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Air transport Flashcards

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1
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l’aviation

A

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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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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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

23
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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

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to be jet-lagged/ to suffer from jet lag

26
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le comportement agressif en avion

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air rage

27
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les tarifs aériens

A

air fares

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une compagnie a bas prix

A

a low-cost company

29
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une compagnie qui offre des prestations réduites au minimum

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a no-frills airline

30
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la concurrence acharnée

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cut-throat competition

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l’industrie aérospatiale

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the aerospace industry

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l’industrie aéronautique

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the aircraft industry

33
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un avionneur

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a plane manufacturer

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la maintenance des avions

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the maintenance of planes

35
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un accident d’avion

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a plane crash

36
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une compagnie aérienne

A

an airline/ a carrier

37
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la sécurité aérienne

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safety on aircraft

38
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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

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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

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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

40
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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

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The massive expansion of flying is unlikely to stop : the number of passenger journeys should be 400m a year by 2020.

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