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> Who flies the MD-90? It seems like a little fish in a pool of > sharks! I’m surprised that a route so obviously heavily trodden would > have such a small plane. I would figure te operator would operate a > larger plane to capture more market share. Obviously I as missing > something. > Stephen
JAS uses it. There must be a reason why they are doing that.. Bahadir Acuner
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>Consider Tokyo to Osaka: 23 flights per day. But: >1 MD90 >7 B767 >2 A300 >1 DC10 >1 B777 >3 B747 (SR) >8 B747-400 >I believe they pack something of the order of 550 passengers into >those 744’s!
Let me try to top Malcolm here. Let’s try Taipei to Hong Kong: 8 747 Classics 6 747-400 6 A300 4 777 4 A330 1 767 That’s 29 flights in a day (June 12, 1997). Pretty amazing considering it’s only a 90 minute flight. Anyone else can do better? Joel — There’s a theorem in algebraic number theory called "Grunwald’s theorem." It had a very long proof, but after a while Whaples found a shorter proof. Later, somebody else found a counterexample. – Ralph P. Boas Jr.
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PHX<->LAX and LAX<->SFO come to mind. you can get a flight between these destinations about every 15 min from 0500-2130 daily. I once made the mistake of thinking I could catch a flight from LAX to PHX at about midnight since earlier in the day it’s every 20 min (Delta, Southwest, America West, United)…well, I missed the last flight of the day…I made the best of it! JOHN
: : I am preparing a paper on Int’l Passenger Air Travel demand. : Does anyone know the Top 10 most travelled routes, in terms of : number of passengers carried on a year round basis ? : I’m sure that New York – London ranks up there somewhere? : I will post the results once my research is done… anyone care : to take a guess ? : : Shimmers — — ——-
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>> Might want to add MSP-ORD. Between NW, UA, and AA there are about 25 flights > a day. >As busy as that shuttle-type route is (I know, I worked at O’Hare for 3 >summers and all 3 carriers covet this somewhat lesser known business >route), I doubt it is anywhere near the top 10 in terms of numbers of >passengers flown. Keep in mind most of the MSP-ORD flights are >small-to-medium sized planes like DC-9’s, MD-80’s, 727’s, 737’s, F100’s, >and A320’s. >As a comparison, AA alone flies between ORD and DFW on the order of 30 >times a day (pretty much every half hour for most of the day).
Consider Tokyo to Osaka: 23 flights per day. But: 1 MD90 7 B767 2 A300 1 DC10 1 B777 3 B747 (SR) 8 B747-400 I believe they pack something of the order of 550 passengers into those 744’s! >Mihir
Malc.
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> Consider Tokyo to Osaka: 23 flights per day. But: > 1 MD90 > 3 B747 (SR) > 8 B747-400
Who flies the MD-90? It seems like a little fish in a pool of sharks! I’m surprised that a route so obviously heavily trodden would have such a small plane. I would figure te operator would operate a larger plane to capture more market share. Obviously I as missing something. Stephen
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The London-New York route must surely be in there somewhere…. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Might want to add MSP-ORD. Between NW, UA, and AA there are about 25 flights > a day. >> I am preparing a paper on Int’l Passenger Air Travel demand. >> Does anyone know the Top 10 most travelled routes, in terms of >> number of passengers carried on a year round basis ? >> I’m sure that New York – London ranks up there somewhere? >> I will post the results once my research is done… anyone care >> to take a guess ? >> Shimmers >I’m not sure but here’s a guess at a few: >NewYork-Chicago >Los Angeles-San Francisco >London-Paris >Rio-Sao Paulo >Montreal-Toronto >Tokyo-Osaka >Atlanta-New York >Dallas-Chicago >Nagoya-Tokyo >Kyoto-Tokyo >New York-Boston >New York-Washington >Rome-Milan >Hong Kong-Taipei >Sydney Melbourne >I’m sure a few of these would be in the top 10, especially >the Japanese routes seeing both JAL and ANA use 747SR’s >on their domestic routes (at least they used to) > — > Because the junk mailers of the world think my address is their play thing, > my e-mail address will not be revealed. Please respond publicly.
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> Might want to add MSP-ORD. Between NW, UA, and AA there are about 25 flights > a day.
As busy as that shuttle-type route is (I know, I worked at O’Hare for 3 summers and all 3 carriers covet this somewhat lesser known business route), I doubt it is anywhere near the top 10 in terms of numbers of passengers flown. Keep in mind most of the MSP-ORD flights are small-to-medium sized planes like DC-9’s, MD-80’s, 727’s, 737’s, F100’s, and A320’s. As a comparison, AA alone flies between ORD and DFW on the order of 30 times a day (pretty much every half hour for most of the day). Along with the previous poster’s list of 15 busy routes, I’d add Dallas-Houston (although there are two airports in each city, so not all flights are to and from the same airport(s)). Southwest runs DAL-HOU flights every half hour, and even every 15 mintues for very heavy peak periods, for example. There are a few other routes that offer shuttle-like frequency, but are probably not in the top most traveled routes, such as St. Louis-Kansas City (TW offers hourly service, I believe). Any other comments are welcome… Mihir 244 Old Cedarfield Drive WWW: (coming soon) Blacksburg, VA 24060 Phone: (540) 961-7869
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Might want to add MSP-ORD. Between NW, UA, and AA there are about 25 flights a day. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am preparing a paper on Int’l Passenger Air Travel demand. > Does anyone know the Top 10 most travelled routes, in terms of > number of passengers carried on a year round basis ? > I’m sure that New York – London ranks up there somewhere? > I will post the results once my research is done… anyone care > to take a guess ? > Shimmers >I’m not sure but here’s a guess at a few: >NewYork-Chicago >Los Angeles-San Francisco >London-Paris >Rio-Sao Paulo >Montreal-Toronto >Tokyo-Osaka >Atlanta-New York >Dallas-Chicago >Nagoya-Tokyo >Kyoto-Tokyo >New York-Boston >New York-Washington >Rome-Milan >Hong Kong-Taipei >Sydney Melbourne >I’m sure a few of these would be in the top 10, especially >the Japanese routes seeing both JAL and ANA use 747SR’s >on their domestic routes (at least they used to)
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I am preparing a paper on Int’l Passenger Air Travel demand. Does anyone know the Top 10 most travelled routes, in terms of number of passengers carried on a year round basis ? I’m sure that New York – London ranks up there somewhere? I will post the results once my research is done… anyone care to take a guess ? Shimmers
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> I am preparing a paper on Int’l Passenger Air Travel demand. > Does anyone know the Top 10 most travelled routes, in terms of > number of passengers carried on a year round basis ? > I’m sure that New York – London ranks up there somewhere? > I will post the results once my research is done… anyone care > to take a guess ? > Shimmers
I’m not sure but here’s a guess at a few: NewYork-Chicago Los Angeles-San Francisco London-Paris Rio-Sao Paulo Montreal-Toronto Tokyo-Osaka Atlanta-New York Dallas-Chicago Nagoya-Tokyo Kyoto-Tokyo New York-Boston New York-Washington Rome-Milan Hong Kong-Taipei Sydney Melbourne I’m sure a few of these would be in the top 10, especially the Japanese routes seeing both JAL and ANA use 747SR’s on their domestic routes (at least they used to)
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>> I am preparing a paper on Int’l Passenger Air Travel demand. > Does anyone know the Top 10 most travelled routes, in terms of > number of passengers carried on a year round basis ? > I’m sure that New York – London ranks up there somewhere? > I will post the results once my research is done… anyone care > to take a guess ? > Shimmers
Detroit-Tokyo possibly. NW has two daily flights (747’s) and they are ALWAYS full. A real bear to get tickets any closer than two weeks in advance! Regards, Dan (Spam Stopper: when replying, remove the ! from my e-mail address) You can define a good flight by the negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. And so you are grateful. –Paul Theroux
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