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Inside the TOP 50 largest airports on the planet, stand out mexico, São Paulo, Bogota and Panama among the main HUBs in the world.
In the ranking and study carried out by OAG, the main airports in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Panama stand out among the largest and most important air distribution centers in the world, not so far away is also Lima airport.
In the ranking that takes as a factor to determine the positions of each airport the highest proportion of possible scheduled international connections to the number of destinations served by the airport. Online and interline connections and low-cost connections (LCC) are also included.
For this, the total number of all possible connections between incoming and
departure flights within a six-hour period, where is the entrance, the departure or both international flights, in the 200 largest airports in the world (based on total seats scheduled in July 2018) and on the busiest day for world aviation during the 12 months until July 2018.
Top 50 Mega Airports HUB
| Rank | Airport | Country | Connectivity index | Main airline | Market Participation |
| 1 | LHR | United Kingdom | 333 | British Airways | 52% |
| 2 | WORDS | USA | 306 | United Airlines | 48% |
| 3 | FROM | Germany | 302 | Lufthansa | 63% |
| 4 | AMS | Netherlands | 286 | KLM | 51% |
| 5 | YYZ | Canada | 271 | Air Canada | 60% |
| 6 | LAX | USA | 257 | American Airlines | 21% |
| 7 | ATL | USA | 256 | Delta Air Lines | 79% |
| 8 | SIN | Singapore | 253 | Singapore Airlines | 23% |
| 9 | CDG | France | 250 | Air France | 51% |
| 10 | CGK | Indonesia | 249 | Garuda Indonesia | 28% |
| 11 | MUC | Germany | 237 | Lufthansa | 59% |
| 12 | KUL | Malaysia | 233 | Air Asia | 40% |
| 13 | HKG | Hong Kong | 230 | Cathay Pacific | 26% |
| 14 | BKK | Thailand | 230 | Thai Airways | 21% |
| 15 | ICN | South Korea | 216 | Korean | 23% |
| 16 | JFK | USA | 207 | Delta Air Lines | 34% |
| 17 | IS | Turkey | 205 | Turkish | 80% |
| 18 | DXB | UAE | 194 | Emirates | 45% |
| 19 | MY | USA | 192 | American | 75% |
| 20 | MEX | Mexico | 181 | Aeromexico | 46% |
| 21 | HND | Japan | 179 | All | 37% |
| 22 | IAH | USA | 174 | United | 81% |
| 23 | EEA | USA | 172 | United | 70% |
| 24 | PVG | China | 169 | China Eastern | 27% |
| 25 | OF THE | India | 168 | IndiGo | 26% |
| 26 | DFW | USA | 166 | American | 84% |
| 27 | YVR | Canada | 159 | Air Canada | 46% |
| 28 | FCO | Italy | 156 | Alitalia | 43% |
| 29 | SYD | Australia | 155 | Qantas | 34% |
| 30 | SFO | USA | 155 | United | 49% |
| 31 | CAN | China | 149 | China Southern | 49% |
| 32 | VERY | China | 148 | Air China | 40% |
| 33 | MNL | Philippines | 146 | Cebu Pacific | 32% |
| 34 | MAD | Spain | 138 | Iberia | 47% |
| 35 | SEA | USA | 136 | Alaska | 50% |
| 36 | THEN | Russia | 132 | Aeroflot | 83% |
| 37 | TOWER CRANE | Brazil | 131 | LATAM | 31% |
| 38 | BOM | India | 127 | Jet Airways | 27% |
| 39 | BOG | Colombia | 122 | Avianca | 58% |
| 40 | BOS | USA | 121 | JetBlue | 26% |
| 41 | ZRH | Switzerland | 121 | SWISS | 52% |
| 42 | NRT | Japan | 120 | All Nippon | 18% |
| 43 | JNB | South Africa | 119 | South African | 42% |
| 44 | YUL | Canada | 114 | Air Canada | 57% |
| 45 | VIE | Austria | 114 | Austrian | 54% |
| 46 | PHL | USA | 105 | American | 78% |
| 47 | PTY | Panama | 104 | Cup | 89% |
| 48 | FLL | USA | 102 | JetBlue | 26% |
| 49 | SGN | Vietnam | 100 | Vietnam Airlines | 37% |
| 50 | BCN | Spain | 100 | Vueling | 41% |
Key points
- One more time, The most well-connected international airport in the world is London Heathrow Airport. (LHR). With an international connectivity index that is higher than its closest rival by some margin. On the busiest day for aviation in 2018, there was 66,000 possible international connections between flights arriving and departing at the airport within a six-hour window.
- Chicago O’Hare (WORDS) made it to the Megahubs index and ranks 2nd this year. The airport has more international connection potential on the busiest day, but these extend through a greater number of destinations.
- Ranked third and fourth are Frankfurt airports (FROM) and Amsterdam
(AMS), securing three of the 4 Top locations for European hub airports. - The next Megahub in North America is the Toronto airport (YYZ), who ranks fifth overall.
- Beijing airport (VERY) It is the largest airport in the world in terms of scheduled capacity (seating), but it has half the number of possible international connections on the busiest day, its classification is 32.
- The Latin American best classified as Megahub in this year's index is Mexico City Airport (MEX), positioned as twentieth, followed by Sao Paulo Guarulhos (TOWER CRANE) at 37 ° place.
- A key feature of many of the 50 best Megahubs is to have an airline that operates at least the 40 percent or more of airport flights.
The Megahubs of Latin America
| Rank | Airport | Country | Connectivity index | Main airline | Market Participation |
| 1 | MEX | Mexico | 181 | Aeromexico | 46% |
| 2 | TOWER CRANE | Brazil | 131 | LATAM | 31% |
| 3 | BOG | Colombia | 122 | Avianca | 58% |
| 4 | PTY | Panama | 104 | Cup | 89% |
| 5 | LI | Peru | 93 | LATAM | 49% |
Key points
- Within the framework of Latin America, Mexico stands out far from the rest of the region, followed by Brazil, Colombia, Panama and last place enters Peru, but anyway it's not among the Top 50 of the world, but yes within the 60 bigger.
- According to study specifications, only these 5 airports meet Megahub qualification criteria.
- Important airports such as Buenos Aires and Santiago fail to enter the ranking.
- Lima has not been able to grow in the ranking due to its own airport limitations.
- Other airports like Rio de Janeiro – Galleon, has the potential to enter the list along with other Brazilian terminals.
- There are few airports in the region that have the current potential of being a HUB and, further afield, a Megahub.
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The Ecuadorian economy will hardly grow at the level that these countries with their megahubs, Therefore, the government and municipality must definitely think about a HUB with the new Guayaquil airport., transit cargo and passenger connectivity to/from Asia and all of South America.
The relationship between the country's economy and aeronautical development is undoubtedly very important.; However, Countries like Bahrain, which is the size of the province of Guayas and whose economy is not one of the best in the region, have incredible connectivity., its Flag airline Gulf Air plans to have 50 medium and long range aircraft up to 2023, The best airlines in the world arrive except a few and it is only based on connectivity, strategic point in the Middle East offers many guarantees so that airlines from all over the world see Bahrain as a transit point. Then, We can say that the strategic location and clear and attractive state policies for airlines, They are also decisive in the development of airports. I would like to see the Guayaquil mega airport become a reality, for example, with incentives for airlines., could be a very, very competitive rival for Lima and Bogotá…
Passenger and cargo traffic is related depending on the economy of a country and its connections in terms of business..
What Latin America lacks in general is better infrastructure since emerging Asian countries are ahead of our countries, making them more competitive.. In the airport issue it is the same, If the construction of the new Mexico City airport is completed after consultation and if approved it will be the best and most modern in the region. Panama will inaugurate the new southern international terminal, Bogota, Sao Paulo suddenly needs other new airports, since they don't have room for more tracks. Lima is planning to open the second runway. The rest of the cities and countries, They will have to wait longer for their economies to grow more for future expansions.