transport aircraft; transport plane
Refers to an airplane designed or used for carrying cargo, troops, or passengers, especially in military or logistics contexts.
軍用輸送機が滑走路に着陸した。
A military transport aircraft landed on the runway.
この輸送機は一度に大量の貨物を運べる。
This transport plane can carry a large amount of cargo at once.
medical transport plane; medevac aircraft
military transport aircraft; military cargo plane
supersonic transport; SST
Compound of 輸送 (transport) + 機 (machine, aircraft). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for naming types of aircraft.