Glossary
Secondary airport
Reviewed September 2026
The other airport: Gatwick to Heathrow, Haneda’s historical relationship with Narita, Dallas Love to DFW. In premium travel secondary airports cut both ways — some carry real flagship service at softer fares because the incumbents own the main field, others are low-cost territory with thin premium product. City-code searches (LON, TYO, NYC) sweep both, which is one of those small professional habits that finds the fare the airport-code search missed.
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