"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message


"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message


The Hub and Spoke system relies somewhat on the fact that a pretty
good number of the passengers want to go to the hub cities.

No, it doesn't. FedEx uses the H&S, for example, with a *very*
limited number of passengers. The model is merely a means of moving
large numbers of objects (passengers, freight, etc.) efficiently.

FedEx uses the 'Mother of All H&S" systems but overnight envelopes
don't mind sitting in a box on the ramp for a couple of hours.

Name me one passenger airline that's main hub isn't co-located with a
high passenger target location.

If this wasn't the case the airlines would have all built airports
out in the middle of nowhere for next to nothing and Hub'd out them.

The H&S model itself does not require a passenger magnet location. I'm not
suggesting the airlines have implemented the model to the contrary, but
there's nothing preventing a hub from being at any airport with the size to
handle the planes required and accommodations for the transient population.

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