[Ratings] Asia Pacific is home to 35 of the Top 50 International Megahubs 2019: OAG’s Index
Aircraft land in HCMC's Tan Son Nhat Airport. Photo by VnExpress/Anh Duy. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
OAG, the world’s leading provider of travel data and insight, released its Megahubs Index 2019. The analysis reveals the Top 50 most internationally connected airports in the world. Asia is home to 18 of the Top 50 Global and 11 of the Top 25 low-cost carriers Megahubs, reported the ANTARA. Asia Pacific is home to 35 of the Top 50 Global Megahubs, the Pan Pacific Agency added.
Singapore (SIN) continues to lead the Asia Pacific in international connectivity, ranking ninth globally for a second straight year (if you exclude from the Asia Pacific USA’s Chicago, Atlanta and Canada’s Toronto). Hong Kong ranks second regionally and jumps from 13th to 10th place in the global rankings due to a 1.5% increase in international connections.
Sixteen other Asia Pacific airports were featured as Top 50 Global Megahubs, with Incheon (ICN), Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Bangkok (BKK) and Jakarta (CGK) all ranking in the Top 20. Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG) rounded out the top 25 and is the highest ranked airport in China.
Asia Pacific airports also had a strong presence in the low-cost carrier (LCC) category, with Kuala Lumpur (KUL) keeping its title as the most internationally connected LCC Megahub in the world. Air Asia is the dominant carrier with 41% of all flights. Other highly ranked LCC Megahubs include Manila (MNL), which jumped up two spots over last year to place second, India (DEL) and Thailand (DMK).
“The rise of self-connecting passengers and new world travellers creates greater demand for low-cost Megahubs – and Asian airports are at the center of this trend,” said Mayur (Mac) Patel, Head of JAPAC for OAG.
According to the OAG’s index, top 50 International Megahubs are those airports with the highest ratio of possible scheduled international connections to the number of destinations served by the airport. Online and interline connections are included and utilising the power of Connections Analyser, low-cost carriers (LCC) connections are also included, reported Pan Pacific Agency. Airports of the Asia Pacific, including America’s countries bordered by the Pacific ocean, are highlighted in green.
| Rank | Airport | Country | Connectivity
Index |
Dominant Carrier | Share of flights at hub |
| 1 | LHR | United Kingdom | 317 | British Airways | 51% |
| 2 | FRA | Germany | 309 | Lufthansa German Airlines | 63% |
| 3 | Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) | USA | 290 | United Airlines | 46% |
| 4 | AMS | Netherlands | 279 | KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines | 52% |
| 5 | MUC | Germany | 259 | Lufthansa German Airlines | 59% |
| 6 | Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto (YYZ) | Canada | 251 | Air Canada | 59% |
| 7 | CDG | France | 250 | Air France | 50% |
| 8 | Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) | USA | 247 | Delta Air Lines | 79% |
| 9 | Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) | Singapore | 240 | Singapore Airlines | 24% |
| 10 | Chek Lap Kok International Airport, Hong Kong (HKG) | Hong Kong (sar) China | 234 | Cathay Pacific Airways | 26% |
| 11 | Incheon International, Seoul (ICN) | Korea Republic of | 233 | Korean Air | 23% |
| 12 | Kuala Lumpur International (KUL) | Malaysia | 229 | AirAsia | 41% |
| 13 | Los Angeles International (LAX) | USA | 219 | American Airlines | 22% |
| 14 | Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok (BKK) | Thailand | 214 | Thai Airways International | 20% |
| 15 | Licenciado Benito Juarez International, Mexico City (MEX) | Mexico | 191 | Aeromexico | 43% |
| 16 | Soekarno-Hatta International, Jakarta (CGK) | Indonesia | 191 | Garuda Indonesia | 26% |
| 17 | IST | Turkey | 187 | Turkish Airlines | 79% |
| 18 | John F Kennedy International, New York (JFK) | USA | 186 | Delta Air Lines | 37% |
| 19 | Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) | USA | 185 | American Airlines | 85% |
| 20 | Miami International (MIA) | USA | 184 | American Airlines | 75% |
| 21 | George Bush Intercontinental Houston (IAH) | USA | 179 | United Airlines | 81% |
| 22 | Tokyo Haneda International (HND) | Japan | 178 | All Nippon Airways | 37% |
| 23 | Newark Liberty International (EWR) | USA | 169 | United Airlines | 70% |
| 24 | DXB | United Arab Emirates | 168 | Emirates | 49% |
| 25 | Shanghai Pudong International (PVG) | China | 163 | China Eastern Airlines | 28% |
| 26 | Sydney Kingsford Smith International (SYD) | Australia | 158 | Qantas Airways | 36% |
| 27 | Vancouver International (YVR) | Canada | 155 | Air Canada | 47% |
| 28 | MAD | Spain | 154 | Iberia | 46% |
| 29 | Ninoy Aquino International, Manila (MNL) | Philippines | 153 | Cebu Pacific Air | 32% |
| 30 | Sheremetyevo International, Moscow (SVO) | Russian Federation | 150 | Aeroflot Russian Airlines | 80% |
| 31 | San Francisco International (SFO) | USA | 146 | United Airlines | 49% |
| 32 | El Dorado International, Bogota (BOG) | Colombia | 142 | Avianca | 58% |
| 33 | Guangzhou Baiyun International (CAN) | China | 142 | China Southern Airlines | 49% |
| 34 | FCO | Italy | 139 | Alitalia – Societa Aerea Italiana S.p.A | 43% |
| 35 | Indira Gandhi International, New Delhi (DEL) | India | 137 | IndiGo | 32% |
| 36 | Beijing Capital International (PEK) | China | 137 | Air China | 40% |
| 37 | Seattle Tacoma International (SEA) | USA | 133 | Alaska Airlines | 50% |
| 38 | JNB | South Africa | 128 | South African Airways | 44% |
| 39 | Narita International, Tokyo (NRT) | Japan | 128 | All Nippon Airways | 17% |
| 40 | ZRH | Switzerland | 114 | SWISS | 54% |
| 41 | Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (YUL) | Canada | 112 | Air Canada | 58% |
| 42 | VIE | Austria | 109 | Austrian Airlines AG dba Austrian | 50% |
| 43 | Tan Son Nhat International, Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) | Viet Nam | 108 | Vietnam Airlines | 37% |
| 44 | General Edward Lawrence Logan International, Boston (BOS) | USA | 107 | JetBlue Airways Corporation | 27% |
| 45 | BCN | Spain | 102 | Vueling Airlines | 42% |
| 46 | GRU | Brazil | 101 | LATAM Airlines Group | 41% |
| 47 | Auckland International (AKL) | New Zealand | 99 | Air New Zealand | 65% |
| 48 | OSL | Norway | 98 | SAS Scandinavian Airlines | 37% |
| 49 | Don Mueang International, Bangkok (DMK) | Thailand | 98 | Thai AirAsia | 45% |
| 50 | Chhatrapati Shivaji International, Mumbai (BOM) | India | 97 | IndiGo | 32% |
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