Addendum
Asia-Pacific travel binge accelerates
April 1st 2019
Seventy five per cent of the top 20 busiest routes in the world were in the Asia-Pacific in the 12 months to March 31, OAG’s regional sales director, Japan and the Asia-Pacific, Mayur Patel, said at a recent media briefing of the OAG Busiest Routes 2019 survey. Read More »
Asia also had the top five busiest routes, clustered around the hubs of Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. On average, domestic and international Asian routes are served by seven airlines. In the U.S. and Europe, it averages three.
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Topping the list for 2018 was Kuala Lumpur-Singapore with 30,187 flights operated by eight carriers, followed by Hong Kong-Taipei with 28,447 flights. In third place was Jakarta-Singapore (27,046 flights), Hong Kong-Shanghai (20,678) and Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur (19,741).
Asia took out four of the five top routes for journeys of less than 1,500 kilometres led by perennial record holder, Jeju-Gimpo, with 79,460 flights a year or 200 flights a day flown by seven airlines. Melbourne-Sydney was in second place with 54,102 flights from four carriers flying 148 flights a day.
Delhi-Mumbai (45,188 from six carriers), Fukuoka-Tokyo Haneda (39,406 from four carriers) and Sao Paulo-Rio de Janeiro at 39,747 from three airlines, rounded up the top five city pairs.
Indonesia is home to more of the top 20 busiest domestic routes than its neighbours, with three. Australia, China, India, Japan and the U.S. each have two. In China, three of the busiest medium haul routes – 1,500-3,000 kilometres – originate and end in Beijing. All of Asia’s busiest routes operate within Asia, OAG said.
