Глоссарий
Airline Operations
Point-to-Point
Определение
A route network model where aircraft fly directly between city pairs without using a central hub. Favored by low-cost carriers for operational simplicity and faster turnarounds.
Связанные термины
Hub Airport
An airport used by an airline as a central connecting point to transfer passengers between flights. Airlines concentrate flights at hubs to offer more connections with fewer direct routes.
Low-Cost Carrier (LCC)
An airline that offers low fares by reducing costs through measures like single aircraft types, no-frills service, point-to-point routes, and ancillary revenue from add-on fees.
Spoke
A route from a hub airport to a smaller destination in the hub-and-spoke network model. Spoke routes feed passengers into the hub for connecting flights.