Originally Posted by
zozeppelin
Flights stats is done currently. We can speculate as to why. A business decision nevertheless. When KVS web scrapped the website the images where not downloaded which means the advertisers were not paid. Draw your own conclusions.
There is no need to speculate -- the actual reasons have been provided by their own representative and can be found in the corresponding thread.
Yes, very clear:
"We just released some enhancements to FlightStats.com including user interface improvements to the mobile site. We also removed Flight Availability. We fund the free tools on the site with advertisements and occasionally add/remove features based on customer demand."
When the "KVS Tool" "Browsed" the Flightstats site, no advertisements were opened. They funded the free tools with advertisement revenue (see above). The "KVS Tool" prevented any of this revenue from being generated while retrieving data as none of the advertisements loaded.
Try denying that. It is very clear what has happened.