hub-and-spoke
adjective
: being or relating to a system of routing air traffic in which a major airport serves as a central point for coordinating flights to and from other airports
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Chinese airlines are also bypassing the Gulf’s hub-and-spoke ecosystem, adding thousands of direct flights to Europe.
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Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
House Bill 178 would allow the Maryland Department of Health to establish grants to build a specialized sickle cell clinic — on the Eastern Shore — using the same hub-and-spoke model to connect patients with expert care through in-person visits and telehealth.
—Teanika D. Hoffman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2026
Concentrating new openings in existing markets suggests Warby Parker is taking a hub-and-spoke strategy, increasing share and convenience within metro areas rather than betting on entirely new regions.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Smith first conceived of a hub-and-spoke network to deliver packages overnight by jet aircraft in 1965 while attending Yale University.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
The goal remains to restructure international relations into a hub-and-spoke model of U.S.-centric bilateral relations that profit America.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 28 Dec. 2025
The hub-and-spoke model This is the sweet spot for the traveler who wants to see as much as possible but can’t commit to the team-following hustle.
—Meredith Heil Bock, AFAR Media, 25 Sep. 2025
Despite the savings on labor and overhead, there are downsides to the hub-and-spoke model.
—Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2025
Such planes will eventually take over most short-hop, hub-and-spoke commuter flights, creating an affordable and quiet air service that will eventually reach right into urban areas, thereby giving rise to an entirely new category of convenient, low-cost aviation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2017
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Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
House Bill 178 would allow the Maryland Department of Health to establish grants to build a specialized sickle cell clinic — on the Eastern Shore — using the same hub-and-spoke model to connect patients with expert care through in-person visits and telehealth.
—Teanika D. Hoffman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2026
Concentrating new openings in existing markets suggests Warby Parker is taking a hub-and-spoke strategy, increasing share and convenience within metro areas rather than betting on entirely new regions.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Smith first conceived of a hub-and-spoke network to deliver packages overnight by jet aircraft in 1965 while attending Yale University.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
The goal remains to restructure international relations into a hub-and-spoke model of U.S.-centric bilateral relations that profit America.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 28 Dec. 2025
The hub-and-spoke model This is the sweet spot for the traveler who wants to see as much as possible but can’t commit to the team-following hustle.
—Meredith Heil Bock, AFAR Media, 25 Sep. 2025
Despite the savings on labor and overhead, there are downsides to the hub-and-spoke model.
—Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2025
Such planes will eventually take over most short-hop, hub-and-spoke commuter flights, creating an affordable and quiet air service that will eventually reach right into urban areas, thereby giving rise to an entirely new category of convenient, low-cost aviation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2017
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