Types Of Flights

Question 1

What is an outbound flight?

Answer 1

An outbound flight is one that is leaving an airport; it is taking off for another destination.

Outbound flights can be to another airport in the same country or to an international destination.

Question 2

What is an inbound flight?

Answer 2

An inbound flight is one that is coming in to land at an airport; it could be coming from another country or from another airport in the same country.

Inbound flights can also refer to flights returning to the origin airport.

Question 3

What is a gateway in the context of tourism?

Answer 3

A gateway is a point of entry into a country or a point of departure from a country, usually an international airport.

For example, Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport serves as a gateway for international travel.

Question 4

True or False: An inbound flight can only come from another country.

Answer 4

False

An inbound flight can also come from another airport within the same country.

Question 5

Fill in the blank: A _______ flight is one that is taking off for another destination.

Answer 5

outbound

Outbound flights are critical for international and domestic travel.

Question 6

What city is referred to as ‘the gateway to the Wild Coast’?

Answer 6

East London

This city serves as an entry point for tourists heading to the Wild Coast region.

Question 7

What is the main distinction between outbound and inbound flights?

Answer 7

Outbound flights leave an airport, while inbound flights arrive at an airport.

Understanding this distinction is important in the context of travel and transport.

Question 8

Domestic Flight

Answer 8

Travel within the country. They go from one airport in a country ti another airport in the same country

Question 10

What is a regional flight?

Answer 10

A flight that leaves a country to go to another country in the same region.

Question 11

From a South African perspective, which flights are regarded as regional flights?

Answer 11

All flights that operate within the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Question 12

Is a flight from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) considered a regional flight?

Answer 12

Yes, because both countries are in the Southern African Development Community.

Question 13

Fill in the blank: A flight from Namibia to Zambia is also a _______ flight.

Answer 13

regional

Question 14

What does SADC stand for?

Answer 14

Southern African Development Community.

Question 16

True or False: A flight from Johannesburg to London is a regional flight.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The word intercontinental

Question 18

is formed from the Latin

Question 19

prefix inter’ which means

Question 20

between’ and ‘continental

Question 21

which refers toa continent

Question 22

An intercontinental flight is

Question 23

therefore a flight that flies

Question 24

between two continents

Answer 24

or

Question 25

that goes from one continent

Question 26

to another. A good example

Question 27

of an intercontinental flight

Question 28

would be a flight from

Question 29

Johannesburg on the African

Question 30

continent

Answer 30

to Perth on the

Question 31

Australian continent.

Question 32

Transcontinental

Question 33

flights

Question 34

"Trans' is the Latin prefix for 'across'. Therefore, a transcontinental flight is one that flies acrOSS a continent. A flight from Los Angeles to New York is a transcontinental flight because it is flying across the North American continent (even though it is staying in the same country). Another example of a transcontinental flight is a flight from Johannesburg to Cairo (Egypt). It is flying across the African continent.