Originally Posted by
Thai-Kiwi
TG doesn't follow that definition. I don'thave time to post a pic, but TG628 which goes BKK-HKG-ICN sells seats on each sector as well as teh BKK-ICN, and describes HKG as a 'technical stop' on their website. Same for other similar situations.
Then TG is not really using standard definitions for this situation.
A non-stop is from point A to point B. A direct flight can be booked from A to X to B using the same flight number and (mostly) the same air frame. A technical stop is when a airline stops at an intermediate point to refuel and perhaps load and unload cargo. No pax load and unload.
I did a technical stop on EVA once: EWR-ANC-TPE because the aircraft could not make the distance traveling westbound against the winds without refueling. We got off the plane for 45 minutes and were herded into a sterile area of the terminal. Shops and food options were available but no new pax boarding or existing pax off boarding. The return TPE-EWR was a scheduled non-stop as the metal could make the distance traveling eastbound with the benefit of the jet stream.
SL