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Final call

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

nounCommon term

In travel & airport english, final call means: The last announcement asking passengers for a flight to go to the gate immediately because boarding is about to end.

In Turkish: son çağrı, son anons

How it is used

Typical wording: "This is the final call for passengers on flight ... to Paris. Please go immediately to Gate 9." Also called last call. After it the gate closes, and the bags of passengers who do not show up may be taken off the plane.

Example sentences

  1. That's the final call for our flight. Run!

  2. This is the final call for passenger Ayşe Kaya, travelling to Munich.

Common collocations

  • final call for passengers
  • last call
  • final boarding call
  • gate closing
  • boarding timeThe time when passengers start getting on the plane, often 30 to 45 minutes before departure and printed on the boarding pass.
  • gateThe numbered area in an airport terminal where passengers wait and then walk or take a bus to board their plane.
  • boardTo get on a plane, ship, train or bus at the start of a journey; at airports it also describes the time when passengers are let on.

More terms: Boarding & On the Plane

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