the place at the airport where you register for your flight and deposit your luggage
Check-in desk
to complete (a form, a questionnaire, etc.)
fill in
leave the ground
take off
enter or board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
get on
to give someone a ride in a vehicle; to collect someone or something (sometimes in a vehicle).
pick up
a building at an airport divided into Arrivals and Departures.
Airport terminal
long distance flights
long-haul flights
an occasion when you go somewhere and come back again
trip
a flight that leaves soon after another one arrives
connecting flight
the plane doesn't stop until it gets to the final destination
direct flights
an electronic display showing flight times and if the flight is on time, boarding, closed, or delayed
Departures board
where your luggage may be checked to see if you are bringing illegal goods into the country
Customs
place in the airport where you collect your bags after travelling
Baggage reclaim
strong sudden movements within air
turbulence
the act of travelling from one place to another
journey
arrive on the ground
land
a belt that fastens around you when you are travelling in a vehicle or aircraft and holds you in your seat
seat belts
where they check that you are not trying to take prohibited items (e.g., liquids or sharp objects) onto the plane by scanning your hand luggage and making you walk through a metal detector.
Security
one of the places at an airport where you show your ticket so that you can be told where you will be sitting:
Check-in desk
a passageway between rows of seats
aisle
to stop a vehicle and let someone get out; to take something (or someone) to a place and leave it there
drop off
the activity of travelling
travel
where planes take off and land
Runway
where you show your boarding pass and ID and board your flight
Gate
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
get off
a place to leave bags before the flight
Bag(gage) drop
a line of things, people, animals, etc. arranged next to each other
row
collection of symptoms brought on by travel from one time zone to another that results from the mismatch between our internal circadian cycles and our environment
jet lag
The staff working on a plane
cabin crew
where passengers who are traveling business or first class can wait for their flight.
(Airline) Lounge
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