It's laughable how the narrator dismisses any evidence that disproves his point (the direct flights) by saying "I don't think those really exist." Really, I wish he had put his money where his mouth is and bought one of those tickets and followed through.
He betrays an ignorance (perhaps a willful one) of the airline industry. Connecting flights exist because, like a previous poster said, airlines are a business and fly their planes where people want to go. I live in Austin, and if I want to travel almost anywhere internationally, I have to connect through Houston or Dallas. Is that because Austin exists in a hole under the earth, and tunnels have been built to Houston and Dallas that you have to go through first? Or is it because Houston and Dallas operate as hubs where other flights are shuttled through, so that people who are traveling long distances are grouped with other people going to the same destination, allowing the airline industry to book more seats on the same overseas flight?