Reliever hub
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A reliever airline hub is an airline hub that serves to relieve congestion at primary hubs. Examples of reliever hubs include Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
for Continental Airlines
and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
for Delta Air Lines
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Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is a public airport located nine miles southwest of the central business district of Cleveland, a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The airport lies just within the city limits of Cleveland...
for Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc...
and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport , sometimes called the Greater Cincinnati Airport is located in Hebron, unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. Despite being located in Boone County, the airport operations are...
for Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline based in the United States and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline operates an extensive domestic and international network serving all continents except Antarctica. Delta and its subsidiaries operate over 4,000 flights every day...
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See also
- Airline hubAirline hubAn airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations...
- Fortress hub
- List of hub airports
- Focus cityFocus cityIn the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has non-stop flights to several destinations other than its hubs...
- Former airline hubsFormer airline hubsThis is a list of former airline hubs of major passenger airlines.-North America:*American Airlines used Nashville International Airport , Raleigh-Durham International Airport , San Jose International Airport , Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport , and San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín...
- Point-to-point transitPoint-to-point transitPoint-to-point transit refers to a transportation system where a plane, bus or train travels directly to a destination, rather than going through a central hub...