commercial aircraft
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Commercial aircraft are airplanes designed to carry passengers or cargo for profit, as opposed to military or private use.
The term covers everything from regional jets to wide-body airliners: Boeing and Airbus dominate the commercial aircraft market.
Commercial aircraft must meet stringent safety and certification requirements set by aviation authorities.
- airlinerLarge commercial passenger plane
- wide bodyLarge-fuselage aircraft design
- regional jetSmall airliner, limited range
- jet engineThrust-producing aircraft powerplant
- engineMachine producing motion
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- Aircraft Salesprivate jets, turboprops, regional jets, cargo planes
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Personally owned aircraft
corporate jet · business jet · private plane · executive jet · pleasure craft
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Armed forces' aerial vehicles
warplane · fighter jet · bomber · combat aircraft · stealth bomber
commercial aircraftultralight
Minimal recreational aircraft
light aircraft · small plane · glider · microlight · two-seater
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