Travelling by air

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	an aeroplane	ein Flugzeug	‘The aeroplane took off just after 4 p.m.’ Often shortened to: ‘a plane‘; American English = ‘an airplane’
0/0	an airport	ein Flughafen	‘We arrived at the airport twenty minutes before our flight was due to leave.’
0/0	an aircraft	ein Flugzeug	‘This aircraft was built ten years ago.’
0/0	a boarding pass	eine Bordkarte	‘I think I've lost my boarding pass on the way here. Please could I have another?’
0/0	to board a flight	an Bord eines Fluges gehen	‘The flight will be ready for boarding in approximately twenty minutes. Please remain in your seats until then.’
0/0	to book a flight	einen Flug buchen	‘I’ve just booked a flight to go home for the weekend.’
0/0	a co-pilot	ein Co-Pilot	‘The co-pilot made a passenger announcement.’
0/0	a flight attendant	ein Flugbegleiter / eine Flugbegleiterin	‘There were three flight attendants on board the flight.’
0/0	to fly an aeroplane	ein Flugzeug fliegen	‘I'm a pilot. Today I flew an aeroplane to Helsinki.’
0/0	a gate	ein Flugsteig	‘We need to hurry up. The flight closes in ten minutes, and we'll need at least five minutes to get to the gate.’
0/0	to land	landen	‘We'll be landing in ten minutes.’
0/0	to land an aeroplane	ein Flugzeug landen	‘The pilot landed the aeroplane.’
0/0	to miss a flight	einen Flug verpassen	‘My taxi was delayed in traffic on the way to the airport, and I missed my flight.’
0/0	to take a flight	einen Flug nehmen	‘We took a flight from Melbourne to Sydney.’
0/0	to take off	abheben	‘We took off around 10 a.m. and landed an hour later in Bucharest.’