DELTA AIRLINES

Aviation Related Vocabulary

General Terms

actual flying time
agent
air conditioning system
air sickness
air sickness bag
air vent
airline
airplane
airport
aisle seat
alternate destination
altitude
amenity kit
announcement
anticipate
armrest
arrival
ashtray

baby meal
baby stroller
baggage
baggage claim area
baggage claim tag
bassinet
beacon
belly landing
blanket
boarding
boarding pass
bomb
brake(s)
briefcase
brochure
buckle (seat belt)
business class

cabin
cabin crew
call button
canceled flight
captain
car seat
cargo
carry-on luggage
cash
change (money)
change seat
check-in
checked baggage
child meal
circle (verb)
circuit breaker
citizen
classes (of service)
clearance (from tower)
cockpit
cockpit crew
complaint
comply
confirm
connecting flight
connection
coordinator
control (for reading light)
control tower
counter
credit card
cruising altitude
cruising speed
crutches
customs

decompression
deicing
delay
departure
destination
detect
deviate
device
dim (lights)
direct flight
disembark
dispatch
distress
divert
diversion
document
domestic flight(s)
dump fuel
duty free
ditching

earphones
electrical outlet
embark
emergency
emergency exit
emergency instructions
engine
entry permit (Immigration)
equipment
estimated time of arrival
estimated time of departure
evacuate
excess baggage
exchange rate
exhaust
extinguish

fare
fasten
fire extinguisher
first aid
first available flight
first class
flammable
flashlight
flight number
fly over (over fly)
flying time
free of charge
fresh air outlet
flight attendant
fog
folder
form – customs
– immigrations
fuel
fumes
fuselage

ID tag
immigrations
impact
incapacitated
inflate
in-flight service
initiate
intermediate stop
interpreter
indicator light

jet lag
jet way
jettison

kilometer

land (verb)
landing
landing
card
latch
lavatory
long distance haul
life raft
life vest
luggage

main cabin
maintenance
message
(to leave a message)
middle seat
mobile lounge
money exchange
mooring line

nationality
non-smoking
non-stop
nozzle

over booking
overhead bin
over wing exit
oxygen mask

partition (bulkhead)
passenger list
passport
passport control
peanuts
people mover
permission
prescription
pressure
prevent
provide
provisioning
push back

ramp
range
reading light
recline
refuel
regulation
release
rescue
reservation
restrain
retract
round trip
route
route map
runway

safety
safety regulations
screen – movie
screen – T.V.
seat belt
seat duplication
seat number
seat pocket
security checkpoint
security inspection
signal light
slide
slide
slot time
smoke detector
smoke hood
standby list
stopover
storage
stow (bags)
stretcher
special meal
switch

take off
tamper (-ing)
tap water
tarmac
temperature
terminal
ticket
ticket counter
timetable
toothpick
tow
traffic right
transit
transmit
tray
tray table
turbulence

upgrade
unaccompanied minor

vicinity
visa
visa waiver

warning light
wheelchair
window seat
wing

Culinary-Related Terms

Prepared Items

Soup
(chicken)
(vegetable)
Eggs
(scrambled)
(fried)
(hard boiled)
Omelet

Fruits

Apple
Cherries
Lemon
Melon
Nuts
Orange
Peach
Strawberries

Meats

Meat
Beef
Chicken
Duck
Fish
Shrimp
Lamb
Liver
Lobster
Pork
Sausage
Steak
Veal

Vegetables

Beans
Cabbage
Carrots
Corn
Garlic
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Onion
Peas
Potatoes
Spinach
Vegetables

Drinks

Chocolate
Coffee
Milk
Tea

Misc.

Cheese
Jam
Toast
Desserts
Cake
Cookies
Dessert
Ice Cream
Pie

Emergency Commands

Grab ankles
Heads down
Stay low
Release your seat belts
Get up
Get out
Hurry
Let’s go
Come on
Here is a good exit
Come this way
Come toward my voice
You two, stay at the bottom, pull people off, send them away
Sit and slide
Arms out straight
Step through and slide off the back of the wing
Jump and slide
Pull the red handle down/up/towards you
Push the door out

Illness

appendicitis
bite (insect)
blister
boil
burn
cold
constipation
cough
diarrhea
earache
food poisoning pneumonia

Medication

medicine
pill
prescription

Body Parts

back
bone
cheek
chest
chin
ear
eye
face
finger
foot
hair
hand
head
heart
leg
lip
mouth
nose
skin
tongue

First-Aid Situations

There has been an accident.
Get a doctor.
Send for an ambulance.
Please bring blankets.
He is (seriously) injured.
She has fallen/has fainted.
It is bleeding.
It is swollen.
Do you have any bandages?
Are you all right?
I have an upset stomach.
I don’t feel well.
I have sprained my ankle.
I cut myself (my finger).
I have a fever.
My arm/back/foot hurts.
I need aspirin.
I need iodine.
Please give me some cotton.
We have sanitary napkins.
I have a headache.
I have a stomachache.
I have a toothache.
Do you need a pain reliever.
We need to perform CPR.
He/she is not breathing.
He/she has no pulse.
I have a (bad) cold.

DELTA AIRLINES

Aviation Related Vocabulary

General Terms

Culinary-Related Terms

Emergency Commands

Illness

Medication

Body Parts

First-Aid Situations

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