Air transport Flashcards

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l’aviation

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flying, aviation

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un avion/ des avions

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an aircraft/(plu. aircraft)

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un avion

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a plane, an aeroplane, an airplane

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un avion à réaction

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a jet

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5
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un avion supersonique

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a supersonic aircraft

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un gros porteur, un jumbo-set

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a jumbo (jet)

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un avion géant

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a superjumbo

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un mastodonte

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a behemoth

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un avion de ligne

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an airliner

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un avion/vol long courrier

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a long-haul carrier/flight

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un (avion) charter

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a charter(ed) plane

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12
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une plaque tournante

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a hub airport

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trafic aérien

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air traffic

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l’encombrement du ciel

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sky gridlock/ congested skies

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un aiguilleur du ciel

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an air traffic controller

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un passager

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passenger

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se présenter à l’enregistrement

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to check in

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le départ, l’arrivée

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the departure, the arrival

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être à l’heure

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to be on time/ on schedule

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être en retard

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to be delayed

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être annulé

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to be cancelled

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monter dans / descendre de l’avion

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to get on/ to get off the plane

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aller à Londres en avion

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to fly to London

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avoir le mal de l’air

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to be airsick

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être fatigué à cause du décalage horaire
to be jet-lagged/ to suffer from jet lag
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le comportement agressif en avion
air rage
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les tarifs aériens
air fares
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une compagnie a bas prix
a low-cost company
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une compagnie qui offre des prestations réduites au minimum
a no-frills airline
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la concurrence acharnée
cut-throat competition
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l'industrie aérospatiale
the aerospace industry
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l'industrie aéronautique
the aircraft industry
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un avionneur
a plane manufacturer
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la maintenance des avions
the maintenance of planes
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un accident d'avion
a plane crash
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une compagnie aérienne
an airline/ a carrier
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la sécurité aérienne
safety on aircraft
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satiriquement, il y a à peine plus de trois chances sur un million que votre avion s'écrase mais les titres de journaux ne donnent pas toujours la même impression
Statistically, the chances of your plane crashing are little more than three in a million but the headlines do not always convey the same impression
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Les militants anti-bruit voudraient limiter le trafic aérien mais cela semble impossible vu le nombre grandissant de gens qui veulent voyager par avion
Anti-noise protesters would like to restrict air traffic but it seems to be impossible with more and more people wanting to travel by air
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Il y a peu de chances que le développement considérable de l'aviation s'arrête : le nombre de voyages passagers devrait s'élever à 400 millions par an d'ici 2020
The massive expansion of flying is unlikely to stop : the number of passenger journeys should be 400m a year by 2020.