Talk:Alta Airport

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"In 1990 Scandinavian changed their operation prosedures in Finnmark, making Alta a hub with flights from other towns into Alta and flights to Oslo by jet aircraft."

I thought the SAS only had three hubs, Arlanda, Gardermoen and Kastrup. Wouldn't Alta be a "focus city"? Or is that strictly an American term? —Preceding unsigned comment added by KristofferOlsen (talk • contribs) 08:15, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand your position here, but the reason for the formulation is twofold. First, the term airline hub proper refers to any airport in which an airline transfers passengers systematically, no matter the size. So the reference to hub here is to the hub part of a hub-and-spike system. Though I agree that SAS has three main hubs, regional aviation in decentralized places like Norway have a structure that differs significantly from the mainstream airline structure, particularly in the United States. So a terminology equivalent to the mainstream use, that is primarily targeting large Continental Europe and North American may not seem appropriate in Arctic regions. Also, it should be noted that this hub is technically for SAS Commuter and not SAS, and that Alta definitively was a hub for SAS Commuter until it was swallowed by Widerøe. Arsenikk 11:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)