Virgin Atlantic had also expressed an interest, hoping to integrate bmi's short- and medium-haul routes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with its own transatlantic routes to form a strong, Heathrow-based hub-and-spoke network.
In the US, Google already runs a similar service, Google Wallet, while Microsoft has unveiled plans for its own NFC-based Wallet Hub for Windows Phone handsets.
So that's what this energy innovation hub based in Philadelphia is going to be all about.
Silicon Valley folk think Mr Gates would have spotted the Internet quicker if he had been based at the hub of their industry.
The model that Mr Smith cooked up at Yale, based on a hub-and-spoke system of overnight air delivery, has since expanded to encompass a broad portfolio of businesses contributing to efficient supply chains.
East London, where the city's Olympic Games are based, is a hub for street art.
But if we look beyond emergency preparedness to the everyday business of creating and distributing food, we find an interesting solution in Oregon, a Portland-based company called Food Hub.
Their operators will be based in the new hub alongside specialists from TRAFFCOM - the team in charge of the city's traffic lights and traffic cameras, who currently work from separate bases.
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In my hometown of Boston, it would be nearly impossible, due to the fact that I live in the suburbs and the transit system is based on the same hub-and-spoke system the airlines employ.
One key differentiator in dieting programs is convenience, says Erik Larsen, CEO of Next Advisor, a Web-based product and service review hub which also runs its own research on diet programs.
The planes that are now based at the Newquay aero-hub include a Gloster Meteor, and De Havilland's Vampire.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky will enable state VROs to access to the Electronic Verification of Vital Events hub (a web based portal) to verify birth and death record information of individuals applying for a REAL ID driver's licenses and identification cards.
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Yet Fantasy Shopper is based far from any high-tech hub, in the English town of Exeter.
He insists that he can reignite online retailing, using Buy.com as the hub of a web-based direct-marketing force.
Talking to Berlin-based entrepreneurs, it is a tech hub despite itself.
With the joint venture strategically based in China, the global manufacturing hub, we believe the company is eying robust growth in shipments from this division and consequently higher margins.
Opera Solutions has created a platform based on the concept of a signal hub that recognizes signals in many sources of data and provides a platform for creating models and applications.
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Each movie and TV show delivered through Media Hub is optimized for the best entertainment experience based on the device's screen size, screen type, video resolution, memory type, processor and sound profile.
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TweetDeck, which has 15 employees and is based in London, has already been moving towards becoming a destination hub for social networks other than Twitter.
This hub delivers an engaging social experience by bringing together relevant content based on the person, including his or her live feeds from social networks and photos.
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Card Hub is a website set up to help consumers choose credit cards based on a variety of factors, including the foreign transaction fee.
That prosperity is largely based on its ability to stay one step ahead of its neighbours as a communications, transport and financial hub.
Personalized and Custom Radio: Create personal stations based on favorite songs and artists, or browse genre stations recommended and custom-created by the Music Hub team.
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Tech Hub will develop start-up businesses and Infinity, a provider of data centre services, will be based there.
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