Vocabulary blog - Air travel

Hi everyone!
International travelling is always exciting and enjoyable (at least I like to think so)! Today, let’s study the words related to air travel together.

Air travel
• departure (n.)

- the act of leaving a place (e.g. The estimated departure time of the flight is 10.45 a.m.)

• disembark (v.)

- to leave an aircraft upon arrival at destination (e.g. We will disembark at 2.30 p.m.)

• immigration  (n.)   

- the place at an airport where the passports of people coming into a country are checked (e.g. Passengers need to go through the immigration upon landing.)

• long-haul  (adj.)

- involving the transport of passengers over long distances  (e.g. I always have to take long-haul flights to Europe.)

• overbook (v.)

- to sell more tickets on a plane than there are seats available (e.g. The flights are usually overbooked during long holidays.)

• stopover (n.)

- a short stay during  journey (e.g. We had a one-day stopover in Tokyo on the way to Miami.)

• terminal (n.)

- the building at an airport where air passengers arrive and leave (e.g. The second terminal of the airport was opened last month to accommodate the increasing number of international passengers.)

• touch down  (v.)

- to land on the ground (e.g. The plane will touch down in Bangkok in 20 minutes.)

• transit (v.)

- to pass through an area (e.g. We had to transit in Russia.)

• turbulence (n.) 

- sudden and violent changes in the direction that air is moving in (e.g. We can expect some turbulence when we begin our descend in 10 minutes.)