The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word AIRLINER
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More clues leading to the result AIRLINER
- One going aloft in ship under the wind
- Flyer left in drier houses
- Broadcast by queen holds nothing about what took her abroad?
- Rail journeys home a little expensive – take alternative transport…
- Very thin, leaving hospital by right form of transport
- People carrier: a horse, perhaps, that carries nothing back
- Row right after broadcast — it gets many people up in the air
- Melody range right for a high flier
- Bearing sleeve needed for jet
- Rule with policy found amid publicity for jet?
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What does AIRLINER mean?
AIRLINER noun- A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.