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Old Mar 24, 2018, 2:07 am
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Dave Noble
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Originally Posted by s0ssos
If you actually read what the OP said, the OP says it goes "direct Perth to London". What "direct flights" are you talking about? Does it go "directly?"
You are just using that stupid terminology whereby "direct" is not the same as "non-stop"
It is not stupid terminology, it is the actual terminology as defined by IATA

Originally Posted by IATA glossary
Any flight ticketed as a single flight coupon, irrespective of whether there are enroute stops and/or changes of aircraft types

or

Flight connecting two cities or airports with or without enroute stops; passengers need not change aircraft (except for a change of gauge flight.)
QF1/2 have been direct flights bwtween Sydney and London for a long time

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