OAG reports Kuala Lumpur has Asia’s most connected airport

Travel-centric knowledge 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 this 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 nicely 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 soar 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 affords round 14,583 doable LCCs throughout 137 locations. 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 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.