Wet-leasing

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The leasing of an airplane including crew, maintenance and insurance to another organisation, usually for a short period of time. uncountable

    "The airline started wet-leasing its planes to carriers in Europe."

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"The airline started wet-leasing its planes to carriers in Europe."

Etymology

From wet + leasing.

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