The Busiest Airline Routes May Be A Surprise To You

Forbes Lifestyle ForbesLife The Busiest Airline Routes May Be A Surprise To You Gary Stoller Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Following Click to save this article. You'll be asked to sign into your Forbes account. Got it Jan 13, 2024, 09:00am EST Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The busiest airline route in the USA may come as a surprise to many travelers.

It’s not New York Washington or Los Angeles San Francisco. Would you believe Honolulu Kahului? The route from Hawaii’s Oahu to Maui ranks No. 1, based on 3.6 million seats available for flights in 2023, according to a year end analysis by OAG, which provides data to more than 250 airlines. The second busiest route is Atlanta Orlando, which had 3.5 million seats available last year.

The nation's busiest route is Honolulu, Oahu Kahalui, Maui, according to a a year end analysis by ... [+] airline data provider OAG. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, FIle) AP2005 Rounding out the top 10 busiest routes are No. 3 Los Angeles Las Vegas, followed, consecutively, by New York (JFK Airport) Los Angeles, Denver Las Vegas, Los Angeles San Francisco, Atlanta Fort Lauderdale, Denver Phoenix, Atlanta New York (LaGuardia Airport) and Los Angeles Chicago (O’Hare Airport).

The busiest routes “typically contain a mix of business and leisure travel and have super large airports operating as hubs for their respective base airlines,” says John Grant, the OAG’s chief analyst. “The local market demand is supplemented by the connecting traffic.” The busiest international route worldwide is Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore, a route that had 4.9 million aircraft seats available last year.

It’s the busiest route because of “a combination of historic links between the two countries, and business and family links support the capacity and demand,” Grant says. “In addition, Singapore Airlines literally connects thousands of passengers a day through their hub that start their journey in Malaysia.” MORE FOR YOU iOS 17 3 Release Date Apple Hurriedly Re Releases Important iPhone Update A Pair Of Ukrainian M 2 Fighting Vehicles Tag Teamed A Russian T 90 Tank.

‘This Tank Got F’ing Ganked.’ The Best Mattresses Of 2024, Tested By Our Sleep Experts The second busiest international route is Cairo, Egypt Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which had 4.8 million available seats. The New York (JFK Airport) London (Heathrow Airport) route ranks No. 8 with nearly 3.9 million seats and is the only route involving a U.S.

city in the top 10. With 61 million available airline seats, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport is the busiest airport worldwide. Dubai International Airport ranks No. 2 with nearly 57 million seats. Four other U.S. airports rank in the top 10 busiest airports worldwide: No. 5 Dallas Fort Worth, No.

6 Denver, No. 8 Los Angeles and No. 9 Chicago O’Hare. Follow me on Twitter . Gary Stoller Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.