Which term would best describe the airline network strategy that centers on a large hub with feeder routes?

• A. Hub-and-spoke system
• B. Infrastructure
• C. Hallmark event
• D. GSA

Answer: (A)

Airline network strategy described here centers on a central hub that gathers flights from many origins and uses those feeder routes to connect travelers to longer journeys. This is the hub-and-spoke system. It lets an airline offer broad reach with fewer direct routes by funneling traffic through a main hub, which boosts flight frequency on popular corridors and streamlines scheduling and fleet use. The other terms don’t describe this network pattern: infrastructure refers to physical assets like terminals and runways; a hallmark event is a sponsored event used for marketing, not a flight-network design; and a GSA is a sales agent representing carriers in a region.