ENGLISH VOCABULARY
TRAVEL and TRANSPORT
English vocabulary relating to travel and transport.
page 1 : airline → overhead locker
Useful vocabulary designed to make travelling less difficult for English learners.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Airline | Company which commercialises air travel. |
| Airport | Large area where aircraft land and take off. |
| Air traffic controller | A person who directs the planes and ensures that there are no accidents. |
| Aisle | Corridor between the rows of seats on a plane. |
| Aisle seat | A seat next to the long corridor in the centre of the plane. |
| Arrivals area | Area for passengers getting off a plane. |
| Baggage | Bags, suitcases, etc. |
| Baggage claim | Place where passengers go to get their luggage at the end of a flight. |
| Board | Get on or enter a plane. |
| Boarding pass | Card needed by passengers in order to board a plane. |
| Bus stop | Area where passengers get on and off a bus. |
| Cab | Taxi |
| Cabin crew | The personnel on a plane who look after the passengers during a flight. |
| Cabin pressure | The air pressure inside the aircraft when it is flying. |
| Car | Motor vehicle for carrying passengers. |
| Chartered flight | Flight on a chartered or hired plane. |
| Check-in | Register as a guest at a hotel or as a passenger at an airport. |
| Check-out | Pay one's bill and leave a hotel. |
| Cockpit | The front of the aircraft where the pilot sits and flies the plane. |
| Connection Connnecting flight |
Train or plane leaving a station or airport soon after the arrival of another, enabling passengers to change from one to another. |
| Control tower | The place from where air traffic controllers direct the planes. |
| Customs | Government department that collects taxes on goods imported from other countries. |
| Customs official | Government official who controls goods brought into a country and collects taxes or duty. |
| Departure board | Large display showing times and destinations of departing flights. |
| Departure lounge | Place where passengers wait before boarding a plane. |
| Direct | Without any connecting flights or trains. |
| Domestic flights | Flights within the country, not international. |
| Duty-free | Without any payment of taxes called 'custom duties'. |
| Excess baggage | Baggage that weighs more than the amount allowed. |
| Fare | Cost of a journey by bus, boat or taxi. |
| Flight | Journey on an aircraft. |
| Galley | Part of a plane where food and duty-free goods are kept. |
| Gate | The place in an airport where a particular flight arrives and departs. |
| Hand luggage | Light luggage (bags, briefcases, etc.) that you are allowed to carry on board. |
| Immigration officer | Person who checks passports and visas. |
| Jet lag | Tiredness after a long flight due to differences in time zones. |
| Label | Card showing your name and address which is used to identify luggage. |
| Luggage | Bags, suitcases, etc. |
| Motorway | Wide road for fast-moving traffic. |
| Off-peak | A time period that is less busy (and tickets are usually cheaper). |
| Overhead locker | Storage space above the seats on a plane for hand luggage. |