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Airport

A station, usually consisting of buildings, airfields and runways, used to provide a place for aircraft to take off and land as well as to house commercial services for passengers and on-board staff.

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Airport

ARC

Aviation; Airport

Airlines Reporting Corporation. Provides services to the travel industry primarily related to travel agency accreditation, transactions reporting, financial settlement and ticket assignment and ...

no-show

Aviation; Airport

A passenger or hotel guest who fails to use or cancel a reservation.

minimum connection time

Aviation; Airport

Time established as the minimum required in order to make a connecting flight; can vary with airport and airline.

nonstop

Aviation; Airport

Flight that does not make any stops enroute to a destination.

nontransferable

Aviation; Airport

Refers to a ticket that cannot be changed to another's name once it's been issued.

nonrefundable

Aviation; Airport

Refers to a ticket that if unused has no value once the flight has departed.

direct/thru flight

Aviation; Airport

Flight that makes one or more intermediate stops en route to destination, but no change of planes.

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