World's busiest passenger air routes
The following are lists of the world's busiest passenger air routes, based on number of passengers, seat capacity, or aircraft movements.
By number of passengers
World
The world's ten busiest air routes by origin-and-destination passenger volume, according to Amadeus :[1] [2] [3]
| Rank | City 1 | City 2 | Distance[4] | 2014 Passengers (in millions) |
2012 Passengers (in millions) |
2011 Passengers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Seoul | Jeju |
450 km | 10.5 | 10.156 | 9.9 |
| 2 |  Tokyo | Fukuoka |
883 km | 8.3 | 6.640 | 6.6+ |
| 3 |  Sydney | Melbourne |
706 km | 7.8 | 8.211 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Tokyo | Sapporo |
819 km | 7.0 | 6.943 | 7.0+ |
| 5 |  Beijing | Shanghai |
1075 km | 5.8 | 7.246 | 6.6+ |
| 6 |  São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro |
366 km | 7.716 | 7.6+ | |
| 7 | Tokyo | Osaka |
405 km | 6.744 | 7.5 | |
| 8 |  Hong Kong |  Taipei |
780 km | 5.1 | 5.513 | 6.2+ |
| 9 | Tokyo | Okinawa |
1554 km | 4.584 | 4.1 | |
| 10 | Sydney | Brisbane |
800 km | 4.45 | ||
| 10 |  Johannesburg | Cape Town |
1271 km | 4.407 | 4.5 |
By seat capacity
2015
The following lists the world's top 10 busiest routes based on total number of seats per year flown in both directions as of August 2015.[5]
| Rank | Airport 1 | Airport 2 | Seats (in millions) | Airlines Serving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gimpo | Jeju | 6.8 | Air Busan, Asiana Airlines, T'way Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air |
| 2 | Tokyo-Haneda | Sapporo-New Chitose | 6.2 | Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Air Do, Skymark Airlines |
| 3 | Tokyo-Haneda | Fukuoka | 5.8 | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines |
| 4 | Sydney | Melbourne | 5.0 | Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia |
| 5 | Hong Kong | Taipei | 4.2 | Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Dragonair, EVA Air, Hong Kong Airlines |
| 6 |  Delhi | Mumbai | 3.9 | Air India, Air India Regional, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Vistara |
| 7 | Tokyo-Haneda | Okinawa | 3.8 | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines |
| 8 | Beijing | Shanghai-Hongqiao | 3.8 | Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, Spring Airlines |
| 9 | Tokyo-Haneda | Osaka | 3.7 | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, StarFlyer |
| 10 | São Paulo-Congonhas | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont | 3.6 | Avianca Brazil, Azul Brazilian Airlines, Gol Airlines, TAM Airlines |
2014
The following lists the world's top 50 busiest routes based on total number of seats per month flown in both directions as of April 2014.
By aircraft movements
Busiest by air movements, September 2007
The following is a list of the worlds 25 busiest air routes based on the number of scheduled daily flights in both directions as of December 2013.[6] Note that these statistics do not consider the number of passengers carried. As of December 2013, Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo is the busiest route with 284 daily flights. 23 of the top 25 routes on the list are domestic routes. The busiest international route is Dublin to London (all airports), with 91 daily flights.
| Rank | City 1 | City 2 | Flights per day | Top Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | 284 | Avianca Brazil, Gol Airlines, TAM Airlines |
| 2 | Jeju | Seoul | 209 | Air Busan, Asiana Airlines, Eastar Jet, T'way Airlines, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air |
| 3 | Melbourne | Sydney | 192 | Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tigerair Australia |
| 4 |  Chicago | New York | 184 | American Airlines, Delta Connection, Delta Shuttle, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, United Express |
| 5 |  Athens | Thessaloniki | 155 | Aegean Airlines, Ellinair, Ryanair |
| 6 | Fukuoka | Tokyo | 136 | All Nippon Airways, Air Nippon, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines |
| 7 | Delhi | Mumbai | 130 | Air India, Air-India Express, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Air Vistara |
| 8 | Sapporo | Tokyo | 128 | Air Do, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines |
| 9 | Los Angeles | San Francisco | 124 | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, Delta Shuttle, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, United Express, US Airways Express, Virgin America |
| 10 |  Jakarta | Surabaya | 123 | Airfast Indonesia, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia Air Asia, Lion Air, Mandala, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Sriwijaya Air |
| 11 | Cape Town | Johannesburg | 116 | Comair, Kulula.com, Mango, South African Airways, South African Express |
| 12- | Osaka | Tokyo | 115 | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines |
| 12- |  Toronto | Montreal | 106 | Air Canada, Porter Airlines, Westjet |
| 13 | Beijing | Shanghai | 100 | Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Spring Airlines, Juneyao Airlines |
| 14 | Brisbane | Sydney | 99 | Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tiger Airways Australia |
| 15 | Los Angeles | New York | 98 | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Qantas, United Airlines, Virgin America |
| 16 |  Dublin |  London | 91 | Aer Lingus, Ryanair, British Airways, CityJet, Aer Lingus Regional, Flybe |
| 17 | Hong Kong | Taipei | 83 | Cathay Pacific Airways, China Airlines, Dragonair, EVA Air |
| 18 |  Paris | Toulouse | 82 | Air France, easyJet |
| 19 | Brisbane | Melbourne | 72 | Alliance Airlines, Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia |
| 19 | Fort Lauderdale | New York | 72 | Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines |
| 19 | Honolulu | Kahului | 72 | Hawaiian Airlines, Island Air, Mokulele |
| 19 | Delhi | Bangalore | 72 | Air India, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Air Vistara |
| 20 | Miami | New York | 70 | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US Airways |
| 20 | Okinawa | Tokyo | 70 | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines |
| 20 | Mumbai | Bangalore | 70 | Air India, Air-India Express, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Air Vistara |
| 21 | New York | Orlando | 69 | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, JetBlue Airways |
| 22 | Las Vegas | Los Angeles | 68 | American Airlines, Boutique Air, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, United Express, Virgin America |
See also
- World's busiest airport
- World's busiest airports by traffic movements
- World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
- Busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries1
- List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states1
1 Includes very detailed statistics regarding busiest passenger air routes to/from and within this region
References
- ↑ "300 world ‘super routes’ attract 20% of all air travel, Amadeus reveals in new analysis of global trends". Amadeus. 16 April 2013.
- ↑ "Top flights". Daily chart. The Economist. May 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
Jeju, on the South Korean island of the same name, is not one of the country's 20 biggest cities. Yet the island's allure as a domestic tourist destination resulted in 9.9m passengers flying between Seoul and Jeju (in either direction) in 2011. This makes it the busiest airline route in the world, according to Amadeus, a company that provides technology to the travel industry.
- ↑ url=http://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/Pages/2015-09-16-01.aspx
- ↑ "Airport Distance Calculator".
- ↑ "Top 15 routes in relation to capacity, ASKs and frequency revealed". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Airport Movements". QuickTrip. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
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