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by Maxim Lachmann (Author)
Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,7, University of applied sciences, Cologne, language: English, abstract: The paper provides insight into hub-and-spoke and point-to-point logistics of the airline industry. The author weighs up the advantages and disadvantages of both strategies. This paper is dedicated to the most applied international logistic network systems, which are: hub-and-spoke and point-to-points. Airlines use these strategic networks in order to reduce different types of costs, optimize their network and flexibility of flight operations. The author elaborates on the different network strategies by putting his focus on one of the biggest German and European airline Lufthansa.
