in-flight

Or in·flight

[in-flahyt]

adjective

1. done, served, or shown during an air voyage.

   an in-flight movie.

in-flight

adjective

1. provided during flight in an aircraft

   in-flight meals

Word History and Origins

Origin of in-flight¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Pilots, the faces and voices of safety for the flying public, reassure during startling turbulence or other in-flight scares.

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Ground controllers will be capable of acting as remote pilots able to intervene, but the system itself will need to be able to resolve in-flight emergencies on its own.

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United made a splash in the world of in-flight internet service a year ago by choosing Starlink to outfit its entire fleet.

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Brunson-Pitts’s team caters to clients’ tastes with in-flight food from their favorite restaurants and “really nice swag bags.”

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It should be easy enough for someone to make marketing headway by promising simpler pricing and an in-flight experience more like what existed in the old times.

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