La compañía aérea rastrea y reexpide el equipaje facturado.

Yes. In this sentence, la compañía aérea means the airline.

Both compañía aérea and aerolínea are used, but compañía aérea often sounds a bit more formal or descriptive. In Spain, both are understood perfectly.

• compañía aérea = air company / airline
• aerolínea = airline

So this sentence could also begin with La aerolínea... with basically the same meaning.

Because la means the, and the sentence is talking about a specific airline, not just any airline.

• la compañía aérea = the airline
• una compañía aérea = an airline

If the English meaning shown to the learner is The airline tracks and forwards/re-sends the checked baggage, then la is the natural choice.

In Spanish, descriptive adjectives often come after the noun.

So:

• compañía aérea = air company / airline
• literally: company air-related

This is the normal order in Spanish. Putting the adjective after the noun is very common, especially when the adjective is classifying the noun rather than adding emotion or emphasis.

Rastrea comes from the verb rastrear, which means to track, to trace, or to follow the trail of something.

Here it is:

• rastrear = to track
• rastrea = he/she/it tracks or you track (formal usted)

In this sentence, the subject is la compañía aérea, which is grammatically third person singular, so rastrea means:

• the airline tracks

Because the subject is singular:

• La compañía aérea = singular

So the verb must also be singular:

• La compañía aérea rastrea... = The airline tracks...

If the subject were plural, then you would use rastrean:

• Las compañías aéreas rastrean... = The airlines track...

Reexpide comes from the verb reexpedir.

It means something like:

• to forward again
• to re-send
• to dispatch onward

In the context of baggage, it usually means the airline sends the checked baggage on to the correct destination, or forwards it after a problem or interruption.

So:

• reexpedir = to forward / re-dispatch / re-send
• reexpide = it forwards / re-sends

Because reexpedir is the infinitive, and the sentence needs a conjugated verb.

• reexpedir = to forward / to re-send
• reexpide = forwards / re-sends

The subject is la compañía aérea, so Spanish uses the third person singular present form:

• La compañía aérea reexpide... = The airline forwards/re-sends...

Also, this verb is irregular in the present tense, like expedir.

The prefix re- usually adds the idea of again or back/onward.

So:

• expedir = to dispatch / send out
• reexpedir = to send on again / forward

In baggage language, reexpedir often suggests the bag is being sent onward after some issue, transfer, or rerouting.

El equipaje facturado means checked baggage or checked luggage.

Breakdown:

• equipaje = baggage / luggage
• facturado = checked in

So this refers to baggage that has been handed over to the airline, not carry-on luggage.

Compare:

• equipaje facturado = checked baggage
• equipaje de mano = hand luggage / carry-on baggage

Because equipaje is usually treated as an uncountable collective noun in Spanish, much like luggage in English.

So Spanish normally says:

• el equipaje = the luggage / the baggage

Even if it refers to several suitcases, the noun often stays singular.

If you want to count individual items, Spanish would use words like:

• las maletas = the suitcases
• los bultos = the pieces/items of baggage

Yes, it is related historically to facturar, but in travel Spanish facturar has a special meaning: to check in baggage.

So:

• facturar una maleta = to check in a suitcase
• equipaje facturado = checked baggage

This can be confusing because in other contexts factura means invoice or bill. But in airport language, facturar is the standard verb for checking baggage in.

In Spain, this is very common airport vocabulary.

Because facturado is acting as an adjective or past participle describing the noun.

• equipaje facturado = checked baggage
• literally: baggage checked-in

This is very normal in Spanish: noun + descriptive participle/adjective.

Similar patterns:

• puerta cerrada = closed door
• billete comprado = purchased ticket

Sometimes you may hear alternatives depending on region or context, but in Spain equipaje facturado is the most standard and natural airport phrase.

A learner should especially remember:

• facturar equipaje = to check baggage in
• equipaje facturado = checked baggage

That is the expression most worth learning for Spain.

Spanish does not always repeat the object pronoun if the object is expressed once after both verbs.

Here, both verbs share the same object:

• rastrea y reexpide el equipaje facturado

This means:

• tracks and forwards the checked baggage

Spanish is happy to place the object once at the end and let it apply to both verbs.

You could rephrase with a pronoun in other structures, but this sentence is completely natural as it stands.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

la kom-pa-NEE-a A-e-re-a ras-TRE-a ee re-eks-PEE-de el e-kee-PA-he fak-tu-RA-do

A few useful notes for Spain Spanish:

• compañía has the stress on -ñí-
• aérea has separate vowel sounds: a-é-re-a
• rastrea is usually pronounced with three syllables: ras-tre-a
• g in equipaje sounds like the strong Spanish j sound
• y before a consonant is usually pronounced like ee here: rastrea y reexpide

Yes. Both verbs are in the present indicative:

• rastrea = tracks
• reexpide = forwards / re-sends

So the whole sentence means something like:

• The airline tracks and forwards the checked baggage

This present tense can describe:

• a general procedure
• a standard policy
• what the airline does in this context

Yes, but the original order is the most straightforward and neutral.

Standard order:

• La compañía aérea rastrea y reexpide el equipaje facturado.

You could rearrange parts for emphasis, but that is less neutral. For example:

• El equipaje facturado lo rastrea y reexpide la compañía aérea.

That sounds more marked or emphatic. For a learner, the original version is the best model to follow.