Hanoi-HCMC world's second busiest domestic air route in 2020

The Hanoi-HCMC route ranked second among the world's five busiest domestic air routes last year, experiencing the biggest jump in passenger numbers amid Covid-19 turbulence. South Korea's Jeju-Seoul route was the busiest domestic air route with 10.2m passengers last year, followed by the Hanoi-HCMC route with 5.9m, according to an IATA report released Tuesday. The two-hour Hanoi-HCMC route saw the biggest year-on-year jump of 54% in passengers from 2019, the report said. Three of the five most traveled domestic air routes for 2020 were in China, which became the world’s largest domestic market for the first time on record last year. The Shanghai-Shenzhen route was third busiest in the world with 3.7m passengers, followed by Beijing-Shanghai and Guangzhou-Shanghai. The IATA report said last year was the worst ever in the history of the aviation industry as the pandemic ravaged global travel.<br/>