{"id":618663,"date":"2026-09-17T06:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/618663\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T06:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:58:18","slug":"china-airports-climb-global-connectivity-ranking-as-international-routes-rise-oag-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/618663\/","title":{"rendered":"China airports climb global-connectivity ranking as international routes rise: OAG report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Among the world\u2019s most connected airports, Guangzhou\u2019s hub has posted the fastest rise through the latest rankings, according to an annual list compiled by aviation data firm OAG. And overall, Chinese hubs stood out as carriers expanded their international networks with added flights.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in southern China jumped to 19th place, from 36th last year, in OAG\u2019s Megahubs 2026 report, released on Wednesday. An OAG spokeswoman called its jump the biggest of any airport globally.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The addition of the airport\u2019s third terminal in October has since facilitated air connections throughout the region, including neighbouring Hong Kong and Macau.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Passenger and flight volumes increased \u201csharply\u201d at the airport in early 2026, reflecting a rebound in air-travel demand, according to the Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. The airport now handles 146 international routes, served by 80 airlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Among the world\u2019s most connected airports, Guangzhou\u2019s hub has posted the fastest rise through the latest rankings, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[279709,972,279710,114,1657,9701,5543,279711,3448,80020,85,46,66197,279712,279713,26484,8446,279714],"class_list":["post-618663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-amsterdam-airport-schiphol","tag-australia","tag-beijing-capital-international-airport","tag-business","tag-china","tag-covid-19-pandemic","tag-egypt","tag-guangzhou-baiyun-international-airport","tag-hong-kong","tag-hong-kong-international-airport","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-istanbul-airport","tag-john-grant","tag-london-heathrow-airport","tag-macau","tag-norway","tag-oag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}