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So far, we've only considered optimizing the fares for a single route. In this video, we'll change our optimization formulation to include connecting flights. Now, instead of just being able to go from JFK in New York to LAX in Los Angeles, let's suppose that the plane stops in Dallas at the Dallas Fort Worth airport. We still are just using one plane, but the passengers can now fly from New York to Dallas, Dallas to Los Angeles, or from New York to Los Angeles by just staying on the plane in Dallas. So how does our optimization problem change? We now have six types of seats that we can offer: the original two types, regular and discount from New York to LA, and four new types. We can sell both regular and discount seats from New York to Dallas, and regular and discount seats from Dallas to Los Angeles. We know the price of each type of ticket as well as the forecasted demand for each type of ticket. We also know that we have a capacity of 166 seats on our pla...