noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ business-class , coach (= the cheapest seats in a plane or train) ( AmE ), economy-class , first-class
▪ front-seat
▪ back-seat ( esp. AmE ), rear-seat ( esp. BrE )
▪ air , airline , bus , coach (= on a coach/bus) ( BrE ), ferry , rail , subway ( AmE ), train , underground ( BrE )
▪ cruise
▪ pillion (= riding on the back of a motorcycle) ( BrE )
▪ fellow
▪
I soon got talking to my fellow ~s.
VERB + PASSENGER
▪ carry , fly , transport
▪
Last year the airline carried 4.6 million ~s.
▪ board ( esp. AmE ), let on , pick up , take on
▪
Flight 717 began boarding ~s.
▪
A taxi was picking up a ~ outside the hotel.
▪ drop off , let off , let out
▪
The bus stopped to let its ~s off.
▪ screen
▪
All airports in the country screen ~s for illicit drugs.
▪ accommodate
▪
The ship can accommodate 450 ~s.
▪ evacuate
▪
All the ~s had to be evacuated.
PASSENGER + VERB
▪ wait
▪
The ~s were waiting to board the plane.
▪ be aboard (sth) , fly , go in sth , go on sth , ride sth ( AmE ), ride in sth ( AmE ), travel in sth , travel on sth
▪
the first-class ~s aboard steamboats
▪ board (sth) , come aboard (sth) , embark (on sth) , get on (sth) , go aboard (sth)
▪ disembark , get off , get out
▪ arrive
▪ be stranded
▪
Thousands of ~s were stranded last night at Heathrow airport.
PASSENGER + NOUN
▪ cabin , compartment
▪ door , window
▪ seat , side
▪
There is no airbag on the ~ side.
▪ comfort , safety
▪ aircraft , ferry , jet , liner , plane , ship , train , vehicle
▪ car , van (both AmE )
▪
Sales of ~ cars grew by 22% last year.
▪ flight , services
▪ numbers , traffic , volume
▪
Global air ~ traffic rose over 20%.
▪ capacity , load
▪ area , station , terminal
▪ list , records
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
Will all ~s for Mumbai please go to Gate 21.
▪ ~ in
▪
the ~s in her car
▪ ~ on
▪
all the ~s on the ferry