1. the transportation of people or supplies by aircraft, especially in an emergency or when other routes are blocked

1. to transport people or supplies by aircraft, especially in an emergency

Examples

• The military organized an airlift to evacuate civilians from the disaster zone.
• Supplies were delivered to the remote village by airlift.
• The Berlin Airlift was a major operation during the Cold War.
• Rescue teams airlifted the injured hikers to the hospital.
• They had to airlift food and medicine to the flood victims.
• The government airlifted tourists from the war-torn country.
• An emergency airlift brought medical supplies to the island.