“Hub and spokes” – Integration into the
DHL network
DHL serves destinations in more than 220 countries and
territories around the world with its full-coverage
transport network.However, direct connections do not
exist between all of the airports in these countries – that
would require a vast number of flights as well as creating
capacity utilization problems due to the varying volume
of goods for transport on different routes.As a result,
items are pooled at certain central points, re-sorted,
consolidated into sensible loading units and then