Which are the Busiest International Airline Routes for February 2025

With more than 6.7 million seats offered in 2024, the route between Hong Kong and Taipei was the busiest route in Asia Pacific in 2024. Airports like Dubai and Hatsfield Jackson Atlanta feature in the list of the busiest airports in the world. But does the route we touched upon, and the airports we discussed make it to the list of the busiest international airline route for February 2025? Let’s find out.

[ Note: The rankings were based on the data from OAG, a global air traffic data provider. The data was available when the writer last checked the website on 20th February.]

1o. Fukuoka – Seoul Incheon

 

Route	Fukuoka Airport(FUK)- Incheon International Airport(ICN)
Seats Offered	307,782

Distance	349 miles
Approximate Flight Time	1hour and 20 minutes

Airline operators providing non -stop flights from FUK- ICN routes are as follows :

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
Asiana Airlines	Airbus A330-300	1hour and 20 minutes
Jeju Air	Boeing 737MAX	1hour and 30 minutes
Korean Air	A321neo	1hour and 30 minutes
Jin Air	Boeing 777-200 / 200ER	1hour and 30 minutes

Some of the airlines providing one -stop flight with Codeshare or different airlines at FUK-ICN routes are :

Airlines	Stop over at	Aircraft Type
Japan Airlines (JAL)-All Nippon Airways (ANA)	Miyazaki Airport (KMI)	A321neo
Japan Airlines (JAL)-Hawaiian Airlines (HA)	Gimhae International (PUS)	Boeing 737

9. Tokyo Narita – Taipei

Route	Narita International Airport(NRT)-Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport(TPE)
Seats offered	310,445

Distance	1354 miles
Approximate Flight Time	4hours and 5 minutes

some of the Airlines providing Non-stop Flight services on this routes are :

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
EVA Air	Boeing 787-10	3hours and 40minutes
Star lux Airlines	Airbus A350-900	3hours and 40minutes
China Airlines	Airbus A330-300	3hours and 45 minutes
Thai Lion Air	Boeing 737	4hours and 5 minutes

 

some of the one-stop flight of same airlines providing services at this routes are given below :

Airlines	Stop over at	Aircraft Type
Air Busan (BX)	Gimhae International Airport  (PUS)	Airbus A321
Asiana Airlines (OZ)	Incheon International Airport(ICN)	Airbus A330-300
Jin Air (LJ)	Gimhae International Airport (PUS)	Boeing 737
Air China (CA)	Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)	Airbus A330-300

8. Bangkok – Hong Kong

 

Route	Suvarnabhumi Airport(BKK)-Hong Kong International Airport(HKG)
Seats offered	331,019

Distance	1048 miles
Approximate Flight Time	2 hours and 55 minutes

some of the Airline operators that are providing non-stop flight on this routes are :

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
Thai Airways International (TG)	Airbus A330-300	2hours and 45 minutes
Asia Atlantic Airlines (HB)	Boeing 737-300	2hours and 45 minutes
Ethiopian Airlines (ET)	Boeing 787-9	2 hours and 50 minutes
Cathay Pacific (CX)	Airbus A350-900	2hours and 55 minutes

Airlines operating on this route which provides one-stop flight services are :

Airlines	Stop over at	Aircraft Type
VietJet Air(VJ)	Tansonnhat International Airport(SGN)	Airbus A321
Bangkok Airways (PG)	Samui Airport(USM)	Airbus A319
Cambodia Angkor Air	Phnom Penh International Airport(PNH)	Airbus A320
China Eastern Airlines	Kunming Airport(KMG)	Boeing 737-500

7.Dubai – Riyadh

Route	Dubai International Airport(DXB)-King Khalid International Airport(RUH)
Seats offered	340,924

Distance	542 miles
Approximate Flight Time	2 hours

some of the Airlines operators Facilitating Non-stop flights are :

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
Fly a Deal (F3)	Airbus A320	2hours
Emirates(EK)	Boeing 777-300ER	2  hours and 5 minutes
flydubai(FZ)	Boeing 737MAX	2 hours and 5 minutes
Saudia(SV)	Airbus A320	2 hours and 5 minutes

 

Airlines operators which provides one stop flights in this route are :

Airlines	Stop over at	Aircraft Type
Gulf Air (GF)	Bahrain International (BAH)
Qatar Airways (QR)	Hamad International Airport (DOH)
Kuwait Airways (KU)	Kuwait International Airport(KWI)

6.Jakarta-singapore Changi

Route	Soekarno–Hatta International Airport(CGK)-Singapore Changi Airport(SIN)
Seats offered	340,924

Distance	548 miles
Approximate Flight Time	1 hour and 45 minutes

some of the airlines providing non-stop flight services in this routes are :

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
Garuda Indonesia	Boeing 737-800	1 hours and 45 minutes
Batik Air	Airbus A320 (sharklets)	1 hours and 45 minutes
Singapore Airlines	Boeing 777-300ER	1 hours and 50 minutes
Jet Star Asia	Airbus A320	2 Hours

some of the airlines providing one-stop Flights are as follows :

Airlines	Stop over at	Aircraft Type
Air Asia (AK)	Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)	Airbus A320
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur International Airport(KUL)	Boeing 737-800
Batik Air Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur International Airport ( KUL)	Boeing 737-800

5.Seoul Incheon – Osaka Kansai

 

Route	Seoul Incheon Airport (ICN)- Osaka Kansai Airport (KIX)
Seats offered	378,363

 

Distance	548 miles
Approximate Flight Time	1 hours and 45 minutes

some of the Airlines operators providing non-stop flight services in this route are :

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
Asiana Airlines	Airbus A321	1 hours and 40 minutes
Korean Air	Boeing 787-9	1 hours and 45 minutes
Air Seoul	Boeing 787-9	1 hours and 50 minutes
JeJu Air	Boeing 737-800	1 hours and50 minutes

In the route of ICN-KIX some airline operates one-stop flight services code sharing  with different airlines  , some of them are :

Airlines	Stop over at	Aircraft Type
Korean Air	Gimhae International(PUS)	Boeing 737-800
Japan Airlines	New Tokyo International(NRT)	Boeing 737-800 (winglets)

 

4. Seoul Incheon – Tokyo Narita

 

Route	Incheon International Airport(ICN)-Narita International Airport(NRT)
Seats offered	411,972

Distance	780 miles
Approximate Flight Time	2 hours and 2o minutes

 Photo: Alan Wilsonort |Wikimedia Commons

 

some of the airlines that provides non-stop flight services at this routes are :

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
Asiana Airlines		2 hours and 20 minutes
Air Seoul		2 hours and 20minutes
Air Japan		2 hours and 20minutes
Eastar Jet		2 hours and 25 minutes

some of the airlines that provides one -stop flight at this routes are :

Airlines	Stop over at	Aircraft Type
Peach aviation	Osaka Kansai International Airport	Airbus A320

 

 

3. Kuala Lumpur – Singapore Changi

 

Route	Kuala Lumpur International Airport(KUL)-Singapore Changi Airport(SIN)
Seats offered	433,174

Distance	183miles
Approximate Flight Time	1 hours and 5 minutes

some of the airlines operators which provides non-stop flights  on this routes are :

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
Batik Air Malaysia	Boeing 737-800	1 hours
Jetstar Asia	Airbus A320	1 hour and 5 minutes
Air Asia	A321neo	1 hour and 10 minutes
Malaysia Airlines	Boeing 737-800 (winglets)	1 hour  and 10 minutes

some of the airlines operator which provides one stop flights  services  with code share on  this route are given below :

Airlines	Stop over at	Aircraft Type
Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines	Sultan Ahmad Shah International Airport(KUA)	Boeing 737MAX
Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines	Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport(PKU)	Boeing 737-800 (winglets)

2. Cairo – Jeddah

Route	Cairo International Airport (CAI) – King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED)
Seats Offered	436,330

Distance	755 miles
Approximate Flight Time	2 hours 10 minutes

A few other airlines operating non-stop flights on the CAI-JED route include:

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate flight time
EgyptAir (MS)	Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 737-800	2 hours 10 minutes
Nile Air (NP)	Airbus A320-100	2 hour 15 minutes
Air Arabia Egypt (E5)	Airbus A320-100	2 hour 10 minutes
Flyadeal (F3)	Airbus A320-100/200	2 hours 25 minutes

Airlines providing one-stop flight connection on the CAI-JED route include:

Airline	Stopover at	Total distance	Total flight time
Royal Jordanian (RJ)	Queen Alia International Airport (AMM)	1018 miles	5h 10m
Middle East Airlines (ME)	Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport  (BEY)	1223 miles	7h 00m
Saudia (SV)	Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED)	844 miles	5h 55m
EgyptAir (MS)	Luxor International Airport (LXR)	815 miles	7h 40m

 

1.Hong Kong – Taipei

Routes	Hong Kong -Taipei
Seat offered	563,148

Distance	500 miles
Approximate Flight Time	1hours 45 minutes

Some other airlines proving non-stop flight services on the Hong Kong – Taipei route are:

Airline	Aircraft	Approximate Flight Time
Eva Air (BR)	Boeing 787-10	1hours 45 Minutes
Cathay Pacific(CPA)	Boeing 777-300	1 hours 55 Minutes
Hong Kong Airlines(HX)	Airbus A330-300	1 hours 55 Minutes

Some airlines providing one-stop flight connections on this route are:

Airlines	Stopover at	Total Distance	Total Flight time
Eva Air (BR)	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN)	964 km	5h 45m

Besides, Xiamen airlines is also set to provide one stop services on this route [as per data from Flight Routes] from 2025-03-31.