SINGAPORE, Sept 24 — Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has been named the world’s fourth most internationally connected airport and the highest-ranked in Asia in the OAG Megahubs 2025 report.
The annual ranking, released yesterday by global travel data platform OAG, measures airports by the number of potential connections between inbound and outbound international flights on their busiest day.
KLIA’s fourth-place position marks a steady rise from fifth in 2015, reflecting a 22 per cent increase in destinations served over the past decade.
In the global ranking, Seoul’s Incheon International Airport followed as Asia’s second-best hub in sixth place, while Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport dropped from third in 2024 to ninth this year.
Within the Asia Pacific region, the top five most connected hubs were KLIA, Incheon, Haneda, Singapore’s Changi, and Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi.
The report also highlighted Asia Pacific’s dominance in low-cost aviation, with KLIA being ranked the world’s No. 1 low-cost Megahub.
Low-cost carrier AirAsia accounts for 36 per cent of all flights at the airport.
The region boasts 16 of the world’s top 25 low-cost hubs, with Seoul’s Incheon ranked second, Manila third, and Hong Kong rising sharply to fourth place in this category.
