Abstract: A system and a computer program are provided for providing real-time flight information to a user over a telephone network. The system includes a server having access to real-time flight information, an interface in communication with the server and a telephone network, a database in communication with the server. The database is continuously updated with the real-time flight information. The database contains a plurality of advertisements. The server is configured to prompt a user to enter flight identifying information over the telephone network, receive the flight identifying information from the user, determine matching flight information from the database based upon the flight identifying information, and to provide at least one of the plurality of advertisements to the user over the telephone network while the flight information is being determined. Advertiser fees are provided from one or more advertisers for each of the plurality of advertisements provided to the user.