noun phrase · neutral
connecting flight
/kəˈnɛktɪŋ flaɪt/con·NECT·ing FLIGHT
a flight that requires you to change planes at another airport
Examples
“I missed my connecting flight in Dubai and had to wait eight hours for the next one.”
“Make sure you have enough time between flights when booking a connecting flight.”
“Airlines sometimes transfer checked luggage directly to the final destination even on a connecting flight.”
Band 8 sentence
“I missed my connecting flight in Doha, so the airline automatically rebooked me onto the next available service without additional charge.”
Collocations
- catch a connecting flight
- miss a connecting flight
- book connecting flights
Word family
Common mistakes
connection flight→connecting flight
I had connecting flight→I had a connecting flight
Say it for a higher band
5connection flight→6transfer flight→7+connecting flight
Synonyms
transfer flight
Easily confused
direct flight
“I prefer a direct flight to save time.”
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