This map, published by Landgeist, shows the air routes with the most passengers that have at least one city in Europe as their origin or destination, according to data from 2022.

Domestic routes are marked in blue and international routes, many of which are intercontinental, are marked in red. The ten busiest routes are as follows:

1. Heathrow Airport, London (United Kingdom) – John F. Kennedy Airport, New York (United States).
2. Heathrow Airport, London (United Kingdom) – Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
3. Sabiha Gökçen Airport, Istanbul (Turkey) – Antalya (Turkey)
4. El Prat Airport, Barcelona (Spain) – Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
5. Atatürk Airport, Istanbul (Turkey) – Imam Khomeini Airport, Tehran (Iran)
6. Atatürk Airport, Istanbul (Turkey) – Antalya (Turkey)
7. Barajas Airport, Madrid (Spain) – Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
8. Oslo (Norway) – Trondheim (Norway).
9. Orly Airport, Paris (France) – Nice (France).
10. Oslo (Norway) – Bergen (Norway).

Many of the air routes that had historically been the busiest, such as Madrid-Barcelona, Milan-Rome and Paris-Lyon, have fallen significantly in popularity due to the rise of high-speed trains in Europe.

Sources

• Europe's busiest air routes