Fibre for fliers if coming back with an article (6)
I believe the answer is:
raffia
'fibre' is the definition.
(I know that raffia is a type of plant fiber)
'fliers if coming back with an article' is the wordplay.
'fliers' becomes 'RAF' (Royal Air Force).
'coming back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'an article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'if' written backwards gives 'fi'.
'raf'+'fi'+'a'='RAFFIA'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for raffia that I've seen before include "Type of palm tree" , "Basket-making fibre" , "Fibre from palm tree, used to make mats" , "a Madagascan basket-maker" , "Palm used for weaving baskets, etc" .)