Connecting flight

How it is used

Also called a connection. When both flights are on one ticket, bags are usually checked through to the final destination and the airline helps if the connection is missed. Airports guide passengers with Transfer or Connecting flights signs.

Example sentences

1. I have a connecting flight to Toronto. Is my bag checked through?

2. Passengers with connecting flights, please follow the purple signs.

Common collocations

• catch a connecting flight
• miss a connecting flight
• connecting passengers
• tight connection

Related terms

• layoverThe time you spend at an airport between two flights when you change planes on the way to your destination.
• transitPassing through an airport or country on the way to somewhere else, without staying or formally entering that country.
• missed connectionA situation in which you arrive too late for your connecting flight or train, usually because the first part of the journey was delayed.
• direct flightA flight that takes you to your destination without changing planes; strictly speaking it may still stop on the way, unlike a non-stop flight.
• stopoverA planned break in a long journey, usually of a day or more, when you stay in a city before continuing to your final destination.

More terms: Delays, Cancellations & Connections

• delay
• cancel
• gate change
• rebook
• compensation
• overbooked
• ETA