To go onto a bus, train, aircraft, or boat.
Get on
In an aircraft, the people whose job is to take care of the passengers.
cabin crew
A big screen at an airport or station that shows the times at which planes or trains leave.
Departures Board
The act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle. (noun)
Journey
A small vehicle with two or four wheels that you push or pull to transport large or heavy objects on.
Trolley
A strap in a vehicle or aircraft that holds you in your seat to reduce the risk of injury in an accident.
Seat Belt
When a plane goes up to fly to its destination.
Take Off
To go from one place to another on a trip, usually over a long distance. (verb)
Travel
A line of seats arranged next to each other.
Row
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
When you go to a place where you stay for a short time, and then come back home. (noun)
Trip
To leave a train, bus, or aircraft.
Get off
When you have to take another flight to reach a destination.
Connecting flight
Where passengers and their baggage are screened using metal detectors and X-ray equipment to ensure they are not bringing any prohibited items through the airport and onboard the plane.
Security
A place, usually at an airport, where you can leave your things to be put on a plane if you have already checked in for the flight.
Bag(gage) Drop
A part of an airport where travellers are allowed to get on or off a particular aircraft.
Gate
When a flight has their time changed for later than expected.
Delayed
The place at a port, airport, or border where travellers' bags are looked at to find out if any goods are being carried illegally.
Customs
The place in an airport where you get your things when you arrive after flying.
Baggage Reclaim
A more comfortable place where people flying business or first class can wait for their flight.
(Airline) Lounge
A long space on the ground outside the airport building where airplanes move.
Runway
To write the necessary information on an official document.
Fill in
A flight that takes many hours.
Long-haul flight
To show your ticket at an airport so that you can be told where you will be sitting and so that your bags can be put on the aircraft.
Check in
A feeling of tiredness that a person gets after travelling a long distance through different time zones by plane.
Jet Lag
The area or building at a station, airport, or port that is used by passengers leaving or arriving by train, aircraft, or ship.
(Airport) Terminal
To collect, or to go and get, someone or something.
Pick up
A long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, cinema, or church.
Aisle
When an airplane arrives at the airport, ending the journey.
Land
To take someone or something to a particular place, usually by car, as you travel to a different place.
Drop off
Strong sudden movements within air or water.
Turbulence
A card that a passenger must have in order to be allowed to get on an aircraft or a ship.
Boarding Pass
When you have to take just one flight to reach a destination.
Direct Flight