Airline

Notable historical and current-day airlines.

represents an entity of type "Airline" .

[ prop ]

gives the value of a specified property.

[ { prop _i, … } ]

gives the value of a list of properties.

[ prop , { qual _i val _i, … } ]

gives the value of a specified property modified by qualifier rules qual _i-> val _i.

EntityClass [ "Airline" , { prop _i spec _i, … } ]

represents a class of entities with values of prop _i defined by spec _i.

Sample Entities

	AircraftFuel	annual fuel usage
	AirlineID	airline ID
	Airtime	total domestic airtime
	AirtimePerDay	average daily domestic airtime
	AirtimePerFlight	average domestic flight duration
	AverageDelay	average domestic delays
	CancelledPercent	domestic flights cancelled
	CarrierCode	carrier code
	DelayReasons	causes of delay
	Departures	annual flights
	DeparturesPerDay	average daily flights
	Distance	total scheduled domestic flight distance
	DistancePerDay	average daily domestic flight distance
	DistancePerFlight	average domestic flight distance
	DivertedPercent	domestic flights diverted
	EntityClasses	entity classes
	EntityTypeList	entity type list
	FlightsOnTime	domestic flights on-time
	FuelPerDay	average daily fuel usage
	Image	image
	MilesFlown	total flying distance
	MilesFlownPerDay	daily average
	MilesFlownPerFlight	average flight distance
	Name	name
	PassengerCapacity	average passenger capacity
	PassengerMiles	annual passenger miles
	PassengerMilesPerDay	daily passenger miles
	Passengers	annual passengers
	PassengersPerDay	average daily passengers
	PassengersPerFlight	passengers per flight
	ScheduledFlights	annual scheduled domestic flights
	ScheduledFlightsPerDay	average daily scheduled domestic flights
	TimeInAir	total flying time
	TimeInAirPerDay	daily average flying time
	TimeInAirPerFlight	average flight duration
	TonMiles	weight flown
	TonMileSources	weight breakdown
	WeightCapacity	average weight capacity

"Airline" entities include US domestic and international airlines that carry passengers and/or freight.
Some properties are available for the "Airline" entity type as a whole and can be given using the form EntityValue [ "Airline" , property ] . Such properties include:

	"Properties"	the list of available properties
	"PropertyCanonicalNames"	the standard names of available properties
	"SampleEntities"	a sample list of available entities ( typically of length 10 )
	"SampleEntityClasses"	a sample list of available entity classes ( typically of length 10 )
	"EntityCount"	number of entities available
	"Entities"	the list of available entities
	"EntityCanonicalNames"	the standard names of available entities
	"EntityClasses"	the list of available entity classes
	"EntityClassCanonicalNames"	the standard names of available entity classes
	"PropertyClasses"	the list of available property classes
	"PropertyClassCanonicalNames"	the standard names of available property classes
	"PropertyCount"	number of properties available

The following annotations can be used in the third argument of EntityValue [ "Airline" , property , annotation ] :

	"Source"	source information for the property
	"Date"	the date associated with the entity-property value ( if any )
	"EntityAssociation"	an association of entities and entity-property values
	"PropertyAssociation"	an association of properties and entity-property values
	"EntityPropertyAssociation"	an association in which the specified entities are keys , and values are a nested association of properties and entity-property values
	"PropertyEntityAssociation"	an association in which the specified properties are keys , and values are a nested association of entities and entity-property values
	"Dataset"	a dataset in which the specified entities are keys , and values are an association of property names and entity-property values

The following annotations can be used in the second argument of EntityValue [ property , annotation ] :

	"Qualifiers"	the list of possible qualifiers for the property
	"QualifierValues"	the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier
	"DefaultQualifierValues"	the list of default values for the property's qualifiers
	"Description"	a brief textual description of the property
	"Definition"	a detailed textual definition of the property
	"PhysicalQuantity"	the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value
	"Unit"	the unit associated with the entity-property value

A qualifier value of Automatic indicates that an applicable format of values can be used; e.g. for the "Date" qualifier, this includes a proper date or date span.

Use for entity discovery:

Find a property value for an entity:

Retrieve a dataset of all available properties for an entity:

Find the 10 airlines with the most miles flown:

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