Produced by the Tokyo-based Mori Memorial Foundation, the annual report ranks the world’s major cities according to their “magnetism” – in other words, their ability to attract people, capital and businesses from around the world. The latest Global Power City Index sets out to explain why. When it comes to attracting people, money and business from around the world, some cities are clearly better than others. But there are challengers, with Madrid entering the top 10 for the first time.It held on to the top spot despite Brexit and COVID-19.London has been named the world’s most “magnetic” city for the 10th year in a row.Among European cities the decrease was 49.7%, while in North American and Other cities there was a decrease of 49.0%.This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum.Īuthor: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content By region of Asia, North America, Europe, and Other (Africa, Latin America, Oceania, Middle East), Asian cities had the biggest decline of 51.9%. The base map is Natural Earth’s 1:10m Land / Ocean map.Ĭompared to FY2019, the overall frequency of international flights between the 48 GPCI cities decreased by 49.4% in FY2020.
The target airports are the 73 airports associated with the city codes defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the 48 cities included in the Global Power City Index 2021. It compares two sets of data: the number of flights from April 2019 to March 2020, and the number of flights from April 2020 to March 2021. The flight data for this analysis is taken from the schedule data for international nonstop flights in the Schedule Analyser provided by OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited. The Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategies has therefore conducted an analysis of the flight network to determine how COVID-19 has affected the number of international passenger flights between major cities across the globe. Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has been restricting travel and access to cities around the world.
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