Air route in India among busiest in the world
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The number of people travelling between Asia and North America, and between Asia and Europe grew by nine per cent from 2010 to 2011, but the busiest routes are still domestic, according to The Economist.
Jeju, on the South Korean island of the same name, is not one of the country's 20 biggest cities. Yet the island's allure as a domestic tourist destination resulted in 9.9 million passengers flying between Seoul and Jeju (in either direction) in 2011, says Amadeus, a company that provides technology to the travel industry.
It measures the cities where passengers start and finish their journeys, so while the busiest actual flight corridor in America is New York-Chicago, it only counts as the third-busiest American route because many of the passengers are connecting to other destinations, according to The Economist.
Let's take a look at the busiest airline routes in the world.
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Image: A jet of Swiss airlines rolls on Zurich airport's tarmac in Kloten.
Photographs: Christian Hartmann/Reuters
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Air route: Mumbai-Delhi
Number of passengers (2011): 4.3 million
Region: Asia
Rank: 10
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Image: Guards stand in Mughal gardens surrounding Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Photographs: Eric Feferberg/Pool/Reuters
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Air route: Jeju-Seoul
Number of passengers (2011): 9.9 million
Region: Asia
Rank: 1
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Image: A view of Seoul.
Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
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Air route: Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo
Number of passengers (2011): 7.7 million
Rank: 2
Region: South America
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Image: Revellers dance during a Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo.
Photographs: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters
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Air route: Osaka-Tokyo
Number of passengers (2011): 7.5 million
Rank: 3
Region: Asia
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Image: A view of Tokyo.
Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
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Air route: Sapporo-Tokyo
Number of passengers (2011): 7.5 million
Rank: 4
Region: Asia
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Image: Trainers perform with whales during a show at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, south of Tokyo.
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
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Air route: Melbourne-Sydney
Number of passengers (2011): 7.1 million
Rank: 5
Region: Oceania
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Image: Rowers train at dawn on the Yarra River in Melbourne.
Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
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Air route: Fukuoka-Tokyo
Number of passengers (2011): 6.8 million
Rank: 6
Region: Asia
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Image: World's steepest roller coaster Takabisha with a free falling angle of 121 degrees at Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Fujiyoshida.
Photographs: Handout/Reuters
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Air route: Beijing-Shanghai
Number of passengers (2011): 6.7 million
Rank: 7
Region: Asia
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Image: A view of Beijing.
Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
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Air route: Hong Kong-Taipei
Number of passengers (2011): 5.4 million
Rank: 8
Region: Asia
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Image: Highrise residential apartments are seen on Hong Kong island.
Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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Air route: Cape Town-Johannesburg
Number of passengers (2011): 4.4 million
Rank: 9
Region: Africa
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Image: A lioness plays with her cub in a Johannesburg park.
Photographs: Radu Sigheti/Reuters
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Air route: Naha-Tokyo
Number of passengers (2011): 4.1 million
Rank: 11
Region: Asia
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Image: A nighttime view of Tokyo.
Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
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Air route: Brisbane-Sydney
Number of passengers (2011): 3.9 million
Rank: 12
Region: Oceania
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Image: A surfer on a Sydney beach.
Photographs: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
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Air route: Shanghai-Shenzhen
Number of passengers (2011): 3.8 million
Rank: 13
Region: Asia
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Image: A view of Shenzhen.
Photographs: Siu Chiu/Reuters
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Air route: Beijing-Chengdu
Number of passengers (2011): 3.5 million
Rank: 14
Region: Asia
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Image: Visitors cross part of a 260-metre Anian cable bridge over Minjiang River at Dujiangyan, 50km north of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.
Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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