page_title: Airline hub
hierarchical_section_title: Airline hub
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of Europe to show how an airport-hub is working. Using the example of Lufthansa based in FRA/EDDF. I added some common routes and common aircraft types, flying this route. For better understanding I added a caption. Deutsch: Eine Karte von Europa um das Prinzip eines Luftfahrdrehkreuzes zu verdeutlichen am Beispiel der Lufthansa in FRA/EDDF. Ich habe einige gewöhnliche Routen und die dazu passenden Flugzeugtypen eingetragen und eine Legende hinzugefügt.
context_page_description: Airline hubs or hub airports are used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations at a given airport. They serve as transfer points to get passengers to their final destination. It is part of the hub-and-spoke system. An airline operates flights from several non-hub cities to the hub airport, and passengers traveling between spoke cities need to connect through the hub. This paradigm creates economies of scale that allow an airline to serve city-pairs that could otherwise not be economically served on a non-stop basis. This system contrasts with the point-to-point model, in which there are no hubs and nonstop flights are instead offered between spoke cities. Hub airports also serve origin and destination traffic.
context_section_description: Airline hubs or hub airports are used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations at a given airport.  They serve as transfer (or stop-over) points to get passengers to their final destination. It is part of the hub-and-spoke system. An airline operates flights from several non-hub (spoke) cities to the hub airport, and passengers traveling between spoke cities need to connect through the hub. This paradigm creates economies of scale that allow an airline to serve (via an intermediate connection) city-pairs that could otherwise not be economically served on a non-stop basis. This system contrasts with the point-to-point model, in which there are no hubs and nonstop flights are instead offered between spoke cities. Hub airports also serve origin and destination (O&D) traffic.
caption: Passengers flying on Lufthansa and its Star Alliance partners may connect through Frankfurt Airport, Lufthansa's main hub
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