The Top 5 Global International Flight Routes Revealed

[@adstix]

Well-researched video! Rather interesting that US trans Atlantic flights don't even come close! Numbers don't lie!

[@GG-hi5if]

Of course, you need to see how much revenue those routes generate vs LHR-JFK

[@lonewolf251]

Insanely underrated channel nice to watch you grow!

[@claudiojaramillo5177]

The fact that there's no HSR between KL and Singapore is baffling to me

[@Psychphuq]

Revenue from fuel leaving Singapore... Singapore-registered vehicles are required to have a minimum amount of motor fuel (at least three-quarters of the tank) when leaving Singapore via the land checkpoints...

[@briantang6440]

There’s well developed hsr between pek and sha yet they are still ranked highest in the domestic list

[@dogetea]

Well seems like classic corrupt politicians and puplic infrastructure project problem

[@Moonstone-Redux]

Cross border political issues and a relatively powerful car industry lobby in Malaysia. Malaysia assembles a lot of cars domestically and has local car companies PROTON and Perodua. Honestly I would be happy with a HSR from KL to Johor Sentral (the Malaysian station nearest to Singapore) but even that route doesn't exist.

[@lukakulumpur3246]

Malaysia’s fault

[@aghif1]

Also for KUL-SIN route, Jetstar also operates daily. This route is insane

[@nabillarif]

KLM as well..Saudia also if im not mistaken...

[@isaiahtan5657]

scoot too

[@mhmdredzuan]

@@nabillarif Saudia and KLM no longer operates that route.

[@kennytancg]

@@nabillarif That was during the pandemic. Its back to KUL - CGK

[@ardentblue7493]

this video missing jetstar asia and scoot for the KL-SIN route.. also, there is KL's Subang Airport where multiple flights to Singapore Changi and Seletar in a day by Firefly and Scoot

[@fastaf5224]

HKG-TPE route with almost 40 flights per day and no departure from 2am to 7am, it’s on average one departure for every 30mins. That’s insane.

[@keiming2277]

And 7 Airlines running HKG - TPE (new player : STARLUX) , soon to be 8 airlines joining the game from Taiwan

[@oscrito]

Actually CX has yet to resume full capacity. They flew around 17 flights daily pre pandemic

[@ambergris5705]

Very interesting video! For sure geography plays a role, but so do politics. All of those destinations are between countries with long standing historical and economic ties, but that don't necessarily have a friendly relationship. Road or rail alternatives then suffer from excessive and unpleasant border crossing, that is notoriously easier at the airport. Besides, you expect a long process at the airport anyways, and it's in general more reliable than on land borders. So when the option is open, you will want to take the plane. Similarly close cities in Europe (Paris, London, Brussels, Barcelona, Milan) all can be reached with trains just as easily, don't require any border crossing (except London) and enjoy a greener approach to travelling, hence the lower amount of flight passengers.

[@Krizzzzz1992]

Nice! please do the same for Long Haul Routes :)

[@raulblaga61]

I was expecting to see the London-New York route as well 😮

[@ThatBearHasMoxie]

I had no idea the Asian routes were so busy and so lucrative to airlines. WOW!

[@abuakmal9618]

The old KUL airport in Subang had 3 terminals with T2 was a dedicated terminal for KUL-SIN.

[@TENDONGSIMPLICE]

thanks for sharing the update it was interesting.

[@yatsumleung8618]

HKG - TPE is also for stopover flights to the USA or Japan. A bit cheaper than flying direct. CX routinely schedule their widebodies to fly this route immediately after a long haul flight. So for a short flight there are actually flat bed first class seats available.

[@hanj31]

Korean air and Asiana also fly between ICN an HND daily as well

[@N330AA]

The problem with the bus between KL and Singapore is the border queues can sometimes last hours. That said the problem with flying between KL and Singapore is that KUL airport is an enormous distance from the city.

[@Sacto1654]

Kuala Lumpur-Singapore may drop dramatically once the long-planned high-speed rail line between the two cities opens.

[@Nicolas-ol7jl]

That will not open because there are so many indians living in singapore

[@Nicolas-ol7jl]

That will not open because there are so many indians in singapore

[@kennytancg]

"planned" till it is complete, the air route will still get the numbers

[@Saifull1991]

No it won’t because air travel is faster, safer and infact even cheaper. I don’t see the business going down in the foreseeable future

[@d.b.cooper1]

@@Nicolas-ol7jllol what does this mean?

[@isaaclao2380]

1 thing to note for Cathay flights between HKG and TPE is that the rare 777-300 (The non-ER variant) also regularly fly between those 2 cities

[@rileygale_]

2:50 There is also a flight once a day operated by Ethiopian airline which its route is adis-ababa - seoul - tokyo. Also Air Premia which operates 4 times a week

[@Swissspookie]

5:30 - "787 max 8" 😂😂😂

[@Kay_jay_999]

Came here to say this .. lol

[@eamonahern7495]

There were a few jerky edits in this one. They obviously missed that one.

[@Swissspookie]

@@eamonahern7495 🥔

[@thenetheriteminecartzactnm]

Yeah me too i was about to comment that like what the actual heck is 787 Max 8, is he talking about 787-8 or 737 Max 8? That will be a mistery for the EASA, ATSB and NTSb to investigate lmao.

[@d.b.cooper1]

I did Kuala Lumpur to Singapore once and when backpacking. The bus ride was far better despite flights being cheap. The cost/time of going from city to airport made going via bus city to city much better.

[@jaredsc10]

Watching this video 2 hrs after release waiting to board Singapore Airlines KUL - SIN wondering if we should have just driven…

[@thenetheriteminecartzactnm]

5:29 "787 MAX 8" what oo earth is this 2125 or what Boeing didnt release the 787 that long ago they dont need a max or hes talking abou t the 787-8 or the 737 Max 8 or the Airbus A330-800- wait where did airbus a330 come into my head from...

[@stevenholt1867]

I thought the busiest route is Heathrow to JFK New York.

[@cyclonicleo]

The bus routes between SIN-KUL is much cheaper and on some buses, far more comfortable. If you're lucky with traffic and border crossings, you'll get there a couple of hours slower than flying but its more convenient, arguably.

[@modmingle]

the sound edit at 1:01 is gnarly

[@MaxCheng95]

For HKG-TPE, most CAL flights are operated by 738 and 32Q, though 333 and rarely 77W are also deployed on regular basis

[@abhradeepdas9]

It's surprising how the busiest routes are also some the world's smallest routes as well internationally.

[@mylesgarcia4625]

I thought London-NYC would be up there. Boy, was I wrong. But then it's comforting to know that over-crowding is really an Asian thing!!

[@marlontharusha5171]

All of them regional, so please do a video on long-haul routes as well please!

[@felipe6729]

Jeddah - Cairo is by far the most surprising one here

[@izr2007]

KL Singapore pair both also has 2 smaller airports that serve these 2 cities. Subang Airport for KL and Seletar Airport for SG

[@MariusClausen-bf2kw]

Its only Firefly operating on that rout, 6-7 times a day with ATR 72 turboprops, so not a very big volume

[@ardentblue7493]

@@MariusClausen-bf2kw Scoot also fly between Subang and Changi using jet engine planes

[@guidowinter2478]

The Bus comparison SIN-KUL was hilarious. I'm trying to imagine a bus line between TPE and HKG 😎 Used this connection a couple of times. 6 widebodies were leaving within 10min (pre pandemic)

[@keiming2277]

Soon to be 8 Airlines (Now 7) will run HKG - TPE

[@ardentblue7493]

@@keiming2277 what will be the new airline?

[@simonlam33]

Decades ago TPE-HKG also had fifth freedom which TG (and some others) also flies.

[@Star737_yt]

I find it off when wide-body airliners are used for short haul

[@robertbslee4209]

You have greatly under estimated Seoul Tokyo pair. Most low cost carriers fly Gimpo - Narita, the pair is mentioned but not analysed, considering there would likely be as much capcity between these route pairs. The pairs are Incheon - Haneda Incheon - Narita Gimpo - Haneda Gimpo - Narita

[@cbb_o]

agree - very busy city routes combined

[@chavandposh]

there is no Gimpo-Narita Pair. its not allowed since 2001. Gimpo-Haneda Pair is based on Air service agreement signed in 2005, before that it was restored due to World Cup back in 2002, continued as charter flight. However, since 2001, as gimpo transferred all international flights to ICN, service between GMP-NRT suspended and never been restored since then.

[@akbolly6415]

Can’t imagine HKG-TPE still the busiest as many of flights down-gauged to narrow bodies than used to be😢😢

[@TheEvwevw]

Very surprising!

[@amardave84]

Singapore to Kuala Lumpur is a 4 hour drive!

[@Moonstone-Redux]

Assuming you don't get caught in a traffic jam.

[@jorge8596]

These are all short haul, so how about medium and long haul routes? I think it would be more interesting to see the links between cities that are not so close to each other

[@vignirgunnarhauksson1992]

@Long haul by simple Flying when was there an 787 max I’ve never heard of that aircraft but I’ve heard of 737max

[@nahushaacharya7470]

All of them are in Asia

[@JingJao]

overpopulated asia

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

That’s where most of the people live

[@samestructure4540]

no new york to london is actually mindblowing

[@Antoine2003]

Vidéo reccomendation: do this per continent

[@rfsdudeyt6838]

where do you guys find these statistics?

[@noroy2]

Wow, O thought like NY to London or Paris...

[@eamonahern7495]

Considering the population of East and southeast Asia and the size of the Tokyo metropolitan area, I'm surprised Cairo-Jeddah made it into the top 5, although I wouldn't have been surprised at it being top 10.

[@aishikpanja3931]

Egypt has 100 million people

[@cameronlewis1218]

I wonder what is the busiest city pair outside of Asia?

[@busofmauritius8306]

But does Ethiopian have traffic right between SIN - KUL?

[@ekuche8335]

how is Seoul not the busiest airport in the world now according to this video?!

[@Saifull1991]

Have you done your research?

[@Elanshin]

International. Have you seen how much domestic travel goes through airports like ATL, LAX and DFW (the top 3 busiest airports in the world).

[@j134679]

this video basically presented the bulk of their operations

[@MananJain-h3p]

Nice

[@gottfriedheumesser1994]

This episode shows that wide-body short-haul planes would be needed to save fuel and flight movements. Serving these routes with the usual narrow-body planes is not the wisest. And seven companies on one route is also not optimal.

[@hrysivjt67]

I don't know how Asian airlines don't keep the a380 alive all on its own.

[@j134679]

Emirates does that alone. Dubai is still Asia

[@mcastillano7109]

I flew etiophian nrt to icn jn 2020

[@dedsert9653]

I didn't realise it's all east asian routes. would never have guessed both seoul to osaka and seoul to tokyo are more popular than london to paris, but then I guess this is airports and london does have 5 large international airports.

[@Sacto1654]

London-Paris would have been close to #1 but the opening ot Eurostar in 1994 drastically changed all that.

[@j134679]

part of it is international connections. Easier to connect via a foreign airport (Korea being the only closest option near Japan) vs make a connection involving an international & domestic flight. Same way how connecting in Vancouver is better between Asia & the US if there is no direct option. (of course, connecting in Asia would be even better) Also, all cities involved are major tourist destinations.

[@GG-hi5if]

KL and Singapore have close cultural and economic ties? I’m shocked.

[@voicelag]

Surprised LHR-JFK isnt on the list

[@dannykelly9951]

Surprised Sydney Melbourne didn't get in the list

[@parmkooner1292]

Busiest international routines smart one. Since when Sydney and Melbourne start to exist in two different countries.

[@ohwong102]

At 8:35, it ranks no5 as the busiest domestic route

[@balakrishnananand6729]

How come London Paris got missed ?

[@samiawan02]

Hong Kong to taipei finally is coming back

[@Stud_Motion_Bricks]

I just flew to hong kong and back to taiwan. 😂

[@Jonny-s7l]

I am surprised that Dubai is not in this list

[@altunic6530]

Same I was expecting Dubai to be here

[@silvanostagni]

It's interesting what you call Long-Haul. They are all less than four hours, hardly long-haul. Maybe you should have called them 'international'

[@LongHaulbySimpleFlying]

We didn’t call them long haul. The channel name is called “Long Haul by Simple Flying” and this name was chosen because it features longer videos. Sorry if this caused any confusion.

[@mateosoto3002]

Thought LHR - JFK would be on here.

[@frankg9102]

Do you also have average load factors for these routes?

[@alichoudhry2013]

🎉❤

[@tigersharkzh]

Air Seoul... Did they think that name through properly?

[@cnordegren]

It's a low-cost branch of Asiana and an offload from Air Busan.

[@237varunnksamy7]

Why JFK-LHR route never made it to top 10 busiest route in the world ????

[@adstix]

@@237varunnksamy7 Goes to show that there's much more to the world than the US and the UK! The silent majority just doesn't make as much noise!

[@Moonstone-Redux]

I would like to introduce you to the concept of the Valeriepieris circle. A circle drawn on the world map enclosing just India, China, Japan, Korea, South East Asia, Philippines, and some of Indonesia has more people than outside of the circle.

[@daffiid]

0:59 That's some of the worst audio editing I've ever heard. At that point just rerecord the sentence

[@barnalisarkar3248]

Is today's date is 9/11 💀

[@MichaelM-uw3mk]

Something tells me you've never had a date.

[@deniermurch8693]

There seems to be a lot of money in Asia. (satire)

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

There’s a lot of people in Asia

[@deniermurch8693]

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 duh

[@deniermurch8693]

DUH (satire)

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

@@deniermurch8693 I don’t think you know what satire is

[@user-yz3sn9un1m]

I was sure JFK to LHR was gonnna be on there

[@matpk]

You are stupider

[@philippev.9256]

Only asean haul 😮

[@tomrox247]

First haha

[@bradleyrosenberg8201]

No offence this is a click bait. These are not international flights.

[@GG-hi5if]

They objectively are international. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Japan, Malaysian and Singapore all separate countries.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

Every single one is an international flight