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Article: 'Direct' flights abused.(PLUGGED IN - MARKETPLACE)(ON THE FLY)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 13, 2008
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Byline: Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
At about 9 p.m. last Monday, Delta Air Lines Flight 9 was over eastern Canada on its way back from Cairo. At the same time, Delta Flight 9 took off from New York en route to Los Angeles.
That doesn't make sense to you? Well, it does to the airline industry.
The flight taking off was the continuation of the flight that hadn't yet landed because of a five-hour delay. Delta sells Cairo-Los Angeles as a direct flight with a stop in New York, but in reality, that journey consists of two separate flights that have nothing in common except for number 9.
The first one goes from Cairo to New York on ...