1
: cheap whiskey
2
: the phenomenon of a subject's eyes appearing red in a color photograph taken with a flash
3
: a late-night or overnight flight
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The red-eye flights will be seasonal and run through October 15, and will include Premium and Economy classes on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
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Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
Tattle, a junior, now with 12 goals, had to travel home to Vancouver for a family matter this week, returning on a red-eye flight, landing at JFK early Friday.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2025
Fittingly, one of the heroines, Dreux (Keke Palmer), works the red-eye shift at the Norms restaurant on La Cienega.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Also in March, Southwest Airlines will begin offering daily red-eye service from Sacramento to Baltimore, company spokesman Chris Perry previously told The Bee.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
Tattle, a junior, now with 12 goals, had to travel home to Vancouver for a family matter this week, returning on a red-eye flight, landing at JFK early Friday.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2025
Fittingly, one of the heroines, Dreux (Keke Palmer), works the red-eye shift at the Norms restaurant on La Cienega.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Also in March, Southwest Airlines will begin offering daily red-eye service from Sacramento to Baltimore, company spokesman Chris Perry previously told The Bee.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Red-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-eye. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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