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Because für always takes the accusative case in German.
- The noun is der Anschlussflug in the nominative.
- Anschlussflug is masculine.
- Masculine accusative changes der to den.
So:
- nominative: der Anschlussflug
- accusative after für: den Anschlussflug
That is why you get für den Anschlussflug.
German very often combines nouns into compound nouns.
Here:
- Anschluss = connection
- Flug = flight
Together, Anschlussflug means connecting flight.
This is completely normal in German. Instead of writing several separate words, German usually joins them into one noun, and the last part decides the gender. Since der Flug is masculine, der Anschlussflug is also masculine.