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terminal change

A terminal change is the state in which a flight is scheduled to depart from a different airport terminal than the one previously announced.

In plain English

Airports use different terminals for departures. This term means the flight will now leave from a terminal different from the one announced earlier.

In context

Here, it reports that the flight's departure terminal has been reassigned to a different terminal from the one previously announced.

Situation
Checking in, passing airport steps, boarding, connections, and flight status
What it communicates
reports reassignment of the departure terminal

Meaning limits

The term alone establishes only a change in the departure terminal, not any other aspect of the trip.

Examples

“The airline announced a terminal change when Flight 208 was moved from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3.”

Core meaning

“We hurried to the shuttle after a terminal change for our flight appeared on the airport app.”

In context