BUSIEST FLIGHT ROUTES IN THE WORLD

View and interrogate OAG’s ever-popular Busiest Airline Routes whenever you need as they evolve and change over time, regularly providing updates on the busiest flight routes in the world. These include the Top 10 Busiest Global Airline Routes, Top 10 Domestic Airline Routes and International Airline Routes by region. Our flight routes data is powered by Schedules Analyser.

Find extensive flight data and analysis for domestic and international airline routes below and discover the busiest air routes in the area of your choice.

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• In October 2024, Jeju (CJU) to Seoul (GMP) continues to be the busiest domestic route in the world with 1.2 million seats.
• Sapporo New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Tokyo Haneda (HND) is the second busiest route with 1 million seats, which is 16% below the level of the busiest domestic route, Jeju (CJU) to Seoul (GMP).
• Jakarta (CGK) to Makassar (UPG) has had the biggest decrease in capacity in the top 10 this month compared to last month with seats per day dropping by 9%. This moves the route down three places from seventh to tenth, with the three routes moving up being Beijing (PEK) - Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), Tokyo Haneda (HND) - Okinawa Nahamoving (OKA) and Mumbai (BOM) – Delhi (DEL) to positions 7th, 8th and 9th respectively.  
• The top six routes in October 2024 are the same as in September 2024.

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• Beijing (PEK) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) continues to be the Busiest Domestic Route in China in October 2024 with 696,968 seats.
• Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) has moved up one place this month to be the second busiest domestic route in China with 597,946 seats, while Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) to Shenzhen (SZX) drops one place to third busiest domestic route and is the route in the top 10 which has had the biggest decrease in capacity this month compared to last month, with seats per day dropping by 3%.
• Other routes moving around in the Top 10 busiest domestic routes in China are Hangzhou (HGH) to Shenzhen (SZX) which dropped two places to ninth route from last month, which sees Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) – Beijing (PEK) and Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) – Beijing (PKX) move one place each to seventh and eighth busiest routes respectively.

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• This month sees Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO) replace Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX) as the Busiest Domestic Route in the USA.
• Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO) has had a 10% increase in seats per day this month compared to last month whereas Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX) only has a 3% increase in seats per day.
• The routes that make up the Top 10 this month are the same as last month but all of the routes have changed position. Four routes along with Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO) have moved one place up the ranking, these are Atlanta (ATL) to New York La Guardia (LGA), New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX), Denver (DEN) to Phoenix (PHL) and Denver (DEN) to Las Vegas (LAS).
• There are four routes along with Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX) which have moved one place down the ranking, there are New York La Guardia (LGA) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Honolulu (HNL) to Kahului (OGG), Atlanta (ATL) to New York La Guardia (LGA) and Denver (DEN) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD). 

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• In October 2024, Hong Kong (HKG) to Taipei (TPE) continues to be the Busiest International route with 586,074 seats.
• Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Singapore Changi (SIN) is the second busiest international route with 481,054 seats.
• Seoul Incheon (ICN) to Tokyo Narita (NRT) is close behind in third place with 471,407 seats, there is only a gap of 9,647 (2.0%) seats between the two routes.
• The top six routes in October 2024 are the same as in September 2024.
• New York JFK (JFK) to London Heathrow (LHR) has had the biggest drop in capacity this month compared to last month with seats per day dropping by 3%, which moves the route down two places to be the ninth busiest route.
• Two routes move up one place this month, namely Bangkok (BKK) to Hong Kong (HKG) move from 8th last month to 7th this month and Bangkok (BKK) to Singapore Changi (SIN) move from 9th last month to 8th this month. 
• Seven of the routes in the top 10 Busiest International routes for October 2024 are from Asia Pacific region exclusively, one route connects Africa and the Middle, one route connects North America and Europe and one route connects two Middle East points. 

The busiest air routes are defined as those with the largest volume of scheduled airline seats in the current calendar month. Data is for flights in both directions on each route and is sourced from OAG Schedules Analyser in the first week of each month. The data reflects the most recent full calendar month for the busiest scheduled domestic and international aviation routes in each category.