LONDON, 1 April 2019: Between South Korea and Singapore they can claim to have the world’s busiest airline routes.
Airline analytics specialist, OAG reported last Friday that South Korea was home to the busiest domestic route in the world linking Jeju (CJU) and the capital Seoul (GMP) with 79,460 flights annually.
Singapore (SIN) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL), in Malaysia, was identified as the busiest international route, with 30,187 flights, followed by Hong Kong (HKG) to Taipei (TPE), with 28,447 flights.
Outside of Asia, New York (LGA) to Toronto (YYZ) was declared the busiest international route, with 17,038 annual operating flights.
OAG revealed the busiest routes in the world at the weekend, based on operating flight volume, includes insight into on-time performance (OTP) and carrier frequency at the route level, both domestically and internationally.
The busiest routes in the world are in the Asia-Pacific region, which is home to 15 of the top 20 international, and 13 of the top 20 domestic routes globally.
“Asia is once again home to the world’s busiest routes. In addition to the dominant role played by Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta have become Asia’s new ‘golden triangle,’ offering similar benefits to major US hubs, Boston, New York and Washington,” said OAG senior analyst John Grant. “While Asia and North America lead the global rankings, connectivity at London Heathrow remains critical for global air travel, with seven of the region’s busiest long-haul routes ending at the airport.”
OAG’s full analysis includes regional insights for Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America and the Middle East and Africa, with short, medium and long-haul route categorization.
Headquartered in the UK, OAG has operations in the US, Singapore, Japan, Lithuania and China.
