The 450-kilometer route from Seoul’s Gimpo Airport to Jeju Island off the Korean Peninsula serves greater than 13.4 million short-haul domestic travelers and has once more earned the title of the world’s most sought-after air route.
The route has a median of 180 scheduled flights a day – or one every eight minutes – carrying mostly tourists from South Korea’s densely populated capital to the island famous for its white sandy beaches and volcanic landscape.
A complete of 13,460,305 passengers flew between Seoul and Jeju in 2017, a rise of 9.4% in comparison with the previous 12 months, when the route was also considered the world’s busiest. It carried a staggering 4,369,364 more passengers than the second busiest, the Melbourne–Sydney Kingsford Smith.
While the United States stays the world’s largest aviation market, evaluation by Online route showed that air services within the Asia-Pacific region dominate the 100 busiest routes by way of passenger numbers, accounting for greater than 70 percent of the entire.
The research results were published as 3,000 aviation industry professionals prepare to satisfy at World Routes 2018, which can be held from September 15 to 18 in Guangzhou, China.
The event is a world meeting place for airlines, airports and tourism organizations to debate recent market opportunities and the evolution of existing services.
Steven Small, brand director of Routes, said: “This research confirms predictions that the Asia-Pacific region can be the most important driver of passenger demand over the following 20 years. Such stunning aviation development means it’s the proper time for World Routes to return to China.
“The event will bring together senior decision-makers from around the world to plan new air services and discuss increasing the frequency and capacity of existing routes that are popular with passengers. Negotiations taking place in Guangzhou could pave the way for the busiest routes of the future.”
We are more than happy to see many routes and airlines in Southeast Asia rating highly within the study. The full list of test results is as follows:
Note: The world’s busiest routes have been calculated using OAG schedule analyzerDown find the five hundred routes with the very best capability by way of total seats in 2017. The routes were then ranked by passenger numbers using data provided by Saber market intelligence.
The report includes an important information regarding air routes in Southeast Asia:
The ten best national routes
- All of the highest ten routes are within the Asia-Pacific region, with 4 including Tokyo Haneda (HND)
- The fastest growing route in the highest 10 is Jeju – Seoul Gimpo (CJU-GMP), while Jakarta – Juanda Surabaya (CGK-SUB) is the just one to see a decline
The ten fastest growing routes
- The fastest-growing route in the highest 100 busiest is the Thai domestic route Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Chiang Mai (BKK-CNX), with passenger numbers growing 36 percent year-on-year
