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Asia’s cheapest airports in 2014

Three of 10 cheapest airports are located in Thailand, four in Malaysia. Airports in the list with the cheapest average price per kilometer are mostly served by low-cost airlines that are dragging the prices down, according to the research made by WhichAirline.com.

Recent research made by the flight search engine WhichAirline.com reveals that Trang (TST) in Thailand ranks as the cheapest airport in Asia. The cost of flights from Trang is on average $0.0487 per kilometre, the second cheapest is Malaysian Kota Kinabalu with $0.0497. Which airports follow and how do the busiest airports in Asia rank?
 
The cheapest airports are located in Thailand and Malaysia
Three of 10 cheapest airports are located in Thailand, four in Malaysia. Airports in the list with the cheapest average price per kilometer are mostly served by low-cost airlines that are dragging the prices down.
 

 
How about the busiest airports in Asia? Kuala Lumpur is the cheapest, Bangkok and Tokyo Haneda the most expensive
On one hand we have these cheap airports with low cost airlines that are dragging the prices down, however these are not the busiest. So how do 10 busiest airport in Asia stand? The cheapest flights can be found at Kuala Lumpur airport that has average price $0.0640 per kilometer followed by Jakarta with $0.0671 and Guanzhou with $0.0798.
 
Another three airports offer price under $0.1 – Shanghai ($0.0811), Singapore ($0.0826) and Hong Kong ($0.0854). Dubai Airport ranked 7th with $0.1074, followed by Beijing with $0.1314. Bangkok with $0.1974 and Tokyo Haneda with $0.2032 are the most expensive out of 10 busiest airports in Asia.
 

 
10 cheapest airports in Asia
 

 
10 busiest airports in Asia
 

 
Methodology
WhichAirline.com compared prices from all airports in Europe, using average price per 1 kilometre of flight for air tickets available for purchase in the following months. Air ticket prices are taken from the WhichAirline database. The average ticket price per km was used as a way to compare the overall price levels.
 
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