Adding nonstops to such a network siphons off traffic from connecting flights and hurts the economic advantages of the hub.
For these reasons, connecting flights are always the least desirable in terms of convenience... but the most desirable in terms of price.
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was rated as the worst domestic airport for travelers with connecting flights.
Passengers departing from Manston Airport to Schiphol in Amsterdam will be able to take connecting flights to destinations around the world.
The DoT's apparently perverse position was prompted by studies which found that, for passengers taking connecting flights with two airlines that are only loosely allied, each carrier has an incentive to ramp up the price on its leg of the journey, even if this results in lower overall demand for such flights.
There may be no direct air services, only connecting flights through distant hub airports, and the only other way to get there may be a long drive.
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And the Charlotte (North Carolina) Douglas International Airport came in second for ease in connecting flights.
One advantage U.S. airlines can offer is opportunity for connecting flights to other European cities as well as on to Asia and the Mideast.
To get to his mother in Lubbock, Texas, the San Francisco resident booked a United Airlines flight, with only 40 minutes between connecting flights in Houston.
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Sometimes he alerts gate agents at the connecting flight of the special delivery, though he can't ask them to hold flights.
Connecting flights are almost always less expensive than nonstop flights, but they are not always the best option for travellers who place a premium on time.
Traditional carriers can still make money on passengers catching connecting flights to destinations Southwest doesn't serve, but they must cede lots of the local market to the low-cost competitor.
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