The OAG Megahubs Index 2019 shows the 50 airports on the earth with the most important international connections. The index is generated by comparing the variety of scheduled connections to and from international flights with the variety of destinations served from the airport. The Megahubs Index leverages the world’s most comprehensive timetable database for dynamic connection creation via the dedicated Connections Analyser analytics platform and is further enhanced by OAG’s MCT exception table.
The 50 largest international megahubs are those airports which have the very best ratio of possible scheduled international connections to the variety of destinations served by the airport. Online and long distance calls are included. Using Connections Analyser, low-cost carrier (LCC) connections are also included.
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) continues to guide the world because the airport with essentially the most international connections, making it once more the #1 megahub. OAG’s Megahubs Index calculates an LHR rating of 317, barely lower than a 12 months ago but still well ahead of its nearest rival. On its busiest day of 2019, the airport will give you the chance to handle a whopping 65,294 potential scheduled international connections between arriving and departing flights inside a six-hour period.
Singapore International Airport (SIN) and Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), taking ninth and tenth place respectively. While SIN dropped one place in comparison with 2018, HKG rose within the rankings from thirteenth place on the back of a 1.5% increase in international calls (over six hours on the busiest day).
It is the very best rated airport in China Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG), which ranked twenty fifth with a connectivity index of 163.
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