A hub airport (sometimes called the hub ) is an airport used by an airline or airline alliance as a passenger transfer point and has a high percentage of connecting flights.
The hub airport is an element of the so-called star-shaped (fan) network of routes in which passengers traveling between airports that are not connected by direct flights can reach their destination by transferring from one flight to another. Often an airline hub is located at its base airport , or at an airport in the same city as the main office.
Airlines can use one or several hub airports. They are used in both passenger and freight traffic.
In the network of airline routes, hub points can be formed - airports that are not transfer points, but from which the airline makes several flights in different directions. Large hubs are unofficially called "secondary hubs."
In many cases, the airlineβs hub is the country's largest airport (for example, Dubai for Emirates Airline ).
List of the largest airlines in Russia and their hub airports
- Aeroflot - Sheremetyevo
- UTair - Vnukovo , Ufa International Airport
- S7 Airlines - Tolmachevo , Irkutsk , Domodedovo
- Russia - Vnukovo , Pulkovo
- Ural Airlines - Koltsovo , Domodedovo
- Victory - Vnukovo
Sources
The concept of development of the aerodrome (airport) network of the Russian Federation for the period until 2020. - Moscow, 2008.