QF MEL-SYD - Second highest global revenue route (Forbes)

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Hi All,

Article by Forbes claims Qantas' MEL-SYD - at US$861m - is the second largest revenue route in the world, following BA's JFK-LHR.

The article, however, does not highlight the gross value of routes. Interesting nonetheless.

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BD
 
I think MEL-SYD (or vv ;) ) has been the second busiest route for a while, behind Korea's Seoul-Jeju. Even beat Mumbai-Delhi - not bad for the population difference!
 
The problem with some of these pairing lists is that some are specifically between airports, while others are between cities (inclusive of multiple airports in cities). that said, for SYD-MEL, there's no differentiation (yet!)
 
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SYD-AVV is 5.5 flights a day.
Probably 360k annual seats, albeit probably only US$25-30m
 
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I think MEL-SYD (or vv ;) ) has been the second busiest route for a while, behind Korea's Seoul-Jeju. Even beat Mumbai-Delhi - not bad for the population difference!

But that is a different story and different set of figures to this one. What you are talking about is overall passenger numbers on a specific route by all airlines. The story that BD1959 referenced talks about the revenue generated on specific routes by a single airline, which is why Seoul-Jeju isn't on the list above, which has BA's LHR-JFK service at #1. Interesting that SYD features in 2 of the top 10 routes (by revenue for specific airline), with SQ's SIN-SYD service @ #9.
 
Is this what happens when a country can't decide which city is its capital....? :)
 
Interesting data.
Funny that SQ's SIN-SYD route gets a mention, with 5 flights in each direction per day between the cities.
However SQ also has 5 flights in each direction per day between SIN and MEL, however SYD has all-year-round A380s while MEL only gets them on a seasonal basis. Probably why MEL-SIN didn't make an appearance in that list?
 
Interesting data.
Funny that SQ's SIN-SYD route gets a mention, with 5 flights in each direction per day between the cities.
However SQ also has 5 flights in each direction per day between SIN and MEL, however SYD has all-year-round A380s while MEL only gets them on a seasonal basis. Probably why MEL-SIN didn't make an appearance in that list?

SIN - MEL, overall (total of all airlines) is now a slightly busier route than SIN - SYD.

However travel agents I know suggest that there's more demand for 'premium cabins' out of and into SYD. Despite Melbourne rapidly catching up to Sydney in population, there's probably more financiers who jet to and from SYD, and they're the classic subsector who pay one way or another for J or if available F class seats.

Given the disparity in ticket prices between F?J and Y, it doesn't take many more J/F bookings to bump up revenues.
 
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SIN - MEL, overall (total of all airlines) is now a slightly busier route than SIN - SYD.

However travel agents I know suggest that there's more demand for 'premium cabins' out of and into SYD. Despite Melbourne rapidly catching up to Sydney in population, there's probably more financiers who jet to and from SYD, and they're the classic subsetor who pay one way or another for J or if available F class seats.

Given the disparity in ticket prices between F?J and Y, it doens't take many more J/F bookings to bump up revenues.
Thanks, great insight!
 
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