The world's best-connected airports for 2018
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-connected-airports-2018/index.html
Diversity of flight destinations is increasing rapidly. For example, before inauguration of Kansai International Airport, the main airport around Osaka at that time was Itami Airport, from which direct flights to Beijing and Shanghai had been the only available destinations in Mainland China before 1994.
But now, 34 destinations in Mainland China can be accessible by direct flight from Kansai international Airport.
With the expansion of the flight routes, it's becoming easier for us to get to final destinations without multiple transferring.