History Airline hub

emirates aircraft @ dubai international airport

in 1974, governments of bahrain, oman, qatar , united arab emirates took control of gulf air british overseas airways corporation (boac). gulf air became flag carrier of 4 middle eastern nations. linked oman, qatar , uae bahrain hub, offered flights destinations throughout europe , asia. in uae, gulf air focused on abu dhabi rather dubai, contrary aspirations of uae prime minister mohammed bin rashid al maktoum transform latter world-class metropolis. sheikh mohammed proceeded establish new airline based in dubai, emirates, launched operations in 1985.

observing success of emirates, qatar , oman decided create own airlines well. qatar airways , oman air both founded in 1993, hubs @ doha , muscat respectively. new airlines grew, home nations relied less on gulf air provide air service. qatar withdrew share in gulf air in 2002. in 2003, uae formed national airline, etihad airways, based in abu dhabi. country exited gulf air in 2006, , oman followed in 2007.

emirates, qatar airways , etihad airways have since established large hubs @ respective home airports. hubs, benefit proximity large population centres, have become popular stopover points on trips between europe , asia, example. rapid growth has impacted development of traditional hubs, such london , paris.

united states

before airline industry deregulated in 1978, airlines operated under point-to-point system. civil aeronautics board dictated routes airline fly. @ same time, however, airlines began experiment hub-and-spoke system. delta air lines first implement such system, providing service remote spoke cities atlanta hub. after deregulation, many airlines established hub-and-spoke route networks of own.