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title: How do I start a Flight for a lead or contact?
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# [How do I start a Flight for a lead or contact?](https://www.cirrusinsight.com/2019-knowledgebase/support/gmail/how-do-i-start-a-flight-for-a-lead-or-contact)

 Written by [N P](https://www.cirrusinsight.com/2019-knowledgebase/author/n-p) | Jul 29, 2025 2:16:58 PM

There are three methods for placing one or more leads or contacts on a Flight Plan and initiating their individual Flights.

- Methods 1 and 2 will allow you to easily add multiple leads/contacts (passengers) to a Flight Plan from previously created Salesforce reports/lists.
- Method 3 allows you to add one lead or contact at a time to a Flight. 

The methods are discussed sequentially below:

**Method 1 **(using a Salesforce report/list to place multiple people on a Flight)

1. Click on the *Flight Plans* tab.

2. Click on the *Flights* button.

3. Click on the *Start a Flight* button.

4. Click to select either *Leads* or *Contacts *as the recipients. 

Click the arrow on the *Build from Report* button if you would like the alternate *Build from List View* option.

5. If *Build from Report* was selected, type the name of the desired report in the *Report Search* field to access it. Related reports will populate below the search field as terms are inputted.

If *Build from List View* was selected, choose from the drop-down menu of list views.

6. When data from the selected report or list view is displayed, click the *checkboxes* next to the desired leads/contacts on the list (or click the *uppermost checkbox* to select all listed leads/owners). 

Click on the *Continue *button when the needed leads/contacts have been selected.

*Note: A maximum of 100 individuals can be on a given Flight.*

7. At the Choose a Flight window, click to select the desired *Flight Plan *to place your selected "passengers" on.

8. Click the *Start Flights *button after reviewing the steps associated with your chosen Flight Plan.

*Note: As an option, you can schedule the Flights in advance. In the top left corner, you can select the date and time the first step is sent out.*

**Method 2 **(using a Salesforce report/list to place multiple people on a Flight)

1. Click the *Start a Flight* button at the far left of your Gmail inbox.

2. For Cirrus Insight plans with the Campaign feature, you'll want to select *Start a Flight* from the drop-down menu.

3. The process from this point on is identical to Method 1. Just start at step 4 above.

**Method 3 **(placing one person, or one person at a time, on a Flight)

1. You can also start a Flight from the Cirrus Insight side panel. This method will only add one lead/contact (passenger) at a time to a Flight Plan. 

Load the lead/contact's profile in the Cirrus Insight side panel (hover or click on their name in your inbox) and then click the *Start a Flight* button.

*Note: If the lead/contact is not currently in a flight you will see the blue Start a Flight button. If the person is in a Flight, you will see information about that Flight in the snapshot view.*

2. The Choose a Flight Plan window appears displaying all of the existing Flight Plans created by your organization. Click the appropriate Flight Plan for your purposes.

Click the *Start Flights *button after reviewing the steps associated with your chosen Flight Plan.

*Note: As an option, you can schedule the Flights in advance. In the top left corner, you can select the date and time the first step is sent out.*

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