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connecting flight

A connecting flight is a flight that a passenger takes after arriving on another flight, as part of the same air journey to a destination, by changing aircraft at an intermediate airport.

In plain English

It is the next flight taken after one flight has already brought the passenger to an airport on the way. The journey continues by switching to a different aircraft there and flying on toward the final destination.

In context

Here, "connecting flight" names the onward flight segment in the same trip that follows an earlier arrival and requires a change to another aircraft at an intermediate airport.

Situation
Checking in, passing airport steps, boarding, connections, and flight status
What it communicates
names an onward flight segment in a multi-flight trip

Meaning limits

It refers only to that onward flight segment, not to the whole trip.

Examples

“Because fog delayed the first plane, he missed his connecting flight from Madrid to Lisbon.”

Core meaning

“At the transfer desk, the agent printed new boarding passes for the connecting flight to Lisbon.”

In context

  • flight Broader Term

    A connecting flight is one kind of flight.