short-haul flight

collocation in English

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short-haul
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʃɔːt.hɔːl/us
/ˈʃɔːrt.hɑːl/
travelling a ...
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flight
noun
uk
/flaɪt/us
/flaɪt/
a journey in ...
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(Definition ofshort-haulandflightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Can we not insist that aircraft on short-haul flights should not be required to fill their tanks to capacity?
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A number of speakers referred to the flat rate 80p charge as discriminating against short-haul flights.
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Obviously, in a situation such as that, it is easier to delay short-haul flights than to delay long-distance flights.
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On short-haul flights the alcohol alone can be the catalyst.
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On sustainable transport, we must strike a much greater balance by replacing short-haul flights with long rail journeys.
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Surely such a question would not even arise if the short-haul flights that take up so many of the existing slots were redundant because of high-speed rail.
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Regional airlines are willing to see short-haul flights replaced by rail links, if those links are decent.
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Short-haul flights are the most polluting flights.
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Smaller commuter aircraft and regional aircraft designed for short-haul flights may not be equipped with lavatories.
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The low-cost model only really works for short-haul flights...
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When operations resumed, many long-haul outbound flights were either delayed or cancelled and all short-haul flights were cancelled for the rest of the day.
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To do this they upgraded their lights to more efficient models, they turned down their heating dials and took less short-haul flights among a host of other things.
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