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Top 100 busiest international airline routes
- by number of daily departures
UPDATED 2026-09-12This is a list of the 100 busiest international (flights between countries) airline routes in the world. The list is based on scheduled passenger flights only and is ordered by number of departures. The number of passengers are not counted (and would differ alot depending on aircraft capacity).
Please note that scheduled flights with helicopters are also included, like the Nice - Monaco route.
From: To:
1
Jeddah (JED)
Cairo (CAI) 
34 flights every day
2
Kairo (CAI)
Jeddah (JED)
34 flights every day
3
Seoul (ICN)
Tokyo (NRT) 
34 flights every day
4
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Singapore (SIN) 
34 flights every day
5
Tokyo (NRT)
Seoul (ICN)
34 flights every day
6
Singapore (SIN)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
34 flights every day
7
Osaka (KIX)
Seoul (ICN)
33 flights every day
8
Seoul (ICN)
Osaka (KIX)
33 flights every day
9
Singapore (SIN)
Jakarta (CGK) 
30 flights every day
10
Jakarta (CGK)
Singapore (SIN)
30 flights every day
11
Taipei (TPE)
Hong Kong (HKG) 
29 flights every day
12
Hongkong (HKG)
Taipei (TPE)
29 flights every day
13
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Jakarta (CGK)
25 flights every day
14
Jakarta (CGK)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
25 flights every day
15
Riyadh (RUH)
Cairo (CAI)
22 flights every day
16
Kairo (CAI)
Riyadh (RUH)
22 flights every day
17
London (LHR)
New York (JFK) 
21 flights every day
18
New York (JFK)
London (LHR)
21 flights every day
19
Tokyo (NRT)
Taipei (TPE)
21 flights every day
20
Taipei (TPE)
Tokyo (NRT)
21 flights every day
21
Toronto (YYZ)
New York (LGA)
20 flights every day
22
New York (LGA)
Toronto (YYZ)
20 flights every day
23
Fukuoka (FUK)
Seoul (ICN)
20 flights every day
24
Seoul (ICN)
Fukuoka (FUK)
20 flights every day
25
Osaka (KIX)
Taipei (TPE)
18 flights every day
26
Taipei (TPE)
Osaka (KIX)
18 flights every day
27
Dubai (DXB)
Riyadh (RUH)
17 flights every day
28
Saint Barthelemy (SBH)
Sint Maarten (SXM) 
17 flights every day
29
Hongkong (HKG)
Shanghai (PVG) 
17 flights every day
30
Philipsburg (SXM)
Saint Barthelemy (SBH)
17 flights every day
31
Riyadh (RUH)
Dubai (DXB)
17 flights every day
32
Shanghai (PVG)
Hong Kong (HKG)
17 flights every day
33
Seoul (ICN)
Qingdao (TAO)
17 flights every day
34
Qingdao (TAO)
Seoul (ICN)
17 flights every day
35
Tokyo (NRT)
Hong Kong (HKG)
17 flights every day
36
Moskva (SVO)
Antalya (AYT) 
16 flights every day
37
Hongkong (HKG)
Tokyo (NRT)
16 flights every day
38
Bangkok (BKK)
Singapore (SIN)
16 flights every day
39
Singapore (SIN)
Bangkok (BKK)
16 flights every day
40
Antalya (AYT)
Moscow (SVO)
16 flights every day
41
Dublin (DUB)
London (LHR)
16 flights every day
42
Köpenhamn (CPH)
Oslo (OSL) 
16 flights every day
43
Oslo (OSL)
Copenhagen (CPH)
16 flights every day
44
Chicago (ORD)
Toronto (YYZ)
16 flights every day
45
London (LHR)
Dublin (DUB)
16 flights every day
46
Singapore (SIN)
Denpasar (DPS)
15 flights every day
47
Denpasar (DPS)
Singapore (SIN)
15 flights every day
48
Vancouver (YVR)
Seattle (SEA)
15 flights every day
49
Taipei (TPE)
Bangkok (BKK)
15 flights every day
50
Bangkok (BKK)
Taipei (TPE)
15 flights every day
51
Orlando (MCO)
San Juan (SJU) 
15 flights every day
52
San Juan (SJU)
Orlando (MCO)
15 flights every day
53
Hongkong (HKG)
Seoul (ICN)
15 flights every day
54
Toronto (YYZ)
Chicago (ORD)
15 flights every day
55
Bangkok (BKK)
Hong Kong (HKG)
15 flights every day
56
Seoul (ICN)
Hong Kong (HKG)
15 flights every day
57
Stockholm (ARN)
Helsinki (HEL) 
15 flights every day
58
Palma De Mallorca (PMI)
Dusseldorf (DUS) 
15 flights every day
59
Dublin (DUB)
Manchester (MAN)
15 flights every day
60
Manchester (MAN)
Dublin (DUB)
15 flights every day
61
Hongkong (HKG)
Bangkok (BKK)
15 flights every day
62
Helsingfors (HEL)
Stockholm (ARN)
14 flights every day
63
Dusseldorf (DUS)
Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
14 flights every day
64
Kimhae (PUS)
Taipei (TPE)
14 flights every day
65
Taipei (TPE)
Busan (PUS)
14 flights every day
66
Rom (FCO)
Madrid (MAD)
14 flights every day
67
Stockholm (ARN)
Copenhagen (CPH)
14 flights every day
68
Seattle (SEA)
Vancouver (YVR)
14 flights every day
69
Köpenhamn (CPH)
Stockholm (ARN)
14 flights every day
70
Guangzhou (CAN)
Bangkok (BKK)
14 flights every day
71
Bangkok (BKK)
Guangzhou (CAN)
14 flights every day
72
Madrid (MAD)
Lisbon (LIS) 
14 flights every day
73
Hongkong (HKG)
Osaka (KIX)
13 flights every day
74
Taipei (TPE)
Okinawa (OKA)
13 flights every day
75
Okinawa (OKA)
Taipei (TPE)
13 flights every day
76
Osaka (KIX)
Hong Kong (HKG)
13 flights every day
77
Singapore (SIN)
Shanghai (PVG)
13 flights every day
78
Shanghai (PVG)
Singapore (SIN)
13 flights every day
79
Madrid (MAD)
Rome (FCO)
13 flights every day
80
Shanghai (PVG)
Bangkok (BKK)
13 flights every day
81
Osaka (KIX)
Shanghai (PVG)
13 flights every day
82
Lissabon (LIS)
Madrid (MAD)
13 flights every day
83
Shanghai (PVG)
Osaka (KIX)
13 flights every day
84
Bangkok (BKK)
Shanghai (PVG)
13 flights every day
85
Peking (PEK)
Hong Kong (HKG)
13 flights every day
86
Oslo (OSL)
Stockholm (ARN)
13 flights every day
87
Frankfurt (FRA)
Vienna (VIE) 
13 flights every day
88
Jeddah (JED)
Dubai (DXB)
13 flights every day
89
Hongkong (HKG)
Beijing (PEK)
13 flights every day
90
Stockholm (ARN)
Oslo (OSL)
13 flights every day
91
Wien (VIE)
Frankfurt (FRA)
13 flights every day
92
Dubai (DXB)
Jeddah (JED)
12 flights every day
93
Singapore (SIN)
Penang (PEN)
12 flights every day
94
Penang (PEN)
Singapore (SIN)
12 flights every day
95
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Guangzhou (CAN)
12 flights every day
96
Dubai (DXB)
Delhi (DEL) 
12 flights every day
97
Dubai (DXB)
Mumbai (BOM)
12 flights every day
98
Delhi (DEL)
Dubai (DXB)
12 flights every day
99
Dublin (DUB)
Edinburgh (EDI)
12 flights every day
100
Guangzhou (CAN)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
12 flights every day
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