{"id":218711,"date":"2018-01-14T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=218711"},"modified":"2018-01-12T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T14:07:20","slug":"cape-town-to-joburg-is-one-of-the-busiest-domestic-air-routes-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/218711\/cape-town-to-joburg-is-one-of-the-busiest-domestic-air-routes-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town to Joburg is one of the busiest domestic air routes in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

The air link between Cape Town and Johannesburg has been ranked as one of the busiest and most reliable domestic routes in the world, according to the latest Punctuality Report by air travel intelligence group, OAG.<\/p>\n

The 2018 On-Time Airline & Airport Rankings<\/a><\/strong>, published this month,\u00a0ranks airports and airlines across the globe, looking specifically at the punctuality and reliability of flights. For the first time, OAG also looked at the busiest domestic routes.<\/p>\n

With 31,914 passengers frequenting the route, the trip between Johannesburg and Cape Town ranks as the ninth busiest domestic route in the world, with an on-time performance rate of 86% – making it the second most reliable route among the top 20.<\/p>\n

Breaking the reliability rates down by carrier, Safair <\/strong>carries the highest punctuality rate at 95.9%, followed by Comair<\/strong> (87.4%), SAA<\/strong> (85.5%) and Mango<\/strong> (80.5%).<\/p>\n

The table below shows the top 20 busiest domestic routes in the world, including reliability rates.<\/p>\n

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#<\/th>\nRoute<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nFrequency<\/th>\nOn-time Performance<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJeju – Seoul Gimpo<\/td>\nSouth Korea<\/td>\n64 991<\/td>\n74.06%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nMelbourne – Sydney<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n54 519<\/td>\n74.10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMumbai – Delhi<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\n47 462<\/td>\n59.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nFukuoka – Tokyo Haneda<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n42 835<\/td>\n83.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nRio de Janerio – Sao Paulo Congonhas<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n39 325<\/td>\n80.09%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nSapporo – Tokyo Haneda<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n38 389<\/td>\n85.56%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nLos Angeles – San Francisco<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n34 897<\/td>\n63.86%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nBrisbane – Sydney<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n33 765<\/td>\n79.28%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nCape Town – Johannesburg<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n31 914<\/td>\n86.83%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nBeijing – Shanghai<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n30 029<\/td>\n53.47%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nBengaluru – Delhi<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\n29 427<\/td>\n65.93%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nNew York La Guardia – Chicago<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n29 163<\/td>\n73.71%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nBogota – Medellin<\/td>\nColombia<\/td>\n27 092<\/td>\n68.61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nBrisbane – Melbourne<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n25 709<\/td>\n79.18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nNew York JFK – Los Angeles<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n25 258<\/td>\n67.96%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nBengaluru – Mumbai<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\n23 857<\/td>\n56.72%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nTokyo Haneda – Osaka<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n21 900<\/td>\n90.40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nBogota – Cali<\/td>\nColombia<\/td>\n21 792<\/td>\n70.32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nBeijing – Shenzhen<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n21 675<\/td>\n50.44%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nShanghai – Shenzhen<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n21 644<\/td>\n59.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Only one South African airport makes an appearance in the OAG airport rankings – with Durban’s King Shaka International Airport ranking as one of the top small airports in the world.<\/p>\n

Small airports are defined as those seating between 2.5 million and 5 million departing passengers per year.<\/p>\n

Durban ranked fourth, with a coverage rate of 80.0% and an on-time performance rate of 86.65%.<\/p>\n

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