Direct flight
Aircraft movement without a change in airline number / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the flight mechanism in insects, see Insect flight § Direct flight.
Not to be confused with non-stop flight.
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 one or more stops at an intermediate point(s).[1] A stop may either be to get new passengers (or allow some to disembark) or a technical stop over (i.e., for refuelling). Direct flights are often confused with non-stop flights, which are a special case of direct flights involving no intermediate stops.[2] When there is a change in flight number, the subsequent flight is referred to as a connecting flight.