City in the western world with most direct/firsthand connection to Asia/Asians?
Another poll, this time, with firsthand links to Asia and Asians, diaspora, cultural, economic, immigration etc. .
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Vancouver. Maybe Honolulu or Toronto after that.
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Considering the LA area has the most Asians of any Metro in North America, the largest Korean, Thai, Filipino, etc pops outside of their home countries and the second largest Chinese population, i would say LA is the most connected. Going to Koreatown (which is massive and growing) or the San Gabriel valley is really an amazing experience.
However, because of the vast size of LA and the congregation of so many other ethnicities, it doesnt feel like the most Asian city in the Western World. A smaller city like Honolulu or Vancouver might |
I heard it was Paris
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Honolulu by far.
Vancouver second. That's in percentage terms relative to their size. |
Probably Vancouver at the moment, but based on the way China is treating Australia, Sydney or Melbourne could become the most asian-influenced in the near future.
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Direct First hand access to Asia. To me that's non stop. Chicago has more flights to Asia without a layover than any East cost city because of the mere distance traveled. NYC can fly to Tokyo or Shanghai without a refueling layover but its one of the longest flights in the world. Like 15.5 hours long in the air alone. A lot of USA west flight travels to Asia takes the shortest route which by the globe the fly into Canada, than to Alaska, than to their final destination. Its quite often one hears flights cut short and land in anchorage for fuel or kicking off drunken UK passengers going to east Asia via America. The only real area that Chicago cannot fly direct non stop is Australia and NZ Chicago has non stop flights to India ~ 14 hours. Reaching Brazil or Argentina is easy. 12-13 hrs. The only places Chicago cannot reach non stop are probably only the most distant places in the southern hemisphere. Like AU and OZ due to pure distance. I don't think any east coast city can reach them either. Travel to Australia and OZ is one of the most expensive round trip flights in the world or 4/5th of the America, and that's with a layover and a refueling. And the time zone differences, wow. And to think the UK used it as a penial colony for the poor and less appreciated peoples of its kingdom it turned out pretty well for at least the English forced settlement there. I cannot even imagine the written mail back than or the percentage that made it from the UK to AU. I'm sure the Aboriginals would have preferred to go their own route but that is relatively distant history by now. |
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Vancouver, then Honolulu.
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Anyhow, current or announced nonstop flights between selected North American and European airports and Asia and Pacific carriers, ON FOREIGN FLAG CARRIERS of Asia/Pacific countries.
I included Ontario with LA, Newark with NY and San Jose with SF. If u find any errors, please point them out. One observation: there are no nonstop flights btwn North America and Bangkok. London-LHR: Etihad: Abu Dhabi Air India - Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai Royal Jordanian - Amman Turkmenistan Airlines - Ashgabat Air Astana - Astana Gulf Air - Bahrain Azerbaijan Airlines - Baku Royal Brunei Airlines - Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai EVA Air - Bangkok, Taipei Hainan Airlines - Bangkok, Beijing Thai Airways - Bangkok Air China - Beijing MEA - Beirut Sri Lankan Airlines - Colombo Jet Airways - Delhi, Mumbai Biman Bangladesh Airlines - Dhaka, Sylhet Qatar Airways - Doha Emirates - Dubai China Southern - Guangzhou Vietnam Airlines - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Cathay Pacific Airways - Hong Kong Pakistan International Airlines - Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore Turkish Airlines, Istanbul Ataturk Garuda Indonesia - Jakarta Saudia - Jeddah, Riyadh Malaysia Airlines - Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Airways - Kuwait City Philippine Airlines - Manila Oman Air - Muscat Beijing Capital Airlines - Qingdao Asiana - Seoul Korean Air - Seoul China Eastern - Shanghai Pudong Singapore Airlines - Singapore Uzbekistan Airways- Tashkent Iran Air - Tehran El Al - Tel Aviv Japan Airlines - Tokyo Haneda London-LGW: Emirates - Dubai Turkish Airlines - Istanbul Ataturk Hong Kong Airlines - Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Airways - Hong Kong Tianjin Airlines - Chongqing London-STN: Emirates - Dubai Atlas Global - Istanbul Pegasus - Istanbul Onur Air - Istanbul London-LTN: Atlas Jet - Bodrum, Izmir Turkish Airlines - Dalaman, Izmir, Tel Aviv El Al - Larnaca, Tel Aviv Paris-CDG Air China: Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Shanghai–Pudong Air India: Delhi Air Seychelles: Mahé Air Tahiti Nui: Los Angeles, Papeete All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Haneda Arkia: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Eilat–Ovda Asiana Airlines: Seoul–Incheon AtlasGlobal: Istanbul–Atatürk Azerbaijan Airlines : Baku Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong China Eastern Airlines: Kunming, Shanghai–Pudong China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou Corendon Airlines: Antalya El Al: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Eilat–Ovda Emirates: Dubai–International Etihad Airways : Abu Dhabi EVA Air : Taipei–Taoyuan Gulf Air: Bahrain Hainan Airlines: Hangzhou, Xi'an Iran Air: Tehran–Imam Khomeini Israir Airlines: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Japan Airlines: Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita Jet Airways: Chennai, Mumbai Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Kuwait Airways: Kuwait Mahan Air: Tehran–Imam Khomeini Middle East Airlines : Beirut Oman Air: Muscat Onur Air: Istanbul–Atatürk Pakistan International Airlines: Islamabad, Lahore Qatar Airways: Doha Royal Jordanian: Amman–Queen Alia Saudia: Jeddah, Riyadh Singapore Airlines: Singapore Thai Airways: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi Turkish Airlines: Ankara, Istanbul–Atatürk, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Turkmenistan Airlines: Ashgabat Uzbekistan Airways: Tashkent, Urgench Vietnam Airlines: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Paris-ORY: Pegasus Airlines: Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Los Angeles-LAX: Air China: Beijing–Capital, Shenzhen Air New Zealand: Auckland, London–Heathrow, Rarotonga Air Tahiti Nui: Papeete, Paris–Charles de Gaulle All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita Asiana Airlines: Seoul-Incheon Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong China Airlines: Taipei–Taoyuan China Eastern Airlines: Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou El Al: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Emirates: Dubai–International Etihad Airways : Abu Dhabi EVA Air : Taipei–Taoyuan Fiji Airways: Nadi Hainan Airlines: Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing Hong Kong Airlines: Hong Kong Japan Airlines: Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Philippine Airlines: Manila Qantas: Brisbane, Melbourne–Tullamarine, Sydney Qatar Airways: Doha Saudia: Jeddah, Riyadh Sichuan Airlines : Chengdu, Hangzhou, Jinan Singapore Airlines: Seoul–Incheon, Singapore, Tokyo–Narita Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk Virgin Australia: Brisbane, Melbourne–Tullamarine, Sydney XiamenAir: Qingdao, Xiamen Los Angeles-ONT: China Airlines: Taipei–Taoyuan New York-JFK: Air China: Beijing–Capital Air India: Delhi All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita Asiana Airlines: Seoul–Incheon Azerbaijan Airlines: Baku Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong, Vancouver China Airlines: Taipei–Taoyuan China Eastern Airlines: Shanghai–Pudong China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou El Al: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Emirates: Dubai–International, Milan–Malpensa Etihad Airways: Abu Dhabi EVA Air : Taipei–Taoyuan Hainan Airlines: Chengdu, Chongqing Japan Airlines: Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Kuwait Airways: Kuwait Philippine Airlines: Manila, Vancouver Qatar Airways: Doha Royal Jordanian: Amman–Queen Alia Saudia: Jeddah, Riyadh Singapore Airlines: Frankfurt, Singapore Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk New York-EWR: Air China: Beijing–Capital Air India: Ahmedabada,Delhi, London–Heathrow, Mumbai Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong El Al: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Emirates: Athens, Dubai–International San Francisco-SFO: Air China: Beijing–Capital Air India: Delhi, Mumbai Air New Zealand: Auckland All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Narita Asiana Airlines: Seoul–Incheon Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong China Airlines: Taipei–Taoyuan China Eastern Airlines: Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou, Wuhan El Al: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Emirates: Dubai–International EVA Air : Taipei–Taoyuan Fiji Airways: Nadi Hong Kong Airlines: Hong Kong Japan Airlines: Tokyo–Haneda Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Philippine Airlines: Manila Qantas: Melbourne–Tullamarine, Sydney Singapore Airlines: Hong Kong, Singapore Turkish Airlines: Istanbul–Atatürk San Francisco-SJC: Air China: Shanghai–Pudong All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Narita Hainan Airlines: Beijing–Capital Vancouver-YVR: Air China: Beijing–Capital Air New Zealand: Auckland All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Haneda Beijing Capital Airlines: Hangzhou, Qingdao Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong, New York–JFK China Airlines: Taipei–Taoyuan China Eastern Airlines: Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou EVA Air : Taipei–Taoyuan Hainan Airlines: Shenzhen, Tianjin Hong Kong Airlines: Hong Kong Japan Airlines: Tokyo–Narita Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Philippine Airlines: Manila, New York–JFK Qantas : Seasonal: Sydney Sichuan Airlines : Chengdu, Shenyang, Zhengzhou XiamenAir: Xiamen Chicago-ORD: Air India: Delhi All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita Asiana Airlines: Seoul–Incheon Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong China Eastern Airlines: Shanghai–Pudong Emirates: Dubai–International Etihad Airways: Abu Dhabi EVA Air : Taipei–Taoyuan Hainan Airlines: Beijing–Capital Japan Airlines: Tokyo–Narita Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Qatar Airways: Doha Royal Jordanian: Amman–Queen Alia Turkish Airlines: Istanbul–Atatürk Honolulu-HNL: AirAsia X: Kuala Lumpur–International, Osaka–Kansai Air China: Beijing–Capital Air New Zealand: Auckland All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita Asiana Airlines: Seoul–Incheon China Airlines: Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita China Eastern Airlines: Shanghai–Pudong Fiji Airways: Apia-Faleolo, Kiritimati, Nadi Japan Airlines: Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita Jetstar Airways: Melbourne, Sydney Jin Air: Seoul–Incheon Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon, Tokyo–Narita Philippine Airlines: Manila Qantas : Sydney Scoot: Osaka–Kansai, Singapore Toronto-YYZ: Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong China Eastern Airlines: Shanghai–Pudong China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou El Al: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Emirates: Dubai–International Etihad Airways : Abu Dhabi EVA Air: Taipei–Taoyuan Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Pakistan International Airlines: Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore Philippine Airlines: Manila Saudia: Jeddah, Riyadh Turkish Airlines: Istanbul–Atatürk Washington-IAD: Air China: Beijing–Capital Air India: Delhi All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Narita Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong Emirates: Dubai–International Etihad Airways : Abu Dhabi Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Qatar Airways: Doha Saudia: Jeddah, Riyadh, Hajj: Medina Turkish Airlines: Istanbul–Atatürk Houston-IAH: Air China: Beijing–Capital, Panama City, Panama Air New Zealand: Auckland Alaska Airlines: Seattle/Tacoma All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Narita Emirates: Dubai–International EVA Air : Taipei–Taoyuan Qatar Airways: Doha Singapore Airlines: Manchester (UK), Singapore Turkish Airlines: Istanbul–Atatürk Boston-BOS: Cathay Pacific: Hong Kong El Al: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Emirates: Dubai–International Hainan Airlines: Beijing–Capital, Shanghai–Pudong Japan Airlines: Tokyo–Narita Qatar Airways: Doha Seattle-SEA: All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Narita Emirates: Dubai–International EVA Air: Taipei–Taoyuan Hainan Airlines: Beijing–Capital, Shanghai–Pudong Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon XiamenAir: Shenzhen, Xiamen Dallas-DFW: Emirates: Dubai–International Etihad Airways: Abu Dhabi Japan Airlines: Tokyo–Narita Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Qantas: Sydney Qatar Airways: Doha Mexico City-MEX: All Nippon Airways: Tokyo–Narita China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou Hainan Airlines: Beijing-Capital Atlanta-ATL: Korean Air: Seoul–Incheon Qatar Airways: Doha Turkish Airlines: Istanbul–Atatürk |
London , non stop direct flights only.
Heathrow British Airways: Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Istanbul Ataturk, Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Larnaca, Mumbai, Muscat, Riyadh, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai Pudong, Singapore, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tokyo Haneda, Tokyo Narita Etihad: Abu Dhabi Air India - Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai Royal Jordanian - Amman Turkmenistan Airlines - Ashgabat Air Astana - Astana Gulf Air - Bahrain Azerbaijan Airlines - Baku Royal Brunei Airlines - Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai EVA Air - Bangkok, Taipei Hainan Airlines - Bangkok, Beijing Thai Airways - Bangkok Air China - Beijing MEA - Beirut Sri Lankan Airlines - Colombo Jet Airways - Delhi, Mumbai Virgin Atlantic - Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong Biman Bangladesh Airlines - Dhaka, Sylhet Qatar Airways - Doha Emirates - Dubai China Southern - Guangzhou Vietnam Airlines - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Cathay Pacific Airways - Hong Kong Pakistan International Airlines - Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore Turkish Airlines, Istanbul Ataturk Garuda Indonesia - Jakarta Saudia - Jeddah, Riyadh Malaysia Airlines - Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Airways - Kuwait City Aegean Airlines - Larnaca Cobalt Air - Larnaca Philippine Airlines - Manila Oman Air - Muscat Beijing Capital Airlines - Qingdao Asiana - Seoul-Incheon Korean Air - Seoul-Incheon China Eastern - Shanghai Pudong Singapore Airlines - Singapore Qantas - Perth, Singapore Uzbekistan Airways- Tashkent Iran Air - Tehran El Al - Tel Aviv Japan Airlines - Tokyo Haneda Gatwick British Airways - Larnaca, Malé, Paphos Emirates - Dubai Easyjet - Tel Aviv, Izmir, Bodrum, Antalya, Antalya, Larnaca, Paphos Thomas Cook Airlines - Aqaba, Izmir, Antalya, Larnaca, Goa Turkish Airlines - Istanbul Ataturk TUI Airways - Izmir, Bodrum, Antalya, Larnaca, Paphos, Goa, Phuket Thomsonfly - Izmir, Bodum, Antalya, Larnaca, Goa, Phuket First Choice - Izmir, Antalya, Larnaca, Goa Norwegian - Larnaca Cobalt Aero - Larnaca Hong Kong Airlines - Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Airways - Hong Kong Tianjin Airlines - Chongqing China Airlines - Taipei Stansted Easyjet - Bodrum, Dalaman TUI Airways - Antalya, Dalaman, Larnaca Thomas Cook Airlines - Antalya, Dalaman Emirates - Dubai Atlas Global - Istanbul Ryanair - Istanbul, Paphos Pegasus - Istanbul Onur Air - Istanbul Luton British Airways - Tel Aviv Atlas Jet - Bodrum, Izmir Easyjet - Antalya, Bodrum, Izmir, Larnaca, Tel Aviv KLM - Dalaman, Tel Aviv Turkish Airlines - Dalaman, Izmir, Tel Aviv Thomsonfly - Dalaman, Larnaca Lufthansa - Izmir, Tel Aviv Aegean Airlines - Izmir, Tel Aviv Austrian - Larnaca Tarom Romanian Air Transport- Larnaca Ukraine International - Tel Aviv El Al - Larnaca, Tel Aviv Norwegian Air - Tel Aviv Alitalia - Tel Aviv Swiss - Tel Aviv Brussels Airlines - Tel Aviv |
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London appears to have the most flights to the region. Interestingly, NA has no nonstop flights to Bangkok whilst at present time, there are no nonstop flights between London and Australia/NZ, however, Qantas is challenging airplane manufacturers to make it happen. https://www.ausbt.com.au/boeing-pitc...don-ny-flights |
How come there are no non-stops to Aus? I thought Heathrow website had them to the main cities. I'll edit Melbourne and Sydney out (Perth is available).
Yep London is the world's biggest air hub with 166 million passengers p/a, though now at capacity and with growing problems (they've been arguing about Heathrow/ Gatwick expansion for a decade now). It's under threat from Paris, Istanbul, NYC, Dubai and Beijing for the crown if it doesn't expand in time. In terms of international scope Dubai is the best positioned, within a 3 billion person reach within a few hours, but Beijing has the biggest plans (up to 300 million capacity when Daxing opens next year). |
Honolulu has the highest percentage of those with an Asian ethnicity, but it is mostly "Pan-Asianism," in that they all blend together into the local Hawaiian culture. Hawaiian born Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, etc. are less distinct from each other than say a Chinese American born in San Gabriel and a Filipino in Daly City.
On a sidenote, one thing I find interesting is how mainland US Filipinos seem to have an affinity for Hawaiian culture (reggae, food, etc.), whereas Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian Americans are not as much so. |
Honolulu is kinda its own culture, IMO. I agree it's more Pan-Asian, and not really immigrant-oriented.
My vote is for Vancouver. |
I put cities into a distance calculator expecting London to be really far to Tokyo, Hong Kong, etc. But the distances really are pretty comparable to the US West Coast. Meanwhile much of Asia is far closer to London than any major NA city is to Asia.
Sometimes London is even a connecting point from Asia to the US. Seattle lacks India connections, and anecdotally the Seattle-London route has a heavy connecting contingent from India, though it's not the shortest route. |
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^wow. Mercator playing its devious tricks again
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Honolulu has the largest Asian population proportionately, while by the same metric Vancouver has the largest Asian immigrant population. Numerically, metropolitan New York (2 million), Toronto (2 million), Los Angeles (1.8 million), SF Bay Area (1.8 million), and London (1.5 million in Greater London - maybe 2 million in the metropolitan area) are all pretty close for having the largest Asian populations in the Western world. London's population is heavily skewed towards South Asia though; and LA's & SF's towards East & Southeast Asia. New York and Toronto's are a little more balanced.
So, I voted for my own city since it's both proportionately and numerically very Asian; has a mix of immigrant, native, and temporary residents; and a good cross section of people from across the continent. |
I reckon London city proper is nearer 2 million now, from 1.7 million in 2011 (population has grown by 700,000 since), metro higher of course.
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