It’s not in North America, not in Europe where international air traffic is booming, but in Asia – and the top 10 are all in Asia.
The busiest international routes were calculated by using OAG to find the top 100 routes in the world by capacity in July 2017 and then ranking them by passenger statistics on Sabre.
- Hongkong – Taiwan
- Jakarta – Singapore
- Kuala Lumpur -Singapre
- Seoul – Osaka
- Hongkong – Shanghai
- Tapei- Osaka
- Seoul – Hongkong
- Taipei – Tokyo
- Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta
12. Moscow Domodedovo (DME) – Simferopol (SIP)
16. Duesseldorf – Palma de Mallorca
The busiest international routes were calculated by using OAG to find the top 100 routes in the world by capacity in July 2017 and then ranking them by passenger statistics on Sabre.
The most expensive route in the top 20 was Hong Kong (HKG) – Beijing Capital (PEK) – operated by Cathay Dragon, Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Southern Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines – with an average base fare of $333.08. The cheapest was Palma de Mallorca (PMI) – Duesseldorf (DUS), operated by a string of low-cost carriers including NIKI, Eurowings and Germania.
