Travel guides

Short, factual explanations of how flights, statuses and tracking work, written to answer real questions, not to fill pages.

• How to find your flight number

  Your flight number is a short code like KL1234. Here is exactly where to find it and how to read it.

• Flight statuses explained

  Scheduled, boarding, en route, delayed, diverted, what every flight status actually means and what to do about it.

• Flight delayed? What to do, step by step

  A practical checklist for delays: verify the information, know your options, and understand your rights.

• How flight tracking works

  Where flight data comes from: schedules, airline operations, airport systems and aircraft transponders, and why sources sometimes disagree.