charter a plane; chartered plane
Meanings
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to charter an aircraft; to rent a plane
formalRefers to renting an entire aircraft for a specific period or route, usually for group travel or cargo transport.
This travel company specializes in charter flight services.
We plan to charter a plane for our trip to Tibet.
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Many enterprises will charter planes to pick up employees and take them home during the Spring Festival.
Multinational companies often charter planes to transport precision instruments.
To save costs, they chose to charter a plane instead of buying individual air tickets.
noun
chartered aircraft; chartered plane
formalRefers to the rented aircraft itself, usually used for group travel or special transport needs.
This chartered tourist plane will carry 300 tourists to Sanya.
The medical chartered plane is urgently transporting donated organs.
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They rented a large chartered plane to transport exhibition equipment.
The event organizing committee chartered three planes to pick up and drop off the contestants.
Overseas Chinese chartered planes to return home for reunions and feel the warmth of their hometown.