The top two busiest international flight routes from India have one thing in common

The busiest airline routes are defined as the routes with the largest number of scheduled seats in the past 12 months.


While Mumbai-Dubai has secured the eighth position among the world's busiest flight routes, Delhi-Dubai is at the tenth position.

According to data from OAG Aviation Worldwide, two international routes originating from India have emerged in the top 10 busiest flight routes. The two routes have one thing in common - the destination.

The Mumbai-Dubai and Delhi-Dubai routes have ranked eighth and tenth respectively among the world's busiest flight routes.


While the Mumbai-Dubai route has an annual capacity of about 2 million seats, the Delhi-Dubai route has about 1.9 million seats available.

The busiest airline routes are defined as those with the largest amount of scheduled seats in the last 12 months (October 2021 - September 2022).

The busiest international route is between Cairo and Jeddah (CAI-JED), with 35 daily flights, with the route having the largest amount of scheduled seats in the past 12 months at 3.2 million. The busiest international route in 2019, pre-COVID, was between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Changi (KUL-SIN) with an annual capacity of 2.4 million seats.

The busiest domestic airline route was found between Japan's Jeju International and Seoul Gimpo International Airport (CJU-GMP), OAG data further revealed.

Their point of arrival is Singapore on four of the top 10 longest flight routes in the world. As of September 2022 the longest airline route, which is currently in operation, is 9,527 miles between New York and Singapore (JFK-SIN). This route is operated by Singapore Airlines on the A350-900 and the average flight duration of this super long sector is 18 hours 40 minutes.

Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been a decline in the number of direct flights offered by airlines globally, forcing people to opt for one-stop or two-stop connectivity. Based on passenger booking data for the period August 2021 - July 2022, eight of the top 10 largest unreserved routes or routes where travelers are taking one-stop or two-stop connectivity begin or end in North America. This includes a New York route that connects Mumbai and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport over a 12-month period with approximately 82,000 passengers currently traveling indirectly between these two cities, the OAG said. .