Shanghai Now The Connected City In The World

Sunday, November 29, 2020 | 0 comments

This post is taken from IZULAT blog repost here

Recently, according to the connectivity index of International Air Transport Association (IATA), the city of Shanghai rise to number one spot among the most connected cities in the world dethroning the city of London from its number one position. The city of London has dropped its connectivity 67 percent and by September 2020 it falls to the number eight spot from its number one position which the city of Shanghai takes over its number one position that is because of the current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

International Air Transport Association or IATA air connectivity according to news measure each city in the world how each city is connected to one another. “IATA's air connectivity index measures how well connected a country's cities are to other cities around the world, which is critical for trade, tourism, investment and their economies.” (BBC)

Other cities that has been dethroned from their position on the Top Five aside from the city of London are the city of New York and the city of Tokyo. All Top Four cities are now from China – Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Chengdu. The new number five is the city of Chicago wherein the former is the city of Tokyo.

“The pandemic has “undone a century of progress” for connectivity between cities, says IATA. “The dramatic shift in the connectivity rankings demonstrates the scale at which the world’s connectivity has been re-ordered over the last months. There are no winners, just some players that suffered fewer injuries. In a short period of time we have undone a century of progress in bringing people together and connecting markets. The message we must take from this study is the urgent need to re-build the global air transport network,” said Sebastian Mikosz, IATA’s Senior Vice President for Member External Relations.” (Business Standard)

The main point : Shanghai is now the number one city in the world in terms of connectivity dethroning the city of London according to International Air Transport Association or IATA due to COVID-19 pandemic.