domestic flight
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2.7
- noun
- /dəˈmɛstɪk flaɪt/
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vuelo nacional
- According to the press release, united.com will begin listing the Dreamliner as the aircraft for the domestic flights it will fly starting tomorrow, September 1.
Examples
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The FAA is forecasting a 27% increase in domestic flights and a 70% growth in international operations by 2016.
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Get to the airport an hour ahead of your departure time for domestic flights or two hours ahead for international flights.
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Getting to the airport by the recommended hour and a half before a domestic flight, our goodbye was casual.
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Arrive at the ticketing/check-in area at least two hours before a domestic flight and three hours before an international flight.
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On domestic flights, he says, state tort law principles rule.
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Domestic flights are available to the majority of the islands, but ferryboat fares are much cheaper, and you get a pleasant cruise in the bargain.
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According to the F.A.A., the first reported hijacking was a Peruvian airliner commandeered on a domestic flight in 1931.
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Most airlines recommend arriving two hours ahead of time for domestic flights within the country.
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The airline had planned two weeks of domestic flights to several cities across the nation.
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Last year, 81 percent of domestic flights departed on time from various airports.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a flight within the same country' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'domestic' (originating within the country) with 'flight' (an air journey). This adjective+noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Domestic flight comes from the literal parts: domestic meaning 'inside the same country' and flight meaning a trip by plane. So it creates a simple picture of a plane flying inside one country, not across borders, and that is why it means 'a flight within the same country'.