air, rather than the commercial entity providing scheduled flights. |
| Sesotho | The word "sefofane" is also used to refer to a bird that flies high in the sky. |
| Shona | In Shona, 'ndege' refers to an aeroplane but is also used as a general term for 'bird'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word ايئر لائن can also refer to an aircraft. |
| Slovak | "Letecká spoločnosť" literally translates to "flying company" in Slovak, highlighting the transportation aspect of airlines. |
| Slovenian | The word "letalski prevoznik" comes from the words "letalski" (air) and "prevoznik" (carrier), and it can also refer to an air carrier. |
| Somali | Somali word "diyaarad" is derived from the Arabic word "tayyāra", meaning "flying". |
| Spanish | "Aerolínea" literally means "air street" in Spanish, and is a cognate of "aerodrome" in English. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "maskapai" also means "group" or "union". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "shirika la ndege" literally means "bird company". |
| Swedish | The term flygbolag (airline) literally means 'flying company,' and was first used in 1958, when several existing airlines were nationalized. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, 'airline' can also mean 'clothesline'. |
| Tamil | விமான நிறுவனம் is a loanword from English, but in the context of the Tamil language it can also refer to an airport. |
| Telugu | The term "వైమానిక సంస్థ" means "aerial body" or "a body that moves in the air" in Sanskrit, reflecting the aerial nature of the industry. |
| Thai | The Thai word "สายการบิน" can also refer to a flight route or a string on a musical instrument. |
| Turkish | Havayolu literally means 'airway' and can also refer to an 'air route'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "авіакомпанія" is derived from the French "compagnie aérienne" meaning "air company". |
| Urdu | Did you know that 'ایئر لائن' can also mean 'an imaginary line between two points' in Urdu? |
| Uzbek | The word "aviakompaniya" is derived from the Latin word "avia", meaning "bird", and the Russian word "kompaniya", meaning "company". |
| Vietnamese | 'Hãng hàng không' is a Sino-Vietnamese term, which consists of two words: 'hãng' (meaning 'company') and 'hàng không' (meaning 'air transport'). Hence, a more literal translation of 'hãng hàng không' would be 'air transport company'. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "cwmni hedfan" literally means "flying company", a reference to the fact that airlines are companies that operate flights. |
| Xhosa | The word 'inkampani yezindiza' literally means 'a company that flies' or 'a company of the skies'. |
| Yiddish | "ערליין" is a Yiddish word borrowed from the English word "airline" that can also refer to an "airplane". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "oko ofurufu" literally translates to "vehicle of the sky". |
| Zulu | The word "inkampani yezindiza" is derived from the words "inkampani" ("company") and "isindiza" ("bird"), suggesting the idea of a company that flies like a bird. |
| English | In nautical terms, an ``airline`` is an imaginary line at right angles to the keel of a ship or aircraft. |