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upgauge

upgauge verb: to replace an aircraft with a larger one of a similar type.

Verb

upgauge (third-person singular simple present upgauges, present participle upgauging, simple past and past participle upgauged)

  1. To replace an aircraft with a larger one of a similar type.
    • A flight is initially scheduled on a Boeing 737-800. Due to high demand, the airline might upgauge the flight to a Boeing 737-900, which has a larger passenger capacity.
    • They have proposed a scheme forcing airlines to upgauge the planes serving La Guardia. But at a capac ity constrained, slot-controlled airport like La Guardia, discriminating against regional aircraft could jeopardize service to countless, communities communities as large as Jacksonville...2007 September 28, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation, Airline Delays and Consumer Service: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on...

Examples of upgauge in a sentence

  • They have proposed a scheme forcing airlines to upgauge the planes serving La Guardia.2007 September 28, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation, Airline Delays...
  • Following the postpandemic recovery, pilot shortages have lead many airlines, especially in the United States, to upgauge (move from regional jets up to 100-plus set narrowbodies) their fleets.2024, Vitaly Guzhva, Sunder Raghavan, Damon J. D'Agostino, Aircraft Leasing and Financing: Tools for Success in International Aircraft...

Forms of upgauge

third-person singular presentupgauges
present participleupgauging
past participleupgauged
pastupgauged

Questions about upgauge

What does upgauge mean?
Upgauge means to replace an aircraft with a larger one of a similar type.
How do you use upgauge in a sentence?
They have proposed a scheme forcing airlines to upgauge the planes serving La Guardia.
What part of speech is upgauge?
Upgauge is a verb.
What is the past tense of upgauge?
The past tense of upgauge is upgauged.

Words near upgauge in the dictionary

  1. upgangs
  2. upgather
  3. upgathered
  4. upgathering
  5. upgathers
  6. upgauge
  7. upgauged
  8. upgauges
  9. upgauging
  10. upgave
  11. upgaze

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