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Connecting flights won't be affected

If so, doesn't that somewhat defeat the point? A plane normally has connecting passengers and direct together. Now are they just going to fly the route half empty?

> Now are they just going to fly the route half empty?

Flying full but with half the frequency achieves the same result.

Still adds an hour.

It doesn't really because connecting flights are only useful if the times match up.

So what might end up happening is people avoid connecting flights through Paris and instead take a longer route which ends up being faster and cheaper (trains are expensive).

This will make those flight emptier, thus more expensive. It was one of the point from "The shift project".

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