hub-and-spoke

adjective

ˈhəb-ən(d)-ˈspōk

: 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Agency director Renee Wegrzyn announced earlier this month that the agency is pursuing a hub-and-spoke model with one hub to be based in the general vicinity of Washington D.C. and two others in locations yet to be determined. —

Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2023 Don’t hub-and-spoke your boss. —

Tom Chavez, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 This overwhelmed its outdated flight management systems, which operate within a primarily point-to-point airport network, which is more vulnerable to disruption than the hub-and-spoke model used by other airlines. —

Laurie Garrow, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2023

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