Despite remaining 15% below pre-pandemic levels, Hong Kong-Taipei takes the top spot for the busiest international flight route, according to OAG. While many Asia-Pacific routes haven't fully recovered, routes in the Middle East are seeing significant growth.
Hong Kong - Taipei is the busiest international flight route, according to a report released Tuesday by aviation intelligence company OAG. The route — which last held that position in 2019 — again tops the list despite seat capacity remaining 15% below pre-pandemic levels. Seven of the 10 busiest international routes in the world are in Asia-Pacific, though seat capacity on many of those routes still haven't recovered to 2019 levels.
However, two routes on the list — both in the Middle East — show significant growth since 2019. The second busiest route, Cairo to Jeddah, has around 5.5 million available seats, which is 62% higher than 2019 levels, according to OAG.The third busiest route — Seoul Incheon to Tokyo Narita — also showed significant growth (68%) from pre-pandemic levels. Several factors explain why, said John Grant, chief analyst at OAG. 'Firstly, with the Chinese international market still slowly recovering, airlines have had to allocate aircraft to other markets. And Japan is a very popular destination at the moment,' he said.'On top of that ... a few new carriers have entered the market, including airlines such as Eastar and Air Japan. And finally ... Haneda airport is effectively full so that new capacity has had to go to Narita.' The route linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, which was the busiest international route of 2023, moved to fourth place, with seats 3% below 2019 levels. Bangkok to Hong Kong, the seventh busiest route, is also not fully restored, remaining 13% behind pre-pandemic capacity. New York-JFK to London-Heathrow is the only route on the top 10 list that touches down in North America and Europe. Seat capacity on the route rose 3% last year, reaching 4 million seats, according to OA
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