metal neutral. 1. Describing a trend in the airline industry in which a member of an airline alliance sees the sale of tickets using the aircraft (or "metal") of a different alliance member as being just as important as selling tickets on its own routes. 2. Adj. In the airline industry, describing the practice in which an airline uses aircraft operated by alliance partners to serve its own routes.
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