hub-and-spoke

[ huhb-uhn-spohk ]

adjective

1. 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.

hub-and-spoke

noun

1. modifier denoting a method of organizing intercontinental air traffic in which one major airport is used as a feeder for local airports Sometimes shortened tohub

Word History and Origins

Origin of hub-and-spoke¹

First recorded in 1980–85