BUSIEST FLIGHT ROUTES IN THE WORLD

WHICH ARE THE WORLD'S BUSIEST FLIGHT ROUTES THIS MONTH?

 

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.

BUSIEST DOMESTIC AIRLINE ROUTES | FEBRUARY 2025


KEY POINTS

  • In February 2025, Jeju (CJU) to Seoul (GMP) retains its position as the world’s Busiest Domestic Route with 986,000 seats, however compared to February 2024 capacity is 17% lower.
  • It is important to note the impact of the Leap Year on any comparison against February 2024, and how the seats per day in February offers an adjusted direct comparison against last year. When seats per day are compared for the Jeju (CJU) to Seoul (GMP) route for February 2025 versus last year, the decrease recorded is 14%.
  • Sapporo New Chitose (CTS) to Tokyo Haneda (HND) is the second busiest domestic route with 928,000 seats which is 3% higher than last year.

  • The Top 10 Global Domestic Routes for this month breakdown by country as three Japanese routes, and one route from South Korea, Vietnam, Australia, Saudi Arabia, India, China and Indonesia. The Chinese route of Beijing (PEK) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) is showing the fastest growth rate in capacity in the Top 10, at 24%, while the Jeju (CJU) to Seoul (GMP) is showing the largest decrease in capacity, down 17%.
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CHINA'S TOP 10 BUSIEST DOMESTIC AIRLINE ROUTES | FEBRUARY 2025


KEY POINTS

  • Beijing (PEK) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) remains the Busiest Domestic Route in China in February 2025 with 543,000 seats.
  • Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) to Shenzhen (SZX) is now second busiest route with 481,000 seats, up one place compared to January 2025.
  • Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) is now third place with 447,000 seats, down one place compared to January 2025.
  • All of the top three routes are connecting Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) to another large airport.  Across the Top 10 routes, four routes are to/from Beijing (PEK) or Shenzhen (SZX) and three routes are to/from Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) or Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN).

USA'S TOP 10 BUSIEST DOMESTIC AIRLINE ROUTES | FEBRUARY 2025


KEY POINTS

  • Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX) is the Busiest Domestic Route in the USA in February 2025 with 265,500 seats, which is up 6% on last year.
  • Denver (DEN) to Phoenix (PHX) is the second busiest route with 264,700 seats, just 800 seats behind the busiest route.
  • Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO) has had the biggest increase in capacity in the Top 10 in February 2025 compared to last year adding 24% more seats.
  • Atlanta (ATL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) has had the biggest decrease in capacity year on year with seats dropping by 20%.
  • Out of the Top 6 routes, three of the routes are to/from Los Angeles (LAX) and out of the Top 10, only two are intra state routes, namely Honolulu (HNL) - Kahului (OGG) and Los Angeles (LAX) - San Francisco (SFO).

BUSIEST INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE ROUTES | FEBRUARY 2025


KEY POINTS

  • In February 2025, Hong Kong (HKG) to Taipei (TPE) continues to be the Busiest International Route with 563,000 seats, a 7% increase in capacity compared to February 2024. Cairo (CAI) to Jeddah (JED) is in second place with 436,000 seats which is up 1% on last year. Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Singapore Changi (SIN) is the third busiest international route with 433,000 seats, a capacity increase of 9% compared to last year.

  • Fukuoka (FUK) to Seoul (ICN) has had the biggest increase in capacity in the Top 10 in February 2025 compared to February 2024 adding 10% more seats. Dubai (DXB) to Riyadh (RUH) has had the biggest decrease in capacity year on year with seats dropping by 9%.

  • Only three Global regions are covered in the Top 10 Busiest International Routes:
    • Eight routes within Asia Pacific,
    • One within the Middle East,
    • One linking Africa to the Middle East.

  • Across the Top 10, three routes are to/from Seoul (ICN) and two routes are to/from Hong Kong (HKG), Taipei (TPE), Singapore (SIN) or Tokyo (NRT).
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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.

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