How to do an INNER JOIN on multiple columns

You can JOIN with the same table more than once by giving the joined tables an alias, as in the following example:

SELECT 
    airline, flt_no, fairport, tairport, depart, arrive, fare
FROM 
    flights
INNER JOIN 
    airports from_port ON (from_port.code = flights.fairport)
INNER JOIN
    airports to_port ON (to_port.code = flights.tairport)
WHERE 
    from_port.code = '?' OR to_port.code = '?' OR airports.city='?'

Note that the to_port and from_port are aliases for the first and second copies of the airports table.

Why can't it just use AND in the ON clause? For example:

SELECT *
FROM flights
INNER JOIN airports
   ON ((airports.code = flights.fairport)
       AND (airports.code = flights.tairport))