Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
Yeah, I don't know when airlines started with this nonsense, but in my book, the fact that a pair of connecting flights share a single flight number doesn't make them direct. IMO, "direct" means one plane with stops.
I agree.
Non-stop means non-stop, one segment, one takeoff, one landing.
Direct means one or more stops but the flight number stays the same. Oftentimes a change of equipment occurs as well.