The next time you step on board a flight between Sydney and Melbourne, know that you’re in world-beating company: you and your fellow travellers have rocketed the route between Australia’s largest cities to number two spot on the global leaderboard.
The latest stats released by the aviation number-crunchers at OAG.com pegs Sydney-Melbourne as the world’s second busiest airline route, boasting 54,519 flights a year.
The world’s busiest route remains the 1h15m dash between the South Korea capital Seoul and the nearby holiday island of Jeju, with 64,991 flights a year.
Sydney-Melbourne has long sat in the top five list, while Sydney-Brisbane now holds eighth spot on the worldwide ladder with 33,765 flights a year…
