(こうくうけん)

こうくうけん
noun
airline ticket; plane ticket
transportation
1. airline ticket; plane ticket
A ticket for air travel.
航空券(こうくうけん)予約(よやく)する
To book a plane ticket.
往復(おうふく)航空券(こうくうけん)ほう(やす)
A round-trip ticket is cheaper.
If you buy your plane ticket early, you can sometimes get it much cheaper.

航空券(こうくうけん) is the standard formal term for an airline ticket. In casual speech, 飛行機(ひこうき)チケット is more common, but 航空券(こうくうけん) is used in official contexts such as booking confirmations, travel agencies, and airport announcements.

Etymology

A compound of 航空(こうくう) (aviation) + (けん) (ticket). The (けん) suffix appears in many ticket-related words such as 乗車券(じょうしゃけん) (train ticket) and 入場券(にゅうじょうけん) (admission ticket).

Common collocations

Related words