Crowded Skies: The World’s Busiest International and Domestic Routes are in Asia Pacific

With 30,187 flights in the course of a year, the route between Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) and Changi Airport, Singapore (SIN), has the highest frequency of services, once again topping our Busiest Routes International table.

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Analysis from this year’s report shows

15 of the Top 20 Global International busiest routes operate within Asia.

There are an average of 7 carriers for Asian routes (domestic and international) while in the more mature markets of the United States and Europe, the average carrier rate is 3.

Globally, 7 of the Top 10 Busiest long-haul routes start or end in the US.