Direct flights - a flight where the passenger does not need to change planes but the aircraft may stop en-route.
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Travellers moving between airports not served by direct flights use a hub to change planes to get to their destination.
Unlike traditional direct flights, multiple legs of such 'direct' flight actually operate as individual/independent legs, such that the latter leg can operate without any dependency or consideration of the former leg.
Unlike a nonstop, a direct flight will make one or more stops between two places. The passenger may have to change planes or even change airlines. This is a change in meaning. In the past, direct flights made stops but required no change of plane.
 See also: Airline, Direct flight, Flight, Direct, Aircraft
  
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