1 Leading: Leading economic indicators are indicators which change before the economy changes. 2  Stock market returns are a leading indicator, as the stock market usually begins to decline before the economy declines and they improve before the economy begins to pull out of a recession.
Main Image: A connecting flight is a flight that you opt for when you have an intermediate stop and change of aircraft. You take a connecting flight when you have to make atleast one stop between your originating airport and your destination. Sometimes a connecting flight makes you to change airline companies.
Re: Minimum layover time for connecting flights. Oct 03, 2013, 1:35 PM. This question is asked a lot so you can search through the forum to see the previous answers. If they're both United flights, you'll be able to get between gates in 15-20 minutes at most so if the first flight is on time, you'll make the connection.