Table 5 Top 20 cities by degree centrality (Bellyhold cargo Routes).

From: Spatial evolution of international air cargo network connectivity in China: 1996–2019

Ranking

1996

2002

2008

2014

2019

City

Degree Centrality

City

Degree Centrality

City

Degree Centrality

City

Degree Centrality

City

Degree Centrality

1

Beijing

15.382

Beijing

5.429

Shanghai

4.34

Shanghai

4.777

Shanghai

3.362

2

Hong Kong

7.107

Shanghai

4.103

Beijing

1.478

Beijing

4.305

Beijing

2.309

3

Shanghai

4.796

Hong Kong

2.092

Seoul

0.969

Seoul

1.865

Guangzhou

1.658

4

Zurich

4.545

Tokyo

1.792

Hong Kong

0.592

Taipei

1.748

Bangkok

1.328

5

Guangzhou

3.365

Seoul

1.222

Tokyo

0.525

Guangzhou

1.335

Seoul

0.924

6

Frankfurt

2.97

Osaka

0.817

Singapore

0.447

Hong Kong

1.076

Tokyo

0.92

7

Bangkok

2.676

Bangkok

0.66

Frankfurt

0.425

Singapore

0.834

Singapore

0.687

8

Xiamen

2.509

Singapore

0.627

Guangzhou

0.403

Tokyo

0.753

Osaka

0.549

9

Seoul

2.449

Guangzhou

0.515

Osaka

0.388

Dubai

0.725

Taipei

0.528

10

Shenyang

2.083

Frankfurt

0.478

Anchorage

0.387

Bangkok

0.558

Shenzhen

0.437

11

Rome

1.574

San Francisco

0.459

Amsterdam

0.387

Amsterdam

0.552

Xiamen

0.426

12

Milan

1.574

Dalian

0.396

Tianjin

0.348

Shenzhen

0.469

Chengdu

0.396

13

Paris

1.545

Macau

0.36

Los Angeles

0.281

Moscow

0.447

Kuala Lumpur

0.38

14

Tokyo

1.541

Xiamen

0.36

Shenzhen

0.275

Frankfurt

0.417

Los Angeles

0.339

15

Shantou

1.299

Paris

0.319

Xiamen

0.268

Chengdu

0.388

Phuket

0.337

16

Singapore

1.024

Nagoya

0.3

Chicago

0.254

Qingdao

0.366

Kunming

0.32

17

Amsterdam

0.837

Kunming

0.298

Luxembourg

0.215

Hangzhou

0.349

Hong Kong

0.299

18

Copenhagen

0.72

Qingdao

0.275

Paris

0.204

San Francisco

0.311

Wuhan

0.293

19

London

0.689

Xi’an

0.241

Moscow

0.202

Paris

0.285

Hangzhou

0.276

20

Tianjin

0.65

Amsterdam

0.233

Macau

0.195

Kaohsiung

0.274

Dubai

0.257