The phrase "airlines step" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a specific action or process related to airlines, but without additional context, it is unclear when to use it.
Example: "The airlines step in to assist passengers during delays."
Alternatives: "airline procedure" or "airline protocol".
But as airlines step up the competition to entice the lucrative business traveler, the flying bed is certain to become one of the more attractive perks -- at a price that could cause most leisure travelers to lose sleep.
"Looking forward, and with Flybe maintaining their service to March next year, I hope that we will see other airlines step in to fill the gap that has been left by this unfortunate decision.
[C15.] Airlines Step Up Promotions As air travel slowly picks up again, the major airlines are promoting lower business-travel fares, tweaking advance-purchase and minimum-stay rules and devising new ways to sell tickets online and through direct e-mail promotions.
Airlines stepped up ordering jet engines this year, and GE Aircraft Engines won more than half the orders.
Two troubled airlines stepped up their efforts yesterday to persuade their unions to grant contract concessions aimed at helping the companies cut costs.
"As I clomped up the airline steps this morning I turned to one of the young men who was working with the press and said, 'Don't do this when you're 47 years old!' But there's a great team of people who are really running the day-to-day.
Following the bankruptcy of Coast Air in January 2008, the airline stepped in and was serving Fagernes Airport, Leirin with two daily flights to Oslo, and one daily flight to Trondheim, but these were terminated in 2009.
Unless another airline steps up to fill the scheduling void, that could mean 3.9 million fewer passengers to use concessions, pay for parking and generate other badly needed revenue for the airport.
The government ordered airlines to step up screening after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11.
So is the 2 43 out of Kinshasa: planes landing in Charles de Gaulle Airport have recently been found to be carrying more than a few nonpaying passengers, leading European airlines to step up their preflight extermination efforts.
The airport said it was in talks with at least two other airlines to "step in and actually support that route".
