flight connection

Meaning

A flight connection is an intermediate stop during a journey where passengers must change airplanes to reach their final destination. Navigating a flight connection often requires checking transit monitors, walking to a new gate or terminal, and keeping track of layover times.

Examples

• We only have a forty-minute layover to make our flight connection in Munich.

  We only have a forty-minute layover to make our flight connection in Munich.

• If our first flight is delayed, we might miss our flight connection.

  If our first flight is delayed, we might miss our flight connection.

• Does our baggage go straight through, or do we collect it at the flight connection?

  Does our baggage go straight through, or do we collect it at the flight connection?

• The airline rebooked us on a later flight after we missed our connection.

  The airline rebooked us on a later flight after we missed our connection.

• Is there a fast-track lane for passengers with a tight flight connection?

  Is there a fast-track lane for passengers with a tight flight connection?

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I have a flight change in Paris.

  ✓ I have a flight connection in Paris.

  While 'to change flights' is a valid verb phrase, the noun phrase for the scheduled transit point is 'flight connection' or 'connecting flight'.

• ✗ My flight connection time is too short.

  ✓ My connection time is too short.

  While 'flight connection' refers to the flight itself, the period between flights is called 'connection time' or 'layover'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• We had to run through the terminal to make our ___ to Rome.

  💡 The next flight you must catch on a multi-step journey.

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  flight connection

• Is one hour enough time for a ___ at JFK airport?

  💡 The transition between two flights.

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  flight connection