Types Of Flights Flashcards
What is an outbound flight?
An outbound flight is one that is leaving an airport; it is taking off for another destination.
Outbound flights can be to another airport in the same country or to an international destination.
What is an inbound flight?
An inbound flight is one that is coming in to land at an airport; it could be coming from another country or from another airport in the same country.
Inbound flights can also refer to flights returning to the origin airport.
What is a gateway in the context of tourism?
A gateway is a point of entry into a country or a point of departure from a country, usually an international airport.
For example, Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport serves as a gateway for international travel.
True or False: An inbound flight can only come from another country.
False
An inbound flight can also come from another airport within the same country.
Fill in the blank: A _______ flight is one that is taking off for another destination.
outbound
Outbound flights are critical for international and domestic travel.
What city is referred to as ‘the gateway to the Wild Coast’?
East London
This city serves as an entry point for tourists heading to the Wild Coast region.
What is the main distinction between outbound and inbound flights?
Outbound flights leave an airport, while inbound flights arrive at an airport.
Understanding this distinction is important in the context of travel and transport.
Domestic Flight
Travel within the country. They go from one airport in a country ti another airport in the same country
What is a regional flight?
A flight that leaves a country to go to another country in the same region.
From a South African perspective, which flights are regarded as regional flights?
All flights that operate within the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Is a flight from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) considered a regional flight?
Yes, because both countries are in the Southern African Development Community.
Fill in the blank: A flight from Namibia to Zambia is also a _______ flight.
regional
What does SADC stand for?
Southern African Development Community.
True or False: A flight from Johannesburg to London is a regional flight.
False
The word intercontinental
is formed from the Latin
prefix inter’ which means
between’ and ‘continental
which refers toa continent
An intercontinental flight is
therefore a flight that flies
between two continents
or
that goes from one continent
to another. A good example
of an intercontinental flight
would be a flight from
Johannesburg on the African
continent
to Perth on the
Australian continent.
Transcontinental
flights
“Trans’ is the Latin prefix
for ‘across’. Therefore,
a transcontinental flight
is one that flies acrOSS a
continent. A flight from
Los Angeles to New York
is a transcontinental
flight because it is flying
across the North American
continent (even though
it is staying in the same
country). Another example
of a transcontinental flight is
a flight from Johannesburg
to Cairo (Egypt). It is flying
across the African continent.
