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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In many ways, the sprawling facility is the center of a wider hub-and-spoke system of ports for China-Latin America trade – similar to the system that major airlines use for organizing their principal flight routes, says the Army War College’s Dr. Ellis.
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
The hub-and-spoke model is notable for its ability to foster collaboration and to align vision and strategy.
—Erin Tavgac, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
With the hub-and-spoke model, responsibilities increased.
—Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Larger conglomerates often deploy a hub-and-spoke model, funneling complex, high-margin cases to flagship facilities.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
That hub-and-spoke design, though, made botnets relatively easy for law enforcement or security researchers to dismantle.
—Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2017
That differs from the hub-and-spoke model favored by larger airlines, which route flights from smaller airports through big, central hubs in cities like Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas.
—Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Further, there’s little interest outside the U.S. where the hub-and-spoke system isn’t common and rail systems are more developed.
—Brian Foley, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
In addition to creating a no-frills, few-fees experience, Southwest adopted a point-to-point routing system, allowing passengers to fly between cities without transferring, rather than the hub-and-spoke model, which requires fliers to stop over in another city.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
The hub-and-spoke model is notable for its ability to foster collaboration and to align vision and strategy.
—Erin Tavgac, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
With the hub-and-spoke model, responsibilities increased.
—Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Larger conglomerates often deploy a hub-and-spoke model, funneling complex, high-margin cases to flagship facilities.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
That hub-and-spoke design, though, made botnets relatively easy for law enforcement or security researchers to dismantle.
—Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2017
That differs from the hub-and-spoke model favored by larger airlines, which route flights from smaller airports through big, central hubs in cities like Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas.
—Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Further, there’s little interest outside the U.S. where the hub-and-spoke system isn’t common and rail systems are more developed.
—Brian Foley, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
In addition to creating a no-frills, few-fees experience, Southwest adopted a point-to-point routing system, allowing passengers to fly between cities without transferring, rather than the hub-and-spoke model, which requires fliers to stop over in another city.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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