Exactly when did the hub and spoke die (on long haul, where the A380 tends to operate)? When I think of large airlines across the world very few point to point

Exactly when did the hub and spoke die (on long haul, where the A380 tends to operate)? When I think of large airlines across the world very few point to points come to mind. The 787 has allows hubs to serve smaller cities so it's no longer 2 stops, just 1. If I want to fly from say Dar es Salaam to Ho Chi Minh City, or Athens to Lima, I'm going to be flying via a hub (probably Dubai / Frankfurt respectively). Perhaps I no longer need to fly Athens-Frankfurt-LAX-SanDiago, with Frankfurt-LAX leg therefore justifying a large jet, but that's a change from multi-hub to single-hub Thinking of the big long haul (>2500 mile) routes, very few fly direct outside of their hubs Cathay / Hong Kong JAL / Tokyo China Southern / Guangzhou Singapore / Singapore BA / London Emirates / Dubai Qatar / Qatar Ethiad / Abu Dhabi Turkish / Istanbul