world 's busiest passenger air routes 

Statements about this table:
for the busiest air route have tokyo list as city 1
the air route that start in johannesburg have the longest distance of any of the listed city
only 1 route have more than 10 million passenger total in 2012
the tokyo to fukuoka flight have more passenger in 2011 than the hong kong to taipei flight
beijing and sydney be tie for the 2 most busy air route
johannesburg 's air route have the shortest distance of the listed city
the end air route 's of osaka and melbourne be both the same distance
over half the route have over 11 million total passenger
rank
city 1
city 2
2012 passengers (in millions)
2011 passengers (in millions)
distance
1
seoul
jeju
10.156
9.9
450 km
2
tokyo
sapporo
8.211
7.5
819 km
3
são paulo
rio de janeiro
7.716
7.6 +
366 km
4
beijing
shanghai
7.246
6.6 +
1075 km
rank
city 1
city 2
2012 passengers (in millions)
2011 passengers (in millions)
distance
5
sydney
melbourne
6.943
7.0 +
706 km
6
tokyo
osaka
6.744
7.5
405 km
7
tokyo
fukuoka
6.640
6.6 +
883 km
rank
city 1
city 2
2012 passengers (in millions)
2011 passengers (in millions)
distance
8
hong kong
taipei
5.513
6.2 +
780 km
9
tokyo
okinawa
4.584
4.1
1554 km
10
johannesburg
cape town
4.407
4.5
1271 km