Whether you are booking online flight tickets from Delhi to Toronto or anywhere else on Flyopedia, knowing more about the details of your flight number doesn’t hurt and makes your journey experience smoother than before. But it isn’t always easy to understand all the numbers and codes given everywhere and learning about all of them at once can be confusing. So to resolve this problem, Flyopedia’s team of travel experts has brought you a compilation of all you need to know about what a flight number is, where it is and how to find it. Let’s get into flight number details without further ado.
What you should know about flight number
Flight number is a mix of alphanumeric characters to identify a flight. They are generally used to track flight positions on the website of the airline you’re choosing to travel with. It can also help you in identifying which flights run on a specific date on a specific route. Flight numbers help Air Traffic Control to track and organize the flights up in the sky.
Flights flying to east and north are assigned even numbers while those flying to south and west are assigned odd numbers by the IATA. You can always find the numbers for various flights and airlines by using IATA flight search.
If you have a connecting flight, you may see more than one flight number on your ticket. Ensure that you know the right flight number for the immediate trip you are about to undertake. This holds especially true if you are about to go to a major airport for your flight as they usually have more than one flight heading to the same destination. Remembering your flight number in such situations can help prevent you from boarding the wrong flight accidentally.
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What is a flight number?
In simple terms, it is a combination of letters and numbers to identify each flight, regardless of the destination and airline. It can consist of 1 to 4 digit numbers and the airline’s International Air Transport Association (IATA) code of 2 characters in uppercase letters. For example, AC is the IATA code for Air Canada and AA is the IATA code for American Airlines. The numeric 1 to 4 digits of the flight number represent the flight route. For example, if you have booked Delhi to Toronto flight tickets with Air India airlines on Flyopedia, you get the code AI 187.
Where to find airline codes of flight numbers?
To promote liaison among all airlines, IATA, also known as International Air Transport Association, was created as a tourism and travel organization. Presently, this organization has 278 airlines as its members. While there are many airlines operating between Canada and India flight routes, the codes for identifying some of the popular airlines are provided below.
- AA – American Airlines
- AC – Air Canada
- AI – Air India
- AS – Alaskan Airlines
- AF – Air France
- BA – British Airlines
- EK – Emirates
- UA – United Airlines
- WS – WestJet
- TR – TigerAir
How to find your flight number?
Flight number(s) is given on the boarding pass and flight ticket of a passenger. Once you book your flight (for example, weather you book flight tickets from Canada, from flyopedia.ca, Or tickets from USA to India on Flyopedia.com, In both the case you will receive a confirmation message or email from the service provider or airline about the flight details, which includes your flight details among other details like PNR number, origin and destination, flight date and time, etc.
Hope this helps before you board your next flight. Happy journey!
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