Air Travel

Question 1

Boarding pass

Answer 1

a card that you show before you get on a plane or boat

Question 2

Check-in desk

Answer 2

one of the places at an airport where you show your ticket so that you can be told where you will be sitting

Question 3

Carry-on luggage

How many items of carry-on luggage am I allowed to take onto the plane?

Answer 3

the small cases or bags that a passenger can carry onto an aircraft or bus

Question 4

Suitcase

Have you packed/unpacked your suitcase yet?

Answer 4

a large, rectangular container with a handle, for carrying clothes and possessions while travelling:

Question 5

Departures

Check our website for the flight times for departures from Bristol.

Answer 5

the part of an airport where you go before catching a plane

Question 6

Arrivals

I made my way through arrivals.

Answer 6

he part of an airport that you go through when you arrive on a plane

Question 7

Gate

at a gate BA flight 726 to Paris is now boarding at gate 16.

Answer 7

way out of an airport through which passengers go to get on their plane

Question 8

air terminal

Answer 8

a building at an airport that provides services for passengers travelling by plane

Question 9

Shuttle bus

Answer 9

a bus that travels regularly between two places

Question 10

Aircraft

The aircraft was flown by a young American pilot.

Answer 10

any vehicle that can fly and carry goods or passengers

Question 11

Turbulence

We experienced severe turbulence during the flight.

Answer 11

​a series of sudden and violent changes in the direction that air or water is moving in

Question 12

Round trip

Answer 12

a journey to a place and back again

Question 13

One way

a one-way trip

Answer 13

can be used for travelling to a place but not back again

Question 14

Customs

to go through customs and passport control

Answer 14

the place at a port or an airport where your bags are checked as you come into a country

Question 15

To book

She booked a flight to Chicago.

Answer 15

to buy a ticket in advance

Question 16

To board

e tried to board a plane at Nice airport.

Answer 16

to get on a plane

Question 17

To depart

Flights for Rome depart from Terminal 3.

Answer 17

to leave a place, especially to start a trip

Question 18

To arrive

She’ll arrive in New York at noon.

Answer 18

to get to a place, especially at the end of a journey

Question 19

To take off

The plane took off an hour late.

Answer 19

(of an aircraft, etc.) to leave the ground and begin to fly

Question 20

To land

The plane landed safely.

Answer 20

to come down through the air onto the ground or another surface

Question 21

transit

Answer 21

n. A passenger that is stopping at an airport that is not his destination

Question 22

aisle

Answer 22

n. corridor in aeroplane between the seats [there are usually one or two]