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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.

London to New York City is the world’s busiest long-haul route, with over 30 daily flights in each direction for 4.2 million passengers in 2015 between four airports in London (Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and London City) and two serving New York (JFK and Newark), with competition between British Airways/American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic/Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Air India and Kuwait Airways[1]

By number of passengers

World

The world's ten busiest air routes by origin-and-destination passenger volume (9 domestic and 1 international):[2] [3] [4]

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

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
1 France Toulouse/Blagnac France Paris/Orly 2,322,456 2,330,224 2,379,100 2,330,949
2 Spain Madrid/Barajas Spain Barcelona/El Prat 3,102,436 2,550,462 2,213,200 2,204,765
3 France Nice/Côte d'Azur France Paris/Orly 2,236,436 2,175,773 2,160,300 2,072,138
4 Norway Oslo Norway Trondheim 1,749,545 1,911,712
5 Italy Catania/Fontanarossa Italy Rome/Fiumicino 1,842,940 1,694,400 1,566,800 1,869,881
6 Germany Berlin/Tegel Germany Munich 1,667,408 1,731,145 1,831,700 1,868,877
7 Norway Oslo Norway Bergen 1,691,887 1,818,852
8 Germany Frankfurt Germany Berlin/Tegel 1,792,655 1,813,063 1,845,600 1,792,006
9 Germany Munich Germany Hamburg 1,717,734 1,719,351 1,713,200 1,756,990
10 United Kingdom London/Heathrow Republic of Ireland Dublin 1,556,111 1,577,649 1,663,900 1,650,394
11 Norway Oslo Norway Stavanger 1,434,043 1,564,631
12 Germany Munich Germany Düsseldorf 1,569,364 1,553,361 1,558,200 1,527,416
13 United Kingdom London/Heathrow Germany Frankfurt 1,459,909 1,482,649 1,488,600 1,506,826
14 Netherlands Amsterdam/Schiphol United Kingdom London/Heathrow 1,406,964 1,429,800 1,443,400 1,486,783
15 Italy Rome/Fiumicino Italy Palermo/Falcone Borsellino 1,499,933 1,360,400 1,264,100 1,475,957
16 United Kingdom London/Heathrow United Kingdom Edinburgh 1,244,400 1,254,800 1,355,700 1,472,648
17 Italy Milan/Linate Italy Rome/Fiumicino 1,524,433 1,378,800 1,416,100 1,453,610
18 Sweden Stockholm Denmark Copenhagen 1,166,000 1,269,200 1,325,700 1,444,429
19 Spain Barcelona/El Prat Spain Palma de Mallorca/Son Sant Joan 1,639,423 1,460,684 1,388,900 1,410,172
20 Greece Athens Greece Thessaloniki 997,200 1,543,993
21 Denmark Copenhagen Norway Oslo 1,395,277
Germany Frankfurt Austria Vienna International Airport 952,400 1,182,200 1,307,900 1,346,948
Germany Frankfurt Germany Hamburg 1,587,593 1,385,867 1,362,400 1,343,857
Sweden Stockholm Norway Oslo 1,342,544
Germany Köln-Bonn Germany Berlin/Tegel 1,026,900 1,088,700 1,288,200 1,321,336
Spain Madrid/Barajas Spain Palma de Mallorca/Son Sant Joan 1,604,853 1,442,410 1,224,700 1,283,404
United Kingdom London/Heathrow Spain Madrid/Barajas 1,093,400 1,197,700 1,264,800 1,274,714
France Paris/Charles De Gaulle United Kingdom London/Heathrow 1,277,330 1,204,533 1,209,900 1,247,831
Greece Athens Cyprus Larnaca 1,209,900 1,247,831

* Figures are only available for EU countries, United Kingdom, 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, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway) and outside Europe

Eurostat[8]
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Passengers (2010)
1 United Kingdom London/Heathrow United States New York/John F Kennedy 2,551,276
2 United Kingdom London/Heathrow United Arab Emirates Dubai/Intl 1,974,098
3 United Kingdom London/Heathrow Hong Kong Hong Kong/Chek Lap Kok 1,801,520
4 United Kingdom London/Heathrow Singapore Singapore/Changi 1,507,032
5 United Kingdom London/Heathrow United States Los Angeles/Intl 1,419,144
6 France Paris/Charles De Gaulle United States New York/John F Kennedy 1,190,914
7 France Paris/Charles De Gaulle Canada Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1,158,381
8 United Kingdom London/Heathrow United States Chicago/O'Hare 1,138,579
9 France Paris/Orly Guadeloupe Guadeloupe/Pointe-à-Pitre 1,098,322
10 United Kingdom London/Heathrow United States New York/Newark Liberty(NJ) 1,091,804


United States (September 2014 - August 2015)

Busiest air routes by city pairs within the United States [11]
Rank City 1 City 2 Passengers
(Sep 2014-Aug 2015)
1 Chicago, IL (Metro Area) New York City, NY (Metro Area) 4,020,000
2 Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area) San Francisco, CA (Metro Area) 3,660,000
3 Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area) New York City, NY (Metro Area) 3,420,000
4 Chicago, IL (Metro Area) Los Angeles, CA (Metro Area) 3,010,000
5 Miami, FL (Metro Area) New York City, NY (Metro Area) 2,750,000
6 Atlanta, GA (Metro Area) Chicago, IL (Metro Area) 2,720,000
7 Chicago, IL (Metro Area) Minneapolis, MN (Metro Area) 2,720,000
8 Atlanta, GA (Metro Area) New York City, NY (Metro Area) 2,600,000
9 Atlanta, GA (Metro Area) Orlando, FL (Metro Area) 2,620,000
10 Chicago, IL (Metro Area) Washington, DC (Metro Area) 2,620,000

Australia (2013)

See also: List of the busiest air routes in Australia by passenger traffic
Busiest domestic air routes in Australia[12] (all passengers including connecting)
Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Passengers (2014)
1 Melbourne Sydney 8,322,300
2 Brisbane Sydney 4,447,900
3 Brisbane Melbourne 3,317,100
4 Gold Coast Sydney 2,596,400
5 Adelaide Melbourne 2,272,000
6 Melbourne Perth 2,160,700
7 Adelaide Sydney 1,813,000
8 Perth Sydney 1,798,900
9 Gold Coast Melbourne 1,754,200
10 Melbourne Hobart 1,400,200

By seat capacity

2015

The following lists the world's top 10 busiest routes based on total number of seats per year flown in each direction as of August 2015.[13]

Rank Airport 1 Airport 2 Seats
(in millions)		 Airlines Serving
1 South Korea Gimpo South Korea Jeju 6.8 Air Busan, Asiana Airlines, T'way Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Korean Air
2 Japan Tokyo-Haneda Japan Sapporo-New Chitose 6.2 Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Air Do, Skymark Airlines
3 Japan Tokyo-Haneda Japan Fukuoka 5.8 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
4 Australia Sydney Australia Melbourne 5.0 Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia
5 Hong Kong Hong Kong Taiwan Taipei 4.2 Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Dragonair, EVA Air, Hong Kong Airlines
6 India Delhi India Mumbai 3.9 Air India, Air India Regional, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Vistara
7 Japan Tokyo-Haneda Japan Okinawa 3.8 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines
8 China Beijing China Shanghai-Hongqiao 3.8 Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, Spring Airlines
9 Japan Tokyo-Haneda Japan Osaka 3.7 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, StarFlyer
10 Brazil São Paulo-Congonhas Brazil Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont 3.6 Avianca Brazil, Azul Brazilian Airlines, Gol Airlines, TAM Airlines

The following lists the world's top 10 busiest routes based on total number of seat kilometers per year flown as of 2015.[13]

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

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.[14] 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, Azul 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 City 184 American Airlines, Delta Connection, Delta Shuttle, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, United Express
5 Fukuoka Tokyo 136 All Nippon Airways, Air Nippon, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
6 Delhi Mumbai 140 Air India, Air-India Express, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Air Vistara
7 Sapporo Tokyo 128 Air Do, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
8 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
9 Jakarta Surabaya 123 Airfast Indonesia, Batik Air, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia Air Asia, Lion Air, Nam Air, Sriwijaya Air
10 Cape Town Johannesburg 116 Comair, Kulula.com, Mango, South African Airways, South African Express
11- Osaka Tokyo 115 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines
11- Toronto Montreal 106 Air Canada, Porter Airlines, Westjet, Air Transat
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 City 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, Hong Kong Airlines
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 City 72 Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines
19 Honolulu Kahului 72 Hawaiian Airlines, Island Air, Mokulele
19 Delhi Bangalore 84 AirAsia India, Air India, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Air Vistara
20 Miami New York City 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 City 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

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

References

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