Hohhot Baita International Airport

International flights remain limited: Each foreign airline can maintain only one route to China and operate only one flight a week on it.

China is set to become the world’s largest aviation market within the next five years so it is unsurprising that the country’s airports are leading the way when it comes to annual passenger growth. Routesonline analyses the fastest-growing major airports in the world, with more than half of the top 20 in China alongside counterparts in Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean.