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The 10 busiest airline routes by passenger volume: Asia dominates

Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: Waiting area in Jeju airport in Korea.  Flickr / UggBoy♥UggGirl

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Air passengers in Asia are fortunate to see such robust competition where they fly. In North America, almost one-fourth of routes see just two airlines vying for passenger allegiance.

Research from travel-tech company Amadeus shows that 300 "super routes" were responsible for more than 20% of global airline traffic in 2012. That's not too surprising. What is impressive is that none of the top 10 routes are in North America or Europe. Region Route Passengers 2012 (Thousands) Growth 2012-2011 2012 Rank (change in ranking from 2011) Asia Jeju-Seoul 10,156 2% 1 (=) Asia Sapporo-Tokyo 8,211 8% 2 (

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