transit lounge

English

Noun

transit lounge (plural transit lounges)

1. (aviation) a waiting room at an (international) airport for passengers changing flights, or for long-haul passengers who have to leave their aircraft while it is serviced and refuelled (in both cases for passengers who haven't finished their journey).

Related terms

• transit passenger

References

• “transit lounge”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “transit lounge”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.