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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 twelve busiest air routes by origin-and-destination passenger volume:[1] [2] [3]

Rank City 1 City 2 Distance[4] 2015 Passengers
(in millions)[5] 		2014 Passengers
(in millions)[6] 		2012 Passengers
(in millions) 		2011 Passengers
(in millions) 		Note
1 South Korea Seoul-Gimpo Jeju 450 km 11.1 10.5 10.156 9.9 Domestic
2 Japan Tokyo Sapporo 819 km 7.8 7.0 8.211 7.0+ Domestic
3 Tokyo Fukuoka 883 km 7.6 8.3 6.640 6.6+ Domestic
4 India Delhi Mumbai 1150 km 7.3 6.8 6.1 5.6 Domestic
5 Australia Sydney Melbourne 706 km 7.2 7.8 6.943 7.5 Domestic
6 China Beijing Shanghai 1075 km 6.1 5.8 7.246 6.6+ Domestic
7 Brazil São Paulo Rio de Janeiro 366 km 7.716 7.6+ Domestic
8 Tokyo Osaka 405 km 6.744 7.5 Domestic
9 Hong Kong Hong Kong Taiwan Taipei 780 km 5.1 5.1 5.513 6.2+ Regional
10 Tokyo Okinawa 1554 km 4.584 4.1 Domestic
11 Sydney Brisbane 800 km 4.45 Domestic
12 South Africa Johannesburg Cape Town 1271 km 4.407 4.5 Domestic

The world's five busiest international air routes by origin-and-destination passenger volume:

Rank City 1 City 2 2015 Passengers

(in millions)[7]

1 Hong Kong Taipei 5.1
2 Indonesia Jakarta Singapore Singapore 3.4
3 Thailand Bangkok Hong Kong 3
4 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Singapore 2.7
5 Hong Kong Singapore 2.7

Europe

Busiest air routes inside the EU, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway *

Data retrieved from Eurostat[8]
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
1 France Toulouse/Blagnac Paris/Orly 2,322,456 2,330,224 2,379,100 2,330,949 2,318,015 2,358,917
2 Spain Madrid/Barajas Barcelona/El Prat 3,102,436 2,550,462 2,213,200 2,204,765 2,253,387 2,328,726
3 Nice/Côte d'Azur Paris/Orly 2,236,436 2,175,773 2,160,300 2,072,138 2,113,506 2,124,792
4 Italy Catania/Fontanarossa Rome/Fiumicino 1,842,940 1,694,400 1,566,800 1,869,881 1,979,648 1,998,352
5 Norway Oslo/Gardermoen Trondheim 1,749,545 1,818,877 1,873,944 1,912,141 1,942,959 1,988,105
6 Germany Berlin/Tegel Munich 1,667,408 1,731,145 1,831,700 1,868,877 1,974,929 1,939,820
7 Frankfurt Berlin/Tegel 1,792,655 1,813,063 1,845,600 1,792,006 1,907,218 1,935,465
8 Oslo/Gardermoen Bergen 1,691,887 1,729,076 1,722,398 1,819,279 1,810,826 1,881,960
9 Munich Hamburg 1,717,734 1,719,351 1,713,200 1,756,990 1,811,425 1,805,211
10 Greece Athens Thessaloniki 997,200 1,543,993 1,633,045 1,803,733
11 Barcelona/El Prat Palma de Mallorca/Son Sant Joan 1,639,423 1,460,684 1,388,900 1,410,172 1,576,063 1,772,613
12 United Kingdom London/Heathrow Republic of Ireland Dublin 1,556,111 1,577,649 1,663,900 1,650,394 1,682,855 1,751,689
13 Madrid/Barajas Palma de Mallorca/Son Sant Joan 1,604,853 1,442,410 1,224,700 1,283,404 1,411,314 1,687,547
14 Netherlands Amsterdam/Schiphol London/Heathrow 1,406,964 1,429,800 1,443,400 1,486,783 1,587,605 1,617,170
15 Munich Düsseldorf 1,569,364 1,553,361 1,558,200 1,527,416 1,557,442 1,565,997
16 Oslo/Gardermoen Stavanger 1,434,043 1,517,195 1,536,032 1,564,631 1,515,870 1,564,127
17 Sweden Stockholm Denmark Copenhagen 1,166,000 1,269,200 1,325,700 1,444,429 1,461,166 1,553,276
18 Rome/Fiumicino Palermo/Falcone Borsellino 1,499,933 1,360,400 1,264,100 1,475,957 1,481,174 1,543,462
19 Madrid/Barajas Gran Canaria 1,438,377 1,301,539 1,152,669 1,181,442 1,305,670 1,508,972
20 Copenhagen Oslo/Gardermoen 1,206,480 1,291,018 1,322,948 1,402,753 1,427,618 1,506,326
21 London/Heathrow Frankfurt 1,459,909 1,482,649 1,488,600 1,506,826 1,530,986 1,486,291
22 Stockholm Oslo/Gardermoen 1,153,232 1,187,164 1,204,351 1,354,730 1,338,163 1,387,885
23 Frankfurt Hamburg 1,587,593 1,385,867 1,362,400 1,343,857 1,361,027 1,372,185
24 London/Gatwick Barcelona/El Prat 517,820 741,735 1,131,350 1,273,850 1,354,193 1,362,488
25 London/Heathrow Madrid/Barajas 1,093,400 1,197,700 1,264,800 1,274,714 1,320,834 1,317,511
26 Barcelona/El Prat Rome/Fiumicino 1,184,506 1,315,868
27 London/Gatwick Dublin 1,086,701 1,309,524
28 Barcelona/El Prat Amsterdam 1,204,814 1,307,902
29 Madrid/Barajas Tenerife North 1,337,050 1,167,731 1,102,701 1,094,815 1,149,450 1,305,110
30 Madrid/Barajas Portugal Lisbon 1,169,714 1,108,931 975,389 1,026,786 1,174,116 1,299,412

* Figures are only available for EU countries, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. Among other European countries, based on airport statistics, no other country than Russia, Ukraine and Turkey can have domestic routes with more than 1 million passengers.

Based on aircraft movements statistics, Istanbul/Atatürk - Izmir/Adnan Menderes is in 2012 possibly busier than Barcelona/El Prat - Madrid/Barajas route and Istanbul/Atatürk - Antalya route is busier than Toulouse/Blagnac - Paris/Orly route.[9]

The St-Petersburg Pulkovo Airport - Moscow (three airports) route was used by 2,965,331 passengers in 2013.[10]

**Madrid-Barcelona had 4,627,000 passengers in 2007, meaning a reduction by 34% in 2010, partly because of a new high-speed railway. The decline has continued from 560 weekly flights in 2010 to 380 in 2012.[9]

Busiest air routes between an airport in Europe (EU, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway) and outside Europe

Eurostat[8]
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Passengers (2010) 2012 2014 2015 2016
1 London/Heathrow United Arab Emirates Dubai/Intl 1,974,098 2,067,227 2,838,717 2,862,852 3,038,958
2 London/Heathrow United States New York/John F Kennedy 2,551,276 2,881,390 3,002,024 3,078,693 2,960,268
3 London/Heathrow Los Angeles/Intl 1,419,144 1,428,040 1,481,023 1,645,002 1,565,992
4 London/Heathrow Hong Kong Hong Kong/Chek Lap Kok 1,801,520 1,638,834 1,608,980 1,584,486 1,574,741
5 France Paris/Charles De Gaulle New York/John F Kennedy 1,190,914 1,422,259 1,367,882 1,501,416 1,424,611
6 Paris/Orly Guadeloupe Guadeloupe/Pointe-à-Pitre 1,098,322 1,077,254 1,135,945 1,166,850 1,214,916
7 Paris/Charles De Gaulle Canada Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1,158,381 1,092,084 1,107,738 1,147,598 1,148,800
8 Paris/Charles De Gaulle Dubai/Intl 716,865 843,205 1,063,559 1,076,875 1,101,546
9 London/Heathrow Chicago/O'Hare 1,138,579 1,188,326 1,161,250 1,060,332 1,073,522
10 London/Heathrow New York/Newark Liberty 1,091,804 1,167,828 1,168,357 1,000,189 952,310
London/Heathrow Singapore Singapore/Changi 1,507,032

Busiest air routes in or from Europe by city pairs

Eurostat[8]
Rank City 1 City 2 Passengers (2016)
1 United Kingdom London Republic of Ireland Dublin 4,771,614
2 London Netherlands Amsterdam 4,344,935
3 London United States New York 4,243,687
4 London United Arab Emirates Dubai 3,960,389
5 Russia Moscow Saint Petersburg 3,836,588 [11]
6 London Edinburgh 3,393,013
7 France Paris Toulouse 3,260,074
8 London Spain Barcelona 3,125,080
9 Germany Berlin Cologne+Dusseldorf 3,017,845
10 Paris Nice 2,975,405
  • London includes City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and Southend airports
  • New York includes Kennedy and Newark airports
  • Paris includes Charles De Gaulle and Orly airports
  • Barcelona includes El Prat and Girona airports
  • Berlin includes Schönefeld and Tegel airports
  • Moscow includes Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports

United States (September 2014 - August 2015)

Busiest air routes by city pairs within the United States [12]
Rank City 1 City 2 Passengers
(Sep 2014-Aug 2015)
1 Illinois Chicago, IL (Metro Area) New York (state) New York, NY (Metro Area) 4,020,000
2 California Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area) California San Francisco, CA (Metro Area) 3,660,000
3 California Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area) New York (state) New York, NY (Metro Area) 3,420,000
4 Illinois Chicago, IL (Metro Area) California Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area) 3,010,000
5 Florida Miami, FL (Metro Area) New York (state) New York, NY (Metro Area) 2,750,000
6 Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta, GA (Metro Area) Illinois Chicago, IL (Metro Area) 2,720,000
7 Illinois Chicago, IL (Metro Area) Minnesota Minneapolis, MN (Metro Area) 2,720,000
8 Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta, GA (Metro Area) New York (state) New York, NY (Metro Area) 2,600,000
9 Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta, GA (Metro Area) Florida Orlando, FL (Metro Area) 2,620,000
10 Illinois Chicago, IL (Metro Area) Washington, D.C. Washington, DC (Metro Area) 2,620,000

Australia (2016-17)

See also: List of the busiest air routes in Australia by passenger traffic
Busiest domestic air routes in Australia[13] (all passengers including connecting)
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Passengers (2016-17)
1 Victoria (state) Melbourne New South Wales Sydney 8,974,400
2 Queensland Brisbane New South Wales Sydney 4,695,700
3 Queensland Brisbane Victoria (state) Melbourne 3,500,500
4 Queensland Gold Coast New South Wales Sydney 2,712,700
5 South Australia Adelaide Victoria (state) Melbourne 2,413,200
6 Victoria (state) Melbourne Western Australia Perth 2,048,100
7 Queensland Gold Coast Victoria (state) Melbourne 1,992,200
8 South Australia Adelaide New South Wales Sydney 1,886,500
9 Western Australia Perth New South Wales Sydney 1,737,800
10 Victoria (state) Melbourne Tasmania Hobart 1,598,700

India (2016-17)

Busiest domestic air routes in India:[14]

Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Passengers (2017)
1 Delhi Mumbai 6,963,502
2 Delhi Bengaluru 4,152,372
3 Mumbai Bengaluru 3,416,363
4 Delhi Kolkata 3,002,957
5 Delhi Pune 2,580,697
6 Mumbai Goa 2,502,387
7 Delhi Hyderabad 2,486,276
8 Delhi Chennai 2,409,784
9 Mumbai Chennai 2,330,557
10 Mumbai Hyderabad 2,192,041

Busiest international air routes from India(2017):[15]

Rank Airport in India Foreign airport Passengers (2016-17)
1 Mumbai United Arab Emirates Dubai 2,432,260
2 Delhi Dubai 2,072,847
3 Kochi Dubai 1,194,124
4 Delhi United Kingdom London 1,010,439
5 Hyderabad Dubai 993,961
6 Chennai Dubai 976,026
7 Delhi Thailand Bangkok 960,205
8 Mumbai London 957,814
9 Chennai Singapore Singapore 848,217
10 Mumbai Bangkok 824,751

México (2017)

Busiest domestic air routes in Mexico[16]
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Passengers (2017)
1 Mexico City Mexico City Quintana Roo Cancun 4,727,000
2 Nuevo León Monterrey Mexico City Mexico City 3,202,000
3 Mexico City Mexico City Jalisco Guadalajara 2,995,000
4 Baja California Tijuana Mexico City Mexico City 1,950,000
5 Baja California Tijuana Jalisco Guadalajara 1,710,000
6 Mexico City Mexico City Yucatán Mérida 1,500,000
7 Nuevo León Monterrey Quintana Roo Cancún 1,103,000
8 Chiapas Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico City Mexico City 929,000
9 Jalisco Puerto Vallarta Mexico City Mexico City 874,000
10 Tabasco Villahermosa Mexico City Mexico City 791,000
Busiest international air routes from Mexico
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Passengers (2017)
1 Mexico City United States Los Angeles 1,243,000
2 Mexico City Houston–Intercontinental 1,013,000
3 Mexico City New York–JFK 878,000
4 Cancun Houston–Intercontinental 855,000
5 Guadalajara Los Angeles 812,000
6 Cancún Chicago–O'Hare 797,000
7 Cancún Canada Toronto–Pearson 744,000
8 Cancún New York–JFK 743,000
9 Cancún Atlanta 742,000
10 Cancún Los Angeles 742,000

By seat capacity

The following lists the world's top 10 busiest routes based on total number of seats per year flown in each direction.[17][18]

Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 December 2016 Seats
(in millions)		 August 2015 Seats
(in millions)		 Airlines Serving
1 South Korea Seoul–Gimpo Jeju 6.561 6.8 Air Busan, Asiana Airlines, T'way Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air
2 Japan Tokyo–Haneda Sapporo–New Chitose 6.209 6.2 Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Air Do, Skymark Airlines
3 Tokyo–Haneda Fukuoka 5.961 5.8 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
4 Australia Sydney Melbourne 5.067 5.0 Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia
5 Hong Kong Hong Kong Taiwan Taipei–Taoyuan 4.146 4.2 Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon, China Airlines, EVA Air, Hong Kong Airlines
6 India Delhi Mumbai 4.143 3.9 Air India, Air India Regional, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Vistara
7 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi 4.141 Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, Vietjet Air
8 China Beijing–Capital Shanghai–Hongqiao 3.962 3.8 Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
9 Indonesia Surabaya Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta 3.850 Airfast Indonesia, Batik Air, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia X, Lion Air, Sriwijaya Air
10 Tokyo–Haneda Okinawa 3.785 3.8 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines

The following lists the world's top 10 busiest routes based on total number of seat kilometers per year flown as of 2015.[17]

Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Seat kilometers
(in billions)
1 United Kingdom London–Heathrow United States New York–JFK 10.92
2 London–Heathrow United Arab Emirates Dubai–International 9.37
3 London–Heathrow Hong Kong Hong Kong 8.75
4 London–Heathrow Los Angeles 8.53
5 London–Heathrow Singapore Singapore 8.21
6 Los Angeles New York–JFK 8.12
7 Los Angeles Australia Sydney 7.68
8 Sydney Dubai–International 6.65
9 Taiwan Taipei–Taoyuan Los Angeles 6.44
10 Los Angeles Seoul–Incheon 6.43

By aircraft movements

The following is a list of the worlds 23 busiest air routes based on the number of scheduled flights in both directions in 2017. Note that these statistics do not consider the number of passengers carried. In 2017 Jeju to Seoul-Gimpo was the busiest route with 64,991 flights. 20 of the top 23 routes on the list are domestic routes. The busiest international route is Hong Kong to Taipei with 29,494 flights.

Domestic

Rank City 1 City 2 Flights in 2017[19] Top Carriers
1 South Korea Jeju Seoul–Gimpo 64,991 Asiana Airlines, Jeju Air, Korean Air
2 Australia Melbourne Sydney 54,519 Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tigerair Australia
3 India Delhi Mumbai 49,752 Air India, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Vistara
4 Japan Fukuoka Tokyo–Haneda 42,853 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
5 Brazil Rio de Janeiro São Paulo 39,325 Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM Airlines Brasil, Avianca Brasil
6 Sapporo Tokyo–Haneda 38,389 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
7 United States Los Angeles San Francisco 34,897 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin America
8 Brisbane Sydney 33,765 Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tigerair Australia
9 South Africa Cape Town Johannesburg 31,914 Comair, Mango, South African Airways, Safair
10 China Beijing Shanghai 30,029 Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
11 Delhi Bangalore 29,427 Air Asia India, Air India, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Air Vistara
12 Chicago New York–LaGuardia 29,163 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines
13 Colombia Bogotá Medellin 27,092 Avianca, LATAM Airlines
14 Brisbane Melbourne 25,709 Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia
15 Mumbai Bangalore 25,614 Air India, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet
16 Los Angeles New York–JFK 25,258 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Virgin America
17 Osaka Tokyo–Haneda 21,900 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines
18 Bogotá Cali 21,792 Avianica, LATAM Airlines
19 Beijing Shenzhen 21,675 Air China, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
20 Shanghai Shenzhen 21,644 Spring Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Xianmen Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines

International

Rank City 1 City 2 Flights in 2017[19] Top Carriers
2 Hong Kong Hong Kong Taiwan Taipei 29,494 Cathay Dragon, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Airlines, EVA Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines
1 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Singapore Singapore 29,383 Jetstar Asia, AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, SilkAir, Malindo Airways, Singapore Airlines, Scoot
3 Indonesia Jakarta Singapore 26,872 Jetstar Asia, Garuda, Batik Air, Lion Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Singapore Airlines, Scoot

See also

1 Includes very detailed statistics regarding busiest passenger air routes to/from and within this region

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