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.
He insists that he can reignite online retailing, using Buy.com as the hub of a web-based direct-marketing force.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yet Fantasy Shopper is based far from any high-tech hub, in the English town of Exeter.
Talking to Berlin-based entrepreneurs, it is a tech hub despite itself.
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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Tech Hub will develop start-up businesses and Infinity, a provider of data centre services, will be based there.
The investment is "part of Huawei's long term commitment to position its operations in India as a hub for the company's global operations, " said Ross Gan, a spokesman from the Shenzhen-based company.
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