 2 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
airlift
noun: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when
other means of access are unavailable) [syn: {lift}]
verb: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by
other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" [syn: {lift}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "airlift":
aeroplane, air express, airfreight, airplane, asportation, balloon,
be airborne, bearing, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage,
conveyance, cruise, drayage, drift, expressage, ferriage, ferry,
flight, flit, fly, freight, freightage, glide, haulage, hauling,
hop, hover, hydroplane, jet, jump, lighterage, lugging, navigate,
packing, portage, porterage, railway express, run, sail, sailplane,
seaplane, shipment, shipping, soar, solo, take the air, take wing,
telpherage, test flight, toting, transport, transportation,
transshipment, trip, truckage, volplane, waft, waftage, wagonage,
wing
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