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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 6:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
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Why do they have many of these "direct flights" that really have the 1 stop on the ground and often require plane change so they really are connection flights? ...
the traditional answer has been this a marketing move, since some search engines separate 1-stop flights from non-stops but group direct flights with non-stops.

However there is another more pressing issue for UA, it has more flights daily than it has flight numbers, so flight numbers must be re-used and direct flights is one way.

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