chartering

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The Houston-based company plans to close its Mesa Gateway Airport operation in Arizona, which served as its hub for chartering deportation flights, on Jan. 27.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

The team has to coordinate between two airline partners, chartering a Boeing 757 from Delta and a Boeing 737-800 from United, to handle travel parties of sometimes more than 100 in all.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

The barrister for the investors suggested to the court that some of the proceeds had been spent on "chartering yachts and all sorts of jollifications".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024

Before the war, the sheikh was sometimes criticized for his lavish choices, like chartering a private jet to attend the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

The act of congress chartering the Union Pacific railroad, and its numerous branches, was amended by the act of July 2, 1864, in many particulars, to some of which we have already referred.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.