Heathrow International Airport London Heathrow (LHR) continues to be the most connected airport in the world, while Malaysia Kuala Lumpur International Airport According to the latest data, China has jumped to second place in the world in terms of the number of transfer flights. OAG Large Hub Airports 2024 Report.
Heathrow’s ranking is based on its “extensive destination coverage and number of potential connecting opportunities on the global aviation industry’s busiest day of the year” – in this case, a snapshot of connecting flights at the airport on Friday, August 2, 2024.
London airports also top the 2023 OAG rankings.
Heathrow Airport tops the list with 61,356 flights to 227 destinations worldwide. Several other airports have more flights or destinations than Heathrow, but the London airport stands out for its superior destination-to-flight ratio.
Kuala Lumpur is now the best-connected airport in Asia Pacific, according to the OAG ranking, jumping from fourth place in the 2023 report.
British Airways is the main airline at Heathrow, accounting for half of the airport’s flights, while budget airline AirAsia is the largest airline in Kuala Lumpur.
Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur followed closely behind…
The report is based on flight data from the world’s 100 largest airports and 100 largest international airports provided by OAG. Tokyo Haneda International Airport It is the third most connected airport in the world, followed by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Incheon International Airport in South Korea.
New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport In Paris, Istanbul International Airport, Chicago O’Hare and Frankfurt International Airport The OAG ranking for Germany is now in its tenth year.
The OAG report noted that three of the top five “megahubs” are in the Asia-Pacific region, “ensuring that these markets are back in business and pursuing growth”.
“As airlines and Airport “Markets across the board are responding to high travel demand,” said John Grant, chief analyst at OAG. “Each new route creates new connectivity opportunities, despite ongoing geopolitical events, underscoring the importance of aviation to the global economy.”
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