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> That wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Oslo is Norwegien Airlines' hub, would it? No, Norwegian does not have a hub. Check out https://www.aft

by elygre 9y ago

> That wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Oslo is Norwegien Airlines' hub, would it? No, Norwegian does not have a hub. Check out https://www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/b0pGl/Norwegian-apner-nok-en-langdistansebase-i-Europa#&gid=1&pid=2 https://www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/b0pGl/Norwegian-apner-n... for a list of destinations served from the US, and it will include Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Paris, Rome, Barcelona, and more. And those are the larger cities, this summer they also fly direct from US to Belfast, Bergen, Dublin, Edinburgh and more, using the 737 MAX.

saosebastiao 9y ago
All of those non-seasonal destinations are hubs of Norwegian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Air_Shuttle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Air_Shuttle
- mynameisvlad 9y ago
  If every city they fly to is considered a "hub", then what differentiates a hub flight from a point to point flight?
  - saosebastiao 9y ago
    I'll just link to two separate comments I made: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16098498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16098498 https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=16098341 https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=16098341 Southwest doesn't actually have a hub at every city they fly to. They just have a lot of hubs. They do this by a regional strategy: Nearly every flight goes from a spoke to a hub or focus city (the distinction between the two is irrelevant to the passenger, but relevant to the airline), to another hub or focus city, then ends at a spoke. It's a strategy that has worked out well for them, as it gives them a huge direct flight network despite running what is essentially still a hub and spoke network, because focus cities don't have to have maintenance operations. It's a cool strategy, but only really works regionally because shorter flights mean that they can run multi-leg routes that stop at a full hub at some point. Because it only works regionally, it is completely irrelevant to the discussion in the widebody market.

by elygre 9y ago

saosebastiao 9y ago

All of those non-seasonal destinations are hubs of Norwegian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Air_Shuttle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Air_Shuttle

mynameisvlad 9y ago
If every city they fly to is considered a "hub", then what differentiates a hub flight from a point to point flight?
- saosebastiao 9y ago
  I'll just link to two separate comments I made: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16098498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16098498 https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=16098341 https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=16098341 Southwest doesn't actually have a hub at every city they fly to. They just have a lot of hubs. They do this by a regional strategy: Nearly every flight goes from a spoke to a hub or focus city (the distinction between the two is irrelevant to the passenger, but relevant to the airline), to another hub or focus city, then ends at a spoke. It's a strategy that has worked out well for them, as it gives them a huge direct flight network despite running what is essentially still a hub and spoke network, because focus cities don't have to have maintenance operations. It's a cool strategy, but only really works regionally because shorter flights mean that they can run multi-leg routes that stop at a full hub at some point. Because it only works regionally, it is completely irrelevant to the discussion in the widebody market.