Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or being a system of distribution, as of goods, passengers, or data, in which the items being distributed are routed into and out of a central location.
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- noun a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available
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Examples
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The problem is organizational, and the hub-and-spoke decision-making process that was originally created to slash bureaucracy -- that is, to create more decentralized decisions and less hierarchy.
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The problem is organizational, and the hub-and-spoke decision-making process that was originally created to slash bureaucracy -- that is, to create more decentralized decisions and less hierarchy.
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The problem is organizational, and the hub-and-spoke decision-making process that was originally created to slash bureaucracy -- that is, to create more decentralized decisions and less hierarchy.
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The problem is organizational, and the hub-and-spoke decision-making process that was originally created to slash bureaucracy -- that is, to create more decentralized decisions and less hierarchy.
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Given the economics point-to-point is more efficient only in about 30% of existing routes, leaving hub-and-spoke still the dominant way to travel.
The Airline Union Game, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The problem is organizational, and the hub-and-spoke decision-making process that was originally created to slash bureaucracy -- that is, to create more decentralized decisions and less hierarchy.
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But even the largest of low-fare airlines usually don't offer as comprehensive a route map as a legacy hub-and-spoke carrier.
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Unlike traditional or legacy airlines, Southwest does not use a hub-and-spoke transportation model or fly a variety of aircraft.
Inder Sidhu: Profiles in Doing Both: The Secret Behind the LUV at Southwest Inder Sidhu 2011
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US Airways is the smallest of the major hub-and-spoke legacy airlines in the U.S. It has long wanted to hitch its wagon to another carrier, and AMR is the only large opportunity left.
Rivals Eye American Airlines Gina Chon 2012
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Given the economics point-to-point is more efficient only in about 30% of existing routes, leaving hub-and-spoke still the dominant way to travel.
Comment of the Week 2003-02-27, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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