Pl. 014 hubs compared
London → Malé
LHR — MLE
viaISTDXBDOHAUH
Four hubs, one beach — and a fare spread that regularly runs to three figures.
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Long-haul routes,
compared hub by hub.
Every route here is one where the connection does the deciding — no nonstop, or a nonstop priced high enough to be a real question. Each guide lays out the hubs worth comparing, what each one costs you in hours, and opens straight into the planner with those hubs loaded.
Pl. 024 hubs compared
Berlin → Bangkok
BER — BKK
viaISTDXBDOHAUH
No nonstop exists, so the connection decides both the fare and the hour you land.
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New York → Singapore
JFK — SIN
viaLHRFRADOHHND
A nonstop exists. Whether it is worth the premium is the actual question.
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Manchester → Bali
MAN — DPS
viaDXBDOHSINKUL
Two very different shapes of journey that arrive within an hour of each other.
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Dublin → Cape Town
DUB — CPT
viaLHRISTDXBDOH
North–south, so the obvious hub is London — and the obvious hub is often the wrong one.
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Paris → Colombo
CDG — CMB
viaDXBDOHISTBOM
Sri Lanka has no nonstop from Europe worth planning around — four hubs are fighting over it.
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Madrid → Tokyo
MAD — HND
viaFRAISTDXBDOH
A European hub keeps it short; a Gulf hub often keeps it cheap.
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Amsterdam → Mauritius
AMS — MRU
viaCDGDXBDOHJNB
One short hop to Paris, or a long detour east — both land you in Mauritius the same morning.
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The planner takes any origin, any destination and up to four hubs a leg. These plates are just the ones we have written up.