minimum connecting time

noun

The amount of time, agreed in advance between airlines and airport authorities, that is considered sufficient for a passenger to make a connection between an arriving flight and a departing flight on the same ticket.

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Meanings

nounminimum connecting time (countable and uncountable, plural minimum connecting times)

plural minimum connecting times

  1. countableuncountableaeronauticsThe amount of time, agreed in advance between airlines and airport authorities, that is considered sufficient for a passenger to make a connection between an arriving flight and a departing flight on the same ticket.
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