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An international airport may serve as a primary or secondary hub. A hub is an airport that airlines use outside their head office. Flights land at these airports for a connection or stopover.
Passengers may choose to fly CONNECTING flights
instead of DIRECT flights if they do not like to sit in airplanes for a long period of time. These passengers are known as transfer passengers.
Singapore, Changi Airport
New York, United States, John F. Kennedy International Airport
Singapore, Changi Airport
DIRECT FLIGHT
London, United Kingdom, Heathrow Airport
New York, United States, John F. Kennedy International Airport
CONNECTING FLIGHT
*Transfer passengers will make a stop at the London Heathrow airport
before continuing their flight to New York!
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