Flying - Flying

Note: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic situation, many airlines have restricted the number of flights they could offer. As with the broader travel industry, the outbreak has hurt air carriers financially. If you have already booked an airline ticket and are supposed to fly out soon, please get in touch with your airlines and local health authorities to know whether it is safe for you to fly, what the requirements are (e.g. face coverings), and what refund or rebooking options you are eligible for if your original flight gets cancelled or you decide to not go through with it.

Commercial airplane flight is a common form of long-distance travel and central to the travel experience of many. Wikivoyage has a wide array of information and advice for air passengers to make your experience of sitting in a metal tube at 35,000 feet for hours on end less stressful and more enjoyable.

Our main guide to the standard procedures, rules, and other basics of traveling by air (some of which have changed over the years) is arranged in four articles covering different stages of air travel, from the planning phase, through to reaching your destination. The articles are:

More specific articles on travel topics related to flying are:

A British Airways Boeing 777 comes in to land

Preparation

• Advice for nervous flyers
• Airline alliances
• Aircraft seating
• Flying and health
• Flight baggage
• Flying on a budget
• Rail air alliances

Destinations

• Airports that have their own articles
• Flying to Africa
• Flying to South America
• Flying in the United States
• Round the world flights and Round-the-Pacific flights
• Avoiding travel through the United States
• Avoiding travel through Canada
• Metropolitan area airport codes

For experienced flyers

• Air courier
• General aviation: Private flying, scenic or sightseeing flights bush planes, etc
• First and business class travel
• Frequent flyer programmes
• Lounges

Aviation as activity

• Air sport
• Aviation history
• Drones