Vocabulary about Airports and Air Travel
In today’s lesson, we will learn some vocabulary about airports and air travel. Let’s start with some easy ones: Parts of an airport
| a duty-free shop | a shop in an airport where you don’t have to pay taxes on the goods you buy |
| a departure lounge | the part of an airport where you wait until you get on the plane |
| a runway | the part of an airport, like a road, which planes use when arriving or departing from an airport |
| a control tower | the building in an airport which tells planes when it is safe for them to take off and land |
Air travel jobs
| the cabin crew | the people who look after passengers during a flight |
| a baggage handler | a person who is responsible for your luggage, after you check-in, and takes it to the plane |
| an immigration officer | a person who checks your visa and passport when you go into a country |
| a customs officer | a person who checks you are not trying to bring illegal food, drugs, guns or other items into a country |
Things you find on a plane
| a cockpit | the place where the pilots sit to control the plane |
| a galley | the area on a plane where the cabin crew prepare meals and store duty-free goods etc. |
| a trolley | a small cupboard with wheels. Cabin crews use trolleys to take food and drink to passengers during a flight |
| an overhead locker | a storage area above passengers’ heads in a plane |
| a tray-table | a small table that is stored in the back of the seat in front of you on a plane |
Verbs about air travel
| to board/ to embark | to go onto a plane at the beginning of the journey |
| to disembark | to get off a plane |
| to taxi | to move a plane slowly along the ground before or after flying |
| to cruise | to fly at a steady speed |
| to fasten/ unfasten | to secure two parts of your seat-belt together/ to untie your seatbelt |
| to approach (the runway) | to fly at slow speed towards the runway |
| to take off | to start flying in the air |
| to land | to bring a plane down to the ground |
