Probably so (lay term). The entire business of using codeshares, direct / through flights, etc. are (IMO) ways of impeding transparency and hiding the truth from the flying public Most FTers know the drill, but there are flyers who believe they are flying nonstop, or on one aircraft with a stop or two, or on a specific airline - only to find out it ain't so.
"A direct flight in the aviation industry is any flight between two points by an airline with no change in flight numbers, which may include a stop over at an intermediate point."
"OAG / Official Airline Guide have defined the term simply as a flight(s) with a single flight number." But at one time OAG actually defined it as a flight with no change in aircraft, which is not used any longer. The sham was revealed when airlines even included "change of gauge" as "direct" flights.
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"Unfortunately, the airlines have used the definition of a through flight being aircraft with the same flight numbers, regardless of whether one changes aircraft or not."
Actually, I thought that the airlines (and the OAG) refer to that as a "direct flight." Do the airlines even use the term "through flight," or is that merely a lay term?