civil aviation
noun [U]Definition
› flights and aircraft used for personal and business purposes, such as transporting goods or passengers, rather than for military purposes: The government wants to put civilians in charge of civil aviation, and bring in private firms to run the airports.
(Definition of civil aviation noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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