Quote: (01-30-2015 11:27 AM)Phoenix Wrote:Hub and Spoke System, this is pretty much how all forms of transportation operate.
I'm interested in this. Even when the trip is between two close cities in neighboring countries, often the cheapest flight involves flying back to Singapore or Kuala Lumper in a V-shape.
Why is this? Surely it is cheaper to fly a shorter distance than a much longer one with a stop off? I'd like to know the economics behind this.
However if they airline could consistently fill the plane from random city A to random city C without going through the hub, then there would probably be a direct flight.