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Direct flight

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

nounCore term

In travel & airport english, direct flight means: A flight that takes you to your destination without changing planes; strictly speaking it may still stop on the way, unlike a non-stop flight.

In Turkish: direkt uçuş, aktarmasız uçuş

How it is used

Travellers usually say direct flight to mean no stops at all, and booking sites offer a Direct or Non-stop filter. Airlines use the technical meaning: one flight number, possibly with a stop where some passengers get off.

Example sentences

  1. Is there a direct flight from Izmir to Vienna, or do I have to change in Istanbul?

  2. The direct flight is more expensive, but it saves us five hours.

Common collocations

  • take a direct flight
  • direct flight to
  • non-stop flight
  • fly direct
  • connecting flightThe second or later flight you take to reach your destination when there is no direct flight, after changing planes at another airport.
  • layoverThe time you spend at an airport between two flights when you change planes on the way to your destination.
  • flightA journey by plane; also a particular plane service that leaves at a fixed time and has its own flight number.
  • 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.

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