What are the top 5 busiest air routes in the world? Good question. I regularly fly one of them so decided to cover that topic in this travel vlog. Can you guess the top 5?
These statistics are based on departures, not passenger numbers, as reported by Forbes by Statista. Data is based on flights taken in 2017.
The top ten busiest air routes in the world are all domestic. The busiest is the 282 mile route between Jeju and Seoul in South Korea with 64,991 departures last year. The 443 mile trip from Melbourne to Sydney comes second with 54,519 departures. Third place is Mumbai to Delhi with 47,462 departures last year.
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You are on the wrong side of the road again!
Tilt the glass ya doofus lol
I thought SYD-AKL was one of the top 5 routes. It is surprising Seoul – Jeju as I thought LHR-CDG was about the most busiest.ย And I too was wondering what job you were doing.
Awesome video again Stefan! I've recently started to follow your video and I'm really enjoying it! And yup! Seoul <-> Jeju is the crazy one. Pretty much every 10 min departures with 6 different airlines from CS300 to B772! (No more B744 though ๐ ) Thanks again for a superb video! Two thumbs up mate!
Great video!!!
Or is it a white kangaroo?
I love that you took the time to pause for the sunrise!
Great video as usual, Stefan! Having done that trip many times myself, it looks like fun (not!) No interminable delays at the airport for you? Lucky!! The SYD-MEL route is also known as the one where at peak times you'll spend more time on the ground (at each end) than in the air. ๐
Do you really need to catch a cab/uber to get to your meetings? I've long since given up on Sydney traffic and take the train instead, finding it's cheaper and quicker and a lot more reliable (in traffic)… and beneath the terminal.
Great vid
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nice video!
Itโs pretty cool you have a massive passion for aviation. In some alternative universe you would be a great flight crew member to fly with
Wow I am amazed that the USA wasnโt in the top five. Great video Stefan. Keep up the great work ๐
Hey Stef, another great informational and entertaining video mate. Welcome to Sydney and yes the traffic here is rubbish. Just remember somewhere in the world it's 6 o'clock so drink up bud๐ cheers.
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Great vid, beers and wine after 4pm on Qantas, I hope you haven't been missing out.
You told us the number of departures between two airports. But in terms of passenger count what is the busiest routes? ๐ค #sizeofaircraftcounts
another good one Stefan ! Other very busy routes I can think of include Madrid – Barcelona/ London – Dublin / Hong Kong – Taipei / Singapore – Kuala Lumpur
Big fan of your channel.
I never realised how good the road access/traffic flow into Melb Airport was until today. Was in Sydney for a day trip (Sunday) and they had road works all around the airport, total nightmare trying to reach T2 at 5pm D: Ended up cutting my Uber ride short and walking the remaining distance to the terminal.
Im an รผber driver, there is always bad traffic on that road, where the mcdonalds is in the mid morning.
I think it's Korea the capital city Seoul so south Korea???
you deserve more
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When pouring your beer till glass do it slowly
Just build high speed train between sydney and melbourn.
How much normally for Uber between your house in Melbourne to Airport, and your workplace in Sydney to Airport?
The top 10 busiest domestic routes in the world
1. Seoul Gimpo – Jeju: 79,640 flights
2. Melbourne – Sydney: 54,102 flights
3. Mumbai – Delhi: 45,188 flights
4. Sao Paulo – Rio de Janeiro: 39,747 flights
5. Fukuoka – Tokyo Haneda: 39,406 flights
6. Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City: 39,291 flights
7. Sapporo – Tokyo Haneda: 39,271 flights
8. Jakarta – Surabaya: 37,762 flights
9. Los Angeles – San Francisco: 35,365 flights
10. Jeddah – Riyadh: 35,149 flights
The 10 busiest international routes in the world
1. Kuala Lumpur – Singapore: 30,187 flights
2. Hong Kong – Taipei: 28,447 flights
3. Jakarta – Singapore: 27,046 flights
4. Hong Kong – Shanghai: 20,678 flights
5. Jakarta – Kuala Lumpur: 19,741 flights
6. Seoul Incheon – Osaka: 19,711 flights
7. New York LaGuardia – Toronto: 17,038 flights
8. Hong Kong – Seoul Incheon: 15,770 flights
9. Bangkok – Singapore: 14,698 flights
10. Dubai – Kuwait: 14,581 flights
(Asquith, 2020)
Asquith, J. (2020). ๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ด ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ 180 ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด? Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesasquith/2020/01/21/do-you-know-what-the-worlds-busiest-flight-route-is-with-180-daily-flights/#713a959e702e
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Yes I'm from the island ๐ I think there are like 200 flights everyday between GMP – CJU