The statistical company OAG printed the 2022 version of Megahubs, the checklist of the 50 most internationally linked airports on the planet. Final up to date in 2019, Megahubs offers perception into the drastic adjustments skilled for the reason that pandemic and subsequent restoration.
Whereas London Heathrow (LHR) maintained its high spot amongst European transport hubs, its general rating fell from first place in 2019 to twenty second this yr. Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Frankfurt (FRA) airports skilled comparable drops, dropping out of the highest ten to fall to twenty seventh and thirtieth respectively.
U.S. airports lead the Megahubs checklist, with Chicago O’Hare (ORD, No. 1), Dallas/Fort Value Worldwide Airport (DFW; No. 2) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport (ATL; No. 3) rating as the highest three most linked airports on the planet.
Mexico Metropolis Juarez Worldwide Airport (MEX) is the highest-ranked non-U.S. megahub within the rankings, coming in at No. 8, having climbed 7 spots from its No. 15 place in 2019.
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Past CDMX, which breaks the U.S. hegemony of the highest 12, additionally representing the area is ElDorado Airport (BOG) in 18th place; one place down is Toronto Pearson (YYZ), first of three Canadian terminals on the checklist (Vancouver twenty eighth and Quebec fiftieth), and rounding out São Paulo – Guarulhos (thirty third), Lima- Jorge Chavez (forty seventh) and Cancun (forty sixth).
In accordance with the report, the airport serving the Mexican capital benefited from the political choice to not shut air visitors in the course of the pandemic, which allowed the discount of connections to be solely 16%, an incidence considerably decrease than the worldwide pattern.
«The worldwide market has not but absolutely recovered from the pandemic. Whereas the US is in a dominant place at current due to its sturdy home market, we might see Europe and different international hubs catching up over the subsequent 12 months because the trade works in the direction of a full restoration,» says John Grant, chief analyst at OAG.
Essentially the most linked Asia-Pacific megahub is Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (DEL), as Hong Kong Worldwide Airport dropped out of the Prime 50. Bombay Worldwide Airport (BOM) is ranked No. 6 in Asia Pacific, whereas Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) falls to No. 12.
