hub-and-spoke system

1. 1.

   a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available

   Synonymshub-and-spoke

   Broaderair transportation system

Questions about hub-and-spoke system

What does hub-and-spoke system mean?

hub-and-spoke system means "a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available".

What is another word for hub-and-spoke system?

Close synonyms include hub-and-spoke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hub-and-spoke system a common word?

hub-and-spoke system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.