airline hub

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An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations. Many hubs of the airlines are also situated at airports in the cities of the respective head offices.

Some airlines may use only a single hub, while other airlines use multiple hubs. Hubs are used for both passenger flights as well as cargo flights.

Many airlines also utilize focus cities, which function much the same as hubs, but with fewer flights. Airlines may also use secondary hubs, a non-technical term for large focus cities.

For most non-US airlines, it is more technically correct to use the term home base rather than hub as a majority of their flights are international and the so-called hubs are simply their home countries' largest airports, such as Auckland International Airport for Air New Zealand, Narita International Airport for Japan Airlines, or Changi International Airport for Singapore Airlines. Indeed, the application of the term hub in such contexts is only recently popularized by American airline industry analysts and often contested by local commentators.

All 30 of the busiest airports in the world serve as hubs for one or more major airlines.

Fortress hub

A fortress hub is a hub dominated by a single airline that controls a share of flights at or above the monopoly standard of 70 percent of flights in and out of the hub.[1] For example, in 2005 US Airways occupied 72 (plus 1 shared with Lufthansa) out of 85 total gates and accounted for approximately 90% of passenger traffic at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.[2][3] New entrants, such as Spirit Airlines at DTW, AirTran at ATL, and Vanguard at DFW, allege to have been the target of exclusionary practices by the dominant carrier. Some observers argue that the existence of such hubs can stifle competition; ProAir's battle with Northwest when it briefly flew out of Detroit City Airport is often cited as an example. Northwest was able to out compete the short-lived discount carrier by matching its fares and offering more frequent flights.

Examples of fortress hubs include:

Major passenger airlines and their hubs

North America (including Hawaii)

Caribbean

Central America

South America

Europe

Africa and Middle East

Asia

and Phuket International Airport (HKT).

Oceania

See also

References

1. ^ Dr. Mark N. Cooper (22 January 1999). "Freeing Public Pollicy from the Deregulation Debate: The Airline Industry Comes of Age" (.PDF). Consumer Federation of America. Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
2. ^ Source: City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, May 2005; US Airways, June 2005 A fortress hub is difficult for new entrant carriers to penetrate.
3. ^ Appendix A: Statement of Enforcement Policy Regarding Unfair Exclusionary Conduct 10 - 11. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.

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Auckland International Airport (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is the largest and busiest international airport in New Zealand serving over 12 million (some 7 million international and 6 million domestic) passengers a year, which is expected to more than double by 2025.
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NZ ICAO
ANZ Callsign
NEW ZEALAND
Founded 1940 (as Tasman Empire Airways Limited)
Hubs Auckland International Airport
Focus cities Wellington International Airport
Christchurch International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
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Narita International Airport (成田国際空港
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JL ICAO
JAL Callsign
JAPANAIR
Founded 1951 (as Japan Air Lines)
Hubs Narita International Airport
Tokyo International Airport
Kansai International Airport
Osaka International Airport
Focus cities Chubu Centrair International Airport
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Singapore Changi International Airport (Chinese: 新加坡樟宜国际机场; Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Zhāngyí Guójì Jīchǎng) or
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Singapore Airlines (SIA)
IATA
SQ ICAO
SIA Callsign
SINGAPORE
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US ICAO
USA Callsign
US AIR
Founded 1939 (as All-American Aviation)
Hubs Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
McCarran International Airport
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LH ICAO
DLH Callsign
LUFTHANSA
Founded 1926 (as Deutsche Luft Hansa Aktiengesellschaft), refounded 1954
Hubs Frankfurt International Airport
Franz Josef Strauß Int'l Airport
Focus cities Düsseldorf International Airport
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Charlotte Douglas International Airport (IATA: CLT, ICAO: KCLT, FAA LID: CLT) is a major international airport located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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NK ICAO
NKS Callsign
SPIRIT WINGS
Founded 1980 (as Charter One)
Frequent flyer program FREE SPIRIT
Fleet size 37
Destinations 40
Parent company Spirit Airlines, Inc.
Headquarters Miramar, Florida
Key people B.
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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (IATA: DTW, ICAO: KDTW), sometimes called Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Detroit Metro Wayne Airport, Metro Airport, or simply DTW, is a major airport in Romulus, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
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FL ICAO
TRS Callsign
CITRUS
Founded 1993
Hubs Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Secondary hubs Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Orlando International Airport
Focus cities Akron-Canton Regional Airport
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), known locally as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson
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NJ ICAO
VGD Callsign
Vanguard Air
Founded 1994
Hubs Kansas City International Airport
Ceased Operation 2002
Focus cities Chicago Midway Airport
Fleet size 15
Destinations 17
Parent company Vanguard Airlines, Inc.
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Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (IATA: DFW, ICAO: KDFW, FAA LID: DFW) is located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth,[3] and is the busiest airport in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Coleman A. Young International Airport (IATA: DET, ICAO: KDET), formerly known as Detroit City Airport, is a municipal airport in Detroit, Michigan.
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Charlotte Douglas International Airport (IATA: CLT, ICAO: KCLT, FAA LID: CLT) is a major international airport located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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US ICAO
USA Callsign
US AIR
Founded 1939 (as All-American Aviation)
Hubs Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
McCarran International Airport
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Chicago Midway International Airport (IATA: MDW, ICAO: KMDW, FAA LID: MDW), also known simply as Midway Airport, is an airport in Chicago, Illinois, United States, located on the city's southwest side, eight miles from Chicago's Loop.
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WN ICAO
SWA Callsign
SOUTHWEST
Founded 1971
Focus cities McCarran International Airport
Chicago Midway International Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Oakland International Airport
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Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG) is located in Hebron, unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. The first airplane landed at the airport January 10, 1947.
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DL ICAO
DAL Callsign
DELTA
Founded 1928 (as Delta Air Service)
Hubs Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
John F.
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Dallas Love Field (IATA: DAL, ICAO: KDAL, FAA LID: DAL) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of the City of Dallas, in Dallas County, Texas, USA.
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WN ICAO
SWA Callsign
SOUTHWEST
Founded 1971
Focus cities McCarran International Airport
Chicago Midway International Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Oakland International Airport
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Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (IATA: DFW, ICAO: KDFW, FAA LID: DFW) is located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth,[3] and is the busiest airport in the U.S. state of Texas.
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