Travel-centric information platform OAG launched its Megahubs 2024 report, displaying Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) because the area’s most connected airport.
The Megahubs report is the definitive rating of the 50 most globally-connected airports on the planet, three of that are positioned inside the Asia-Pacific.
Aside from KLIA, different Asian hubs that made it into this 12 months’s prime 50 are Japan’s Tokyo Haneda, and South Korea’s Seoul Incheon. This is seen as proof that the regional journey sector has recovered properly and these markets are actively pursuing development.
With regard to connectivity, development within the area is extra widespread, with 4 airports in Southeast Asia making the minimize, and a further seven from Northeast Asia.
Tokyo’s Narita Airport garnered a particular point out because of its important bounce from sixtieth in 2023 to fifteenth this 12 months.
Taking the lead for low-cost connections
The Asia Pacific additionally dominated the low-cost connections (LCC) sector, as its airports made up round 64 p.c of the Top 25 LCC Megahubs.
KLIA additionally took the lead right here, rating first because it presents round 14,583 potential LCCs throughout 137 locations. Here, AirAsia is the dominant provider, accounting for 35 p.c of all flights and 48 p.c of the full LCC capability.
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila got here in second amongst this 12 months’s prime Low-cost Megahubs, surpassing Incheon with its excessive ratio of connectivity to 97 locations.
