El vuelo de conexión
Example: Perdí el vuelo de conexión y tuve que esperar horas.
Definition
"El vuelo de conexión" refers to a connecting flight that passengers take after landing from a previous flight to continue their journey to a final destination. It usually involves transferring between two flights within the same trip, often at an airport hub.
Etymology
The phrase "el vuelo de conexión" comes from Spanish, where "vuelo" means flight and "conexión" means connection. It directly describes a flight that connects passengers from one flight to another, a term that became common with the rise of air travel requiring multiple flights for long-distance travel.
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"El vuelo de conexión" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - Air travel & Aviation - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 110 commonly used words.
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the connecting flight