air-travel.ppt

Parts of an airporta duty-free shop a shop in an airport where you dont have to pay taxes on the goods you buya departure lounge the part of an airport where you wait until you get on the planea gatethe place in the airport where you go to get onto your flight a runway the part of an airport,like a road,which planes use when arriving or departing from an airporta control tower the building in an airport which tells planes when it is safe for them to take off and land Air travel jobsthe cabin crew the people who look after passengers during a flighta pilot a person who flies a planea baggage handler a person who is responsible for your luggage,after you check-in,and takes it to the plane to cruiseto fly at a steady speedto land to bring a plane down to the groundto fasten/unfasten a seatbelt to secure two parts of your seat-belt together/to untie your seatbeltto approach(the runway)to fly at slow speed towards the runwayto declareto give information about goods or money you are bringing into a country a standstill:a stop or an end a designated area:a place that is signed for a particular purpose(for example,a designated smoking area)a terminal building(机场大楼机场大楼/候机大楼）候机大楼）:the part of an airport where planes arrive or depart from to confiscate（没收）（没收）:to take something away from someone as a punishment for doing something wrong Turbulence:unstable flow of a liquid or gas（涡流）The boarding process 1.购买机场建设费及航空保险（购买机场建设费及航空保险（buying airport construction fee and air insurance )收费标准：旅客每人90元人民币；持半票的12周岁（含）以下儿童,可以免交机场建设费。您还可以自行决定购买航空意外保险。如果您是持外交护照、中转、乘坐专、包机的旅客，交纳机场建设费情况详见乘机须知相关收费标准。2.海关出境检查海关出境检查(Customs Exit Examination)您若有物品申报，请走红色通道，办理海关手续；如果没有，请走绿色通道。3.行李托运、换登机牌行李托运、换登机牌(checking luggage and boarding pass)为了确保您顺利登机，建议您在航班起飞前253小时到达航站楼，因为在起飞前30分钟将停止办理登机手续。提示：部分航空公司可能按各自的标准执行，请您注意机票上的相关提示。大厅内的显示大屏幕上会有您所乘坐航班的值机柜台号，凭机票及本人有效身份证件到指定值机柜台办理乘机和行李托运手续，并领取登机牌。4.安全检查安全检查(security check)您需要出示：有效身份证件、飞机票、登机牌、机场建设费。为了飞行安全，您要走金属探测器门、物品需要通过X光机探测。5.候机及登机候机及登机(waiting plane and boarding plane)Flight Delays Flight delays is the failure of the plane to start at the designated time.Major Causes of Flight Delays 1.Technical problems-delays happen when the skies become more crowded as more and more people want to travel by air.2.Air Traffic Clearances with more and more people using flight to travel,air spaces are also getting very congested like land transportation.Most delays are attributed to obtaining air traffic clearances along common routes during the peak times.3.Passengers-Passengers themselves often delay flights too.If a passenger with no check-in baggage fail to turn up at the stipulated time,he would be left behind.However,on international flights,passengers who have checked in with bags and failed to show up,either because they were so engrossed with their duty free shopping or got lost in the complex terminal,the flight cannot depart unless their check-in bags are off-loaded.The rationale is that,there are some terrorists who may plant explosives that may not be detected by X-rays in their bags and deliberately missed the flight(Lockerbie incident).So their bags must be located and off-loaded as a precaution before the aircraft can depart 4.Weather Flights are also delayed due to poor weather like snow,heavy rain,microburst activities in the vicinity of thunderstorms or thick fog.In such situations,aircraft may be subjected to holding in the air for weather improvement or air traffic controllers may impose wider separation between aircraft for safety reasons.Thanks for your listening