Intend to get the English off the aircraft (4)
I believe the answer is:
plan
'intend' is the definition.
(planning is a kind of intending)
'the english off the aircraft' is the wordplay.
'the english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'off' is a deletion indicator (some letters taken off).
'the aircraft' becomes 'plane' (plane is a kind of aircraft).
'plane' with 'e' taken out is 'PLAN'.
'to get' is the link.
(Other definitions for plan that I've seen before include "propose" , "Agenda" , "Stratagem" , "Devise a way to achieve" , "Large-scale map" .)