新奇事件簿 世界上最繁忙的航空路线

A new report by the air-travel intelligence company OAG says Singapore to Kuala Lumpur is the world's busiest international air route. From March 2017 to the end of February 2018, exactly 30,537 flights flew between Singapore and KL. There was an average of 84 flights every day - that's one flight every 17 minutes or so. The route is covered by Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and a host of budget airlines. The flight time between Singapore and KL is just under an hour. Asia has the top seven busiest international air routes, with Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Osaka seeing the busiest traffic. New York LaGuardia to Toronto, and Dubai to Kuwait were the busiest non-Asian routes.

空旅情报公司OAG出具报告称，新加坡—吉隆坡是世界上最繁忙的国际航空路线。从2017年3月至2018年2月底，往返新加坡至吉隆坡的航班有30537趟。平均每天有84次航班—每17分钟左右就有一趟。飞行该路线的有新加坡航空公司、马来西亚航空公司以及大量廉价航空公司。新加坡至吉隆坡的飞行时间不到一小时。亚洲有7条最繁忙的国际航空路线，其中新加坡、吉隆坡、首尔以及大阪是最繁忙的四条。纽约拉瓜迪亚机场—多伦多，以及迪拜—科威特是最繁忙的非亚洲航线。

OAG provided¹ more statistics² on how busy the skies were in the year to February 2018. The busiest route if you count the number of passengers was Hong Kong to Taipei. More than 6.5 million passengers flew between these two cities. Singapore-Jakarta was second, with 4.7 million; followed by Singapore-KL, with just over 4 million passengers. OAG also reported on the busiest domestic³ routes. The world's busiest domestic air route is between Seoul and the South Korean island of Jeju. In 2017, 65,000 flights covered the route, with almost 180 flights per day - one every seven-and-a-half minutes. The only long-haul route in the top-20 list is New York JFK to London Heathrow, which has around 38 daily flights.

OAG提供了更多的数据证明至2018年2月，航空有多繁忙。如果算乘客人数，那么最繁忙的路线是从香港飞至台北。有六百五十多万名乘客飞往两城市。新加坡—雅加达乘客四百七十万人次，排名第二，第三名新加坡—吉隆坡，乘客人数刚过四百万。OAG还报告了最繁忙的国内航线。世界上最繁忙的国内航线是首尔—韩国济州岛。2017年，有65000趟航班往返该航线，每天将近180趟航班—每7.5分钟就有一趟。名单前20名中，唯一的长途航线是纽约肯尼迪国际机场—伦敦希思罗国际机场，每天约有38趟航班。

1 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。

2 statistics   

n.统计，统计数字，统计学

参考例句：

• We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
• Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。

3 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。