air travel vocabulary
.docxAir Travel topical vocabulary for New Life upper-intermediate
Technical faults
Flight delays
Flight disruptions
To divert a flight
To highjack a flight
To cancel a flight
Cancellation announcements
To take off/ to land
To travel on an airline
To book a flight
To fill in (out) the form
To crash
To board / to disembark
To get on (but to get into a car)/to get off
Boarding
Terminal
Gate (at the gate)
Customs control
Passport control
Check in (v,n)
Information desk
Departures/ arrivals
Lounge
An aisle/window seat
Runway
Hold (n)
Shift
Trolley
Baggage reclaim
Luggage/baggage
Carry-on
Excess baggage
To smuggle
Cabin
Crew
Pilot
Air host/ air hostess/ steward/stewardess/flight attendant
Air traffic controller
Customs officers
Safety demonstration
To inhale a life jacket
Emergency
Flight announcement
To ask for a wheelchair
To fasten seat-belts
Emergency exit
Overhead compartments
Baggage drop off
Departures/arrivals board
Domestic/international flight
Long-hauled/ short-hauled flights
Direct/connecting flights
Non-stop flights
Delayed
A final call
Engine
Conveyor belt
VIP lounge
To walk through a metal detector
Prohibited items (liquids, sharp objects, weapons, illegal goods)
Layover
Jet lag
To do damage
By error
To stand in line/queue
To let the guard down
Courtesy of an airline
Phrasal verbs:
Calm down
Pick up
Be fed up with
Drop off
Bump into
Adverbs
In the end/at the end
Late/lately/
near/nearly/
especially/specially
hard/hardly
in fact
ideally
eventually
basically
apparently
anyway
obviously
gradually