According to OAG, the 105-minute flight between Hong Kong and Taipei (Taiwan, China) topped the ranking of the world's busiest international routes in 2024, with 6,781,577 seats sold.
The flight route over the skyscrapers of Hong Kong and Taipei will be the world's busiest in 2024. (Photo: Getty Images)
Second on the list is the Cairo-Jeddah route, with nearly 5.5 million seats sold. The flight route between the two Egyptian and Saudi Arabian cities has seen incredible growth over the past five years, rising from 14th place in 2019 to second place in 2023 and 2024.
South Korea's capital, Seoul, occupies two positions, with flights to Japan including Tokyo Narita (3rd) and Osaka Kansai (5th).
Singapore's Changi Airport occupies three spots in the top 10, with flights to Kuala Lumpur (4th) in Malaysia, Jakarta (8th) in Indonesia, and Bangkok (9th) in Thailand.
Coming in at number 7 is another Asian route: Bangkok - Hong Kong.
The remaining positions in the top 10 are occupied by the Dubai (UAE) - Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) route at number 6, Bangkok - Hong Kong at number 7, and New York JFK (USA) - London Heathrow (UK) at number 10.
Regarding domestic routes, the top three in the world are all located in Asia: Jeju International - Seoul Gimpo in South Korea; Sapporo New Chitose - Tokyo Haneda and Fukuoka - Tokyo Haneda in Japan.
The Jeju-Seoul route continues to hold the title of the world's busiest domestic flight route, with 14.2 million seats sold, equivalent to nearly 39,000 seats sold per day.
According to OAG's press release, air travel volume has increased rapidly over the past year. For example, the leading route between Hong Kong and Taipei increased from 4.9 million seats in 2023 to nearly 6.8 million; the Cairo-Jeddah route increased by 1.3 million compared to last year.
Flights across the Asia- Pacific region have all seen significant growth.
However, this is bad news for the Earth. According to the Air Transport Action Group, in 2022, the aviation industry accounted for 2.1% of global man-made carbon emissions and 3.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions.
At the time, Matteo Mirolo of Transport & Environment, a group advocating for cleaner transportation, warned that the expansion of the airline industry was "a worrying sign".
"If we don't act now, in a few years, aviation will become one of the biggest emitters of emissions," Mirolo said.
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