Commercial aviation is dominated by a series of hub airports where passengers connect seamlessly between airlines, frequently in the shortest possible times with their luggage perhaps following a few days later!
For many airlines and their hub airports the scale of their network is dependent on those valuable connecting flows that make all the difference between a route being operated or connectivity being lost. And many hub airports are increasingly at risk of losing those important connecting passengers as the laws of unintended consequences are being applied by regulators throughout Europe.
The most successful hub airports in the world have several factors all working in their favour, some of which they can influence and others where geography has just been a natural advantage. However, the most important factor of all has been the partnership between the regulators, airports, based airlines, tourism boards and other key stakeholders; when they are all aligned anything can…
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