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 September 2024, Jeju (CJU) to Seoul (GMP) continues to be the busiest domestic route in the world with 1.1 million seats.
• Hokkaido’s Chitose Airport (CTS) to Tokyo Haneda (HND) is the second busiest route with 1 million seats, a 1% decrease in seats per day compared to last month.
• Hanoi (HAN) to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) has had the biggest decrease in capacity in the Top 10 this month compared to last month with seats per day dropping by 10%. This moves the route down one place to fourth and Fukuoka (FUK) to Tokyo Haneda (HND) moves up a place into third.
• Beijing (PEK) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) has had the biggest increase in capacity this month with seats per day increasing by 8% compared to last month which moves the route up a place to eighth.
• Jakarta (CGK) to Makassar (UPG) has moved up into the Top 10 busiest domestic routes in seventh place and Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) has dropped out.

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• Beijing (PEK) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) continues to be the busiest domestic route in China in September 2024 with 676,294 seats. This route has also experienced the biggest growth in capacity in the Top 10 this month compared to last month increasing seats per day by 8%.
• Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) to Shenzhen (SZX) has moved up one place this month to be the second busiest domestic route in China with 565,990 seats.
• Guangzhou (CAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) is one of two routes which have had the biggest decrease in capacity this month compared to last month with seats per day dropping by 12%; Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) to Beijing Daxing International (PKX) is the other. Both routes have dropped one place - Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) moves down to third place and Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) to Beijing Daxing International (PKX) moves down to ninth place.
• Hangzhou (HGH) to Beijing (PEK) has moved up into the Top 10 in tenth place and Chongqing (CKG) to Shenzhen (SZX) has dropped out.  

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• Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX) continues to be the busiest domestic route in the USA for September 2024 with 285,893 seats.
• Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SAN) has had a 2% increase in seats per day this month compared to last month, moving the route up two places to second.
• New York La Guardia (LGA) to Chicago O’Hare (ORD) has moved down one place to third with 278,342 seats.
• Three domestic routes from Denver (DEN) have moved up into the Top 10 busiest domestic routes in the USA; Denver (DEN) to Phoenix (PHX), Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and Las Vegas (LAS) in eighth, ninth and tenth place respectively.
• Anchorage (ANC) to Seattle (SEA), Honolulu (HNL) to Los Angeles (LAX) and Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago O’Hare (ORD) have all dropped out of the Top 10.

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• In September 2024, Hong Kong (HKG) to Taipei (TPE) continues to be the busiest international route with 568,716 seats.
• Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Singapore Changi (SIN) is the second busiest international route with 475,582 seats.
• Seoul Incheon (ICN) to Tokyo Narita (NRT) is close behind in third place with 444,742 seats - there is only a gap of 27,840 (6.3%) seats between the two routes.
• Cairo (CAI) to Jeddah (JED) has had the biggest drop in capacity this month compared to last month with seats per day dropping by 17%, moving the route down a place to be the fifth busiest.
• Seoul Incheon (ICN) to Osaka Kansai (KIX) has moved up a place from fifth last month to fourth this month with 406,976 seats.
• Tokyo Narita (NRT) to Taipei (TPE) has moved up into the Top 10 busiest international routes this month in tenth place and Jakarta (CGK) to Singapore Changi (SIN) has dropped out.
  
  
• Seven of the routes in the Top 10 Busiest International Routes for September 2024 are from Asia Pacific region, two routes are from the Middle East and one from Africa, Europe and North America.

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.