I saw this and scratched my head and thought, uh no, but whatever.
OAG defines long-haul as a journey that is over 4,000km. With that in mind, let’s proceed with the list:
The list of busiest long-haul routes
1 New York to San Francisco (JFK-SFO): 15,587 flights
2 New York to London (JFK-LHR): 14,195 flights
3 Honolulu to Los Angeles (HNL-LAX): 11,628 flights
4 New York to San Francisco (EWR-SFO): 11,302 flights
5 Boston to Los Angeles (BOS-LAX): 11,262 flights
6 Boston to San Francisco (BOS-SFO): 10,475 flights
7 Honolulu to Tokyo (HNL-NRT): 7,644 flights
8 Dubai to London (DXB-LHR): 7,109 flights
9 Los Angeles to London (LAX-LHR): 6,677 flights
10 Singapore to Sydney (SIN-SYD): 6,048 flights
https://simpleflying.com/busiest-long-haul-routes-2019/
According to Google:
Distance from JFK to LAX
The shortest distance (air line) between JFK and LAX is 2,469.45 mi (3,974.20 km
).
Doh.
