Noun
wide-body (plural wide-bodies)
(aeronautics) An airliner capable of seating six or more passengers in a single row of economy seating.
The world airline fleet of long-range aircraft consists almost entirely of wide-bodies.
We need to stop making wide-body seats on airplanes, stop accommodating that, because it's not healthy. Kevin Plank
By the early 1990s, the wide-body twinjet had become its manufacturer's annual best-selling aircraft, despite a slight decrease due to economic recession. Source: Internet
ANA will retire half of about the 60 wide-body jets it owns, including those on lease, to cut costs. Source: Internet
During the mid-1960s, both Air France and American Airlines had expressed interest in a twin-engine wide-body aircraft, indicating a market demand for such an aircraft to be produced. Source: Internet
Irving 1994, p. 365. The plant is the largest building by volume ever built, and has been substantially expanded several times to permit construction of other models of Boeing wide-body commercial jets. Source: Internet
Puri at a press conference yesterday said Indian air carriers will also be given opportunities to fly abroad, but they need to operate wide-body aircraft for such medium- and long-haul flights in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Internet