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During the early age of aviation industry when aircraft range was limited, most flights were served in the form of a milk run, aka there were many stops along the route.{{Cite web |last=Cosgrove |first=Cole |date=2015-06-11 |title=The Milk Run is a hop, skip and a jump along Southeast Alaska's coast |url=https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/the-milk-run-flight/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Alaska Airlines News |language=en-US}} But as aviation technology developed and aircraft capability improved, non-stop flights began to take over and have now become a dominant form of flight in the modern times.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 eventually opened up Russian airspace, allowing commercial airlines to exploit new circumpolar routes and enabling many new non-stop services, removing the need of making stopover in-between.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/30/opinion/from-newark-over-the-north-pole.html | title=From Newark Over the North Pole | work=The New York Times | date=30 March 2001 | access-date=2016-04-01}}

In the late 2000s to early 2010s, rising fuel prices coupled with the 2008 financial crisis resulted in cancellation of many ultra-long haul non-stop flights.[https://www.ft.com/content/689a1618-814d-11e5-8095-ed1a37d1e096 A new era of 'ultra-long-haul' aviation] As fuel prices fell and aircraft became more economical the economic viability of ultra long haul flights improved.

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Direct flights and non-stop flights are often confused with each other. Starting 31 March 2019, American Airlines started offering non-stop flights from Phoenix, Arizona to London, England,{{cite web |url=http://chamberbusinessnews.com/2019/04/01/american-airlines-first-flight-between-phoenix-and-london-takes-off/ |title=American Airlines first flight between Phoenix and London takes off|access-date= 1 April 2019 |publisher=Chamber Business News |date= 1 April 2019}} meaning that the plane leaves Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and lands at Heathrow Airport. Conversely, a direct flight simply means that passengers typically would not get off the plane if it stops (lands) at a location between the two cities.

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