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Air Travel Vocabulary - English File Upper Inter ...

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  • To take someone or something to a particular place, usually by car, as you travel to a different place.
    Drop off
  • A small vehicle with two or four wheels that you push or pull to transport large or heavy objects on.
    Trolley
  • 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
  • Strong sudden movements within air or water.
    Turbulence
  • To go from one place to another on a trip, usually over a long distance. (verb)
    Travel
  • When you go to a place where you stay for a short time, and then come back home. (noun)
    Trip
  • When you have to take just one flight to reach a destination.
    Direct Flight
  • A feeling of tiredness that a person gets after travelling a long distance through different time zones by plane.
    Jet Lag
  • In an aircraft, the people whose job is to take care of the passengers.
    cabin crew
  • 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
  • To collect, or to go and get, someone or something.
    Pick up
  • To write the necessary information on an official document.
    Fill in
  • A big screen at an airport or station that shows the times at which planes or trains leave.
    Departures Board
  • When a flight has their time changed for later than expected.
    Delayed
  • A flight that takes many hours.
    Long-haul flight
  • A long space on the ground outside the airport building where airplanes move.
    Runway
  • When you have to take another flight to reach a destination.
    Connecting flight
  • A part of an airport where travellers are allowed to get on or off a particular aircraft.
    Gate
  • A more comfortable place where people flying business or first class can wait for their flight.
    (Airline) Lounge
  • A card that a passenger must have in order to be allowed to get on an aircraft or a ship.
    Boarding Pass
  • A strap in a vehicle or aircraft that holds you in your seat to reduce the risk of injury in an accident.
    Seat Belt
  • The act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle. (noun)
    Journey
  • The place in an airport where you get your things when you arrive after flying.
    Baggage Reclaim
  • When an airplane arrives at the airport, ending the journey.
    Land
  • To leave a train, bus, or aircraft.
    Get off
  • 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 line of seats arranged next to each other.
    Row
  • A long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, cinema, or church.
    Aisle
  • 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
  • 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
  • To go onto a bus, train, aircraft, or boat.
    Get on
  • When a plane goes up to fly to its destination.
    Take Off
  • 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