Journey-centric information platform OAG launched its Megahubs 2024 report, displaying Kuala Lumpur Worldwide Airport (KLIA) because the area’s most linked airport.
The Megahubs report is the definitive rating of the 50 most globally-connected airports on this planet, three of that are positioned inside the Asia-Pacific.
Apart 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. That is seen as proof that the regional journey sector has recovered effectively and these markets are actively pursuing progress.
With regard to connectivity, progress within the area is extra widespread, with 4 airports in Southeast Asia making the lower, and an extra seven from Northeast Asia.
Tokyo’s Narita Airport garnered a particular point out due to its vital 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 Prime 25 LCC Megahubs.
KLIA additionally took the lead right here, rating first because it provides round 14,583 attainable LCCs throughout 137 locations. Right here, AirAsia is the dominant service, accounting for 35 p.c of all flights and 48 p.c of the whole LCC capability.
The Ninoy Aquino Worldwide 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.