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It’s not the second busiest by passenger numbers. All of the world’s busiest routes are in Asia.

It’s the second “highest earning” in terms of fare revenue, however.



It is number two in the world by total number of flights per year: http://www.traveller.com.au/worlds-busiest-airline-flight-ro...

It's somewhere around #5 by total number of passengers.


Indeed. That’s because Qantas and their competitors use a large number of small aircraft on the route, maintaining a high frequency.

If you look at the real busiest routes (by passenger count), like Singapore to KL, they tend to use larger wide body aircraft which carry a lot more passengers per flight.





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