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sked
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
n. — abbreviation, Transportation, especially Northern Canada
a scheduled flight.
Type: 3. Semantic Change — Sked may refer to schedule in general, but in Canada the term is also associated with regular, as opposed to chartered, airline flights and the airlines that provide them. This is a semantic development of sked as an abbreviation of "schedule", which was originally a US innovation (OED-3, s.v. "sked n.")
See also COD-2, s.v. "sked"(2), which is marked "Cdn (North)".
See also COD-2, s.v. "sked"(2), which is marked "Cdn (North)".
Quotations
1980
Paying these spot prices is already having an impact on the non-sked operators, and my own view is that the whole non-sked business is going to get a kick in the teeth at some point.
1992
Contact Air, of Fort McMurray, runs a scheduled air service year round -- known locally as 'the sked' -- between Fort McMurray and Fort Chip.
Northwestern Air Lease in Fort Smith flies weekly scheduled flights between Fort Chip and Fort Smith. A number of small air-charter companies also serve the region.
2000
Forget it. The most important thing a roomy plane like this can do is to finally supply adequate seating room in economy class. People on average are taller than ever before and almost no scheduled airline offers adequate legroom for its lankier customers, although the skeds admittedly do a much better job than the charter airlines do.
References
- COD-2
- OED-3