civil aviation

Definitions

All non-military forms of aviation, including private and commercial flight services.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called on Tuesday to allow⟳ Taiwan to participate⟳ in a U.N. body overseeing civil aviation, drawing criticism from the Chinese government. “We believe⟳ that all of international civil aviation’s important stakeholders -- particularly those who administer critical airspace, like⟳ Taiwan -- should have⟳ the opportunity to participate⟳ meaningfully in ICAO’s work⟳,” Buttigieg said at the International Civil Aviation Organization assembly held every three years and the first since the COVID-19 pandemic.”

CEFR level