'Return flight' is a common phrase; there is no reason to suspect that 'return' was ever used improperly in it.
A 'round-trip ticket' ('flight' does not work, since this ticket must involve at least 2 flights) is also called a 'return ticket' by some speakers, while other speakers consider a 'return ticket' only the second half of a 'round-trip ticket'. A 'return flight' is possible: it