World's most popular airplane journey revealed
2017年全球最受歡迎的飛行航線揭曉
The flight route from Seoul to Jeju island, pictured, is the busiest in the world.
從漢城到濟州島的飛行，是世界上最繁忙的航線。
(CNN) — The US may have the world's largest aviation market, but it's Asia that rules the skies when it comes to in-demand air routes.
(CNN) - 美國可能擁有世界上最大的航空市場，但是當說到最受歡迎的那些航線時，還是亞洲的天空最繁忙。
A new survey to identify the planet's busiest passenger flight routes reveals a list largely made up of Asian destinations, with the 450-kilometer journey from Seoul's Gimpo Airport to the island of Jeju, located off the coast of the Korean Peninsula, coming out on top.
一項試圖發現地球上最繁忙的旅客航線的最新調查顯示，名單上主要都是的亞洲目的地組成，其中首爾金浦機場到濟州島（位於朝鮮半島海岸外）的450公裡旅程位居榜首。
Last year more than 13.4 million people traveled the short haul route from South Korea's capital city to the idyllic island, dubbed "the Hawaii of Korea."
去年，超過1340萬人乘坐短途航班從韓國首都來到這個被稱為「韓國夏威夷」的田園詩般的島嶼。
idyllic：田園詩般的;牧歌的;質樸宜人的;平和歡暢的
dubbed：給…起綽號
The hugely popular journey has an average of 180 scheduled flights each day, or one every eight minutes.
這項深受歡迎的航線平均每天有180次航班，每八分鐘就有一次。
Its nearest rival was the Melbourne Airport to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport route which transported just over nine million passengers in 2017, according to the study by UK-based aviation network developer Routes.
根據英國航空網絡開發者「線路」的研究，與之最接近的競爭對手是墨爾本機場到雪梨的金斯福德史密斯機場航線，該航線在2017運送了超過九百萬名乘客。
In total, Asia-Pacific accounted for more than 70% of the 100 busiest routes by passenger numbers.
總的來說，亞太客運量佔100個最繁忙航線的70%以上。
Unsurprisingly, Japan was declared one of the busiest destinations in the world, with three of its domestic flight routes among the most popular -- Sapporo's New Chitose Airport to Tokyo Haneda Airport (8,726,502 passengers,) Fukuoka Airport to Tokyo Haneda (7,864,000 passengers) and Tokyo Haneda to Okinawa's Naha Airport (5,269,481 passengers.)
毫不奇怪，日本被宣布為世界上最繁忙的目的地之一，其國內三條航線最受歡迎——札幌新千葉機場到東京羽田機場（8726502名乘客）、福岡機場到東京羽田機場（7864000名乘客）和東京羽田機場到衝繩那霸機場（5269481名乘客）
Vietnam also featured, with the route from Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport to Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport taking seventh place, with more than five million passengers.
越南也是其中之一，從河內諾拜機場到胡志明市新山一機場的航線排名第七，有500多萬乘客。
Meanwhile Hong Kong International Airport to Taipei Taoyuan Airport was named as the busiest international route, with 6.7 million passengers flying the 802-kilometer journey in 2017.
與此同時，香港國際機場到臺北桃園機場被評為最繁忙的國際航線，2017年有670萬名乘客乘坐802公裡的航班。
Hong Kong International Airport to Taipei Taoyuan Airport was the busiest international route.
圖為香港國際機場，臺北至桃源機場是最繁忙的國際航線。
The route from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to London's Heathrow Airport was the ninth busiest international route, carrying just under three million passengers in 2017 while the journey from JFK to Los Angeles International Airport was the busiest within North America.
從紐約甘迺迪機場到倫敦希思羅機場的航線是第九條最繁忙的國際航線，2017年載客量不到300萬，而從甘迺迪機場到洛杉磯國際機場的航線則是北美最繁忙的。
The study also looked at the fastest-growing routes, with the Thai domestic trip from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport taking first place.
該研究還考察了增長最快的航線，泰國國內從曼谷蘇瓦那普米機場到清邁國際機場的航線首當其衝。
"This research backs up forecasts that the Asia-Pacific region will be the biggest driver of passenger demand over the next 20 years," says Steven Small, brand director of Routes.
Routes的品牌總監史蒂文·斯莫爾說：「這項研究還證實了亞太地區在未來20年內將成為乘客需求的最大驅動力的預測。」
The results were calculated by Routes using OAG Schedules Analyser to determine the top 500 routes by overall seat capacity in 2017. This data was then ranked by passenger numbers using figures provided by Sabre Market Intelligence.
該結果由使用OAG時間表分析器的航線公司計算，以確定2017年的總座位容量前500條航線。然後用SABRE市場情報提供的數據對乘客的數據進行排名。
The top 10 busiest scheduled passenger routes in the world for 2017
1. Jeju to Seoul Gimpo -- 13,460,306 passengers
2. Melbourne to Sydney Kingsford Smith -- 9,090,941 passengers
3. Sapporo to Tokyo Haneda -- 8,726,502 passengers
4. Fukuoka to Tokyo Haneda -- 7,864,000 passengers
5. Mumbai to Delhi -- 7,129,943 passengers
6. Beijing Capital to Shanghai Hongqiao -- 6,833,684 passengers
7. Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City -- 6,769,823 passengers
8. Hong Kong to Taiwan Taoyuan -- 6,719, 030 passengers
9. Jakarta to Juanda Surabaya -- 5,271,304 passengers
10. Tokyo Haneda to Okinawa -- 5,269,481 passengers
2017年世界前10位最繁忙的客運路線
1、濟州至漢城金浦機場—13460306名乘客
2、墨爾本至雪梨金斯福德史密斯—9090941名乘客
3、札幌到東京羽田—8726502名乘客
4、福岡到東京羽田—7864000名乘客
5、孟買到德令哈市—7129943名乘客
6、北京首都到上海虹橋—6833684名乘客
7、河內到胡志明市—6769823名乘客
8、香港至臺灣桃園機場—6719, 030名乘客
9、雅加達至泗水—5271304名乘客
10、東京羽田到衝繩—5269481名乘客
The top 10 busiest scheduled international routes in the world for 2017
1. Hong Kong to Taiwan Taoyuan -- 6,719,030 passengers
2. Jakarta to Singapore Changi -- 4,810,602 passengers
3. Hong Kong to Shanghai Pudong -- 4,162,347 passengers
4. Kuala Lumpur to Singapore Changi -- 4,108,824 passengers
5. Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Hong Kong -- 3,438,628 passengers
6. Dubai to London Heathrow -- 3,210,121 passengers
7. Hong Kong to Seoul Incheon --3,198,132 passengers
8. Hong Kong to Singapore Changi -- 3,147,384 passengers
9. New York JFK to London Heathrow -- 2,972,817 passengers
10. Hong Kong - Beijing Capital -- 2,962,707 passengers
排在世界前2017位的最繁忙的10條國際航線
1、香港至臺灣桃源—6719030名乘客
2、雅加達至新加坡樟宜機場—4810602名乘客
3、香港至上海浦東—4162347名乘客
4、吉隆坡至新加坡樟宜機場—4108824名乘客
5、曼谷到香港—3438628名乘客
6、杜拜到倫敦希思羅機場—3210121名乘客
7、香港至漢城仁川—3198132名乘客
8、香港至新加坡樟宜機場—3147384名乘客
9、紐約甘迺迪到倫敦希思羅機場—2972817名乘客
10、香港-北京首都機場—2962707名乘客
The top 10 fastest-growing scheduled air routes in the top 100 (year-on-year growth)
1. Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Chiang Mai -- 36.0%
2. Seoul Incheon to Kansai International -- 30.3%
3. Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur -- 29.4%
4. Delhi to Pune -- 20.6%
5. Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an -- 16.8%
6. Hong Kong to Shanghai Pudong -- 15.5%
7. Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Phuket -- 14.9%
8. Jeddah to Riyadh King Khalid -- 13.9%
9. Jakarta to Kualanamu -- 13.9%
10. Kolkata to Delhi -- 13.4%
排在前100位的增長最快的10條航線（同比增長）
1、曼谷蘇瓦納布至清邁—36%
2、漢城仁川到關西國際—30.3%
3、雅加達到吉隆坡—29.4%
4、德令哈市到浦那—20.6%
5、成都至深圳寶安—16.8%
6、香港至上海浦東—15.5%
7、曼谷至普吉島—14.9%
8、吉達港至利雅得國王哈立德—13.9%
9、雅加達到瓜拉納木—13.9%
10、加爾各答到德令哈市—13.4%
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