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hub-and-spoke
[ huhb-uhn-spohk ]
/ ˈhʌb ənˈspoʊk /
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adjective
of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
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Origin of hub-and-spoke
First recorded in 1980–85
Words nearby hub-and-spoke
Huáscar, Huascaran, Huastec, Huayna Capac, hub, hub-and-spoke, hubba hubba, Hubbard, Hubbard squash, Hubbell, hubble
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British Dictionary definitions for hub-and-spoke
hub-and-spoke
noun
(modifier) denoting a method of organizing intercontinental air traffic in which one major airport is used as a feeder for local airportsSometimes shortened to: hub
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