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New jets help passengers avoid congestion at hub airports

Airlines launch long-haul routes using smaller but more fuel-efficient aircraft

A growing number of passengers are bypassing congested hub airports and flying directly, as airlines take advantage of new jets to redraw their networks.

Since the dawn of the jet age airlines have flown large and fuel-hungry planes on the busiest intercontinental routes. These link big airports, before passengers transfer on to smaller planes to connect across a region.

But advances in aircraft technology have put this “hub and spoke” model under pressure.

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