Aero

Aero is a Greek prefix relating to flight and air. In British English, it is used as an adjective related to flight (e.g., as a shortened substitute for aeroplane).

Aero may also refer to:

Geography

• Ærø, an island in Denmark
• Aero, British Columbia, a ghost town on Moresby Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Aeronautics

Airlines and companies

• Aero (Polish airline), a Polish airline founded in 1925 which later was merged into LOT
• Aero, a United States aircraft manufacturer, later became Aero Design and Engineering Company, and later the Aero Commander division of Rockwell International
• Aero Airlines, an Estonian airline owned by Finnair
• Aero Condor Peru
• Aero Contractors (Nigeria), a scheduled airline from Nigeria
• Aero Contractors (US), private charter company based in Smithfield, North Carolina, said to provide discreet air transport services for the Central Intelligence Agency
• Aero Ltd, a Polish aircraft company
• Aero O/Y, the name of Finnair until 1953
• Aero Vodochody, a Czech aircraft company
• Aerocondor
• Aeroflot, Russian Airlines
• Aerolíneas Argentinas
• Aeroméxico
• Aeroperú
• Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela, an airline based in Caracas in Venezuela
• Aéropostale (aviation), a French aviation company
• Gulfstream Aerospace

Events

• AERO Friedrichshafen, an airshow held in Germany annually

Equipment

• Aero engine
• Aeroplane

Other uses

• Aerodynamics
• Aerospace engineering

Art entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Aero (comics), a comic book character associated with the New X-Men

Games

• Aero the Acro-Bat, a game by Iguana Entertainment

Music

• AERO, a 2004 album by Jean-Michel Jarre
• Aero - Tribute to the Wind, a 2002 concert by Jean Michel Jarre at Aalborg, DK
• Aerodynamic (instrumental), by Daft Punk
• Aerosmith

Computing and technology

• .aero, an Internet top-level domain
• Aerohive Networks, wireless manufacturer of networking equipment for networks with cloud-enabled Wi-Fi and routing solutions for medium and large enterprises
• Compaq Aero, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
• Dell Aero, the first smartphone from Dell
• Nokia Aero, concept-phone by Nokia
• Windows Aero, a user interface in Windows Vista and Windows 7

Food

• Aero (biscuit)
• Aero (chocolate) chocolate bar

Motor vehicles

Automobiles

• Aero (automobile), a Czechoslovak automobile
• Aero Minor, a Czechoslovak automobile
• Aeros, high-performance versions of cars from Saab Automobile
• SSC Aero, a mid-engine sports car by Shelby Super Cars

Buses and monorails

• Aerobus, a form of transport which uses a non-typical monorail system on a cable system, similar to the one used by suspension bridges
• Hyundai Aero, a bus built by the Hyundai Motor Company
• Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Bus series

Other uses

• Aero (color), a shade of Air Force blue
• Aéropostale (clothing), a United States clothing store
• Akron Aeros
• Alternative Education Resource Organization, a non-profit organization founded in 1989 to advance learner-centered approaches to education

See also

• Aereo, TV service, now defunct