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Most commonly used air routes, in million passengers a year

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Sapporo-Tokyo

Fukuoka-Tokyo Osaka-Tokyo

Naha-Tokyo

Barcelona-Madrid Beijing-Shanghai

Osaka

Fukuoka Hiroshima

Tokyo

Sapporo

Dublin-London London-New York Fort Lauderdale-New York Orlando-New York

Kagoshima

Kanazawa

Naha

Seoul

Hong Kong Guangzhou

Beijing

Shanghai

Chicago-New York Paris-Nice

Los Angeles

Milan-Rome Seoul-Tokyo Paris-Toulouse

Edinburgh London

Chicago

Glasgow

Atlanta

Amsterdam

Edinburgh-London Amsterdam-London Hong Kong- Shanghai

Dublin

Milan

New York

Paris

Fort Lauderdale Orlando

Rome

Toulouse

Nice

Madrid

Barcelona

Atlanta-New York Hong Kong-Tokyo London-Paris Los Angeles-New York

Hiroshima-Tokyo Hong Kong-Tokyo Kagoshima-Tokyo Beijing-Guangzhou Glasgow-London Madrid-Paris Kanazawa-Tokyo Guangzhou-Shanghai

Flights most easily replaced by train (short distance, no sea to cross*) Flights possibly replaceable by train and ship (short distance, sea to cross)

Other options besides flight?

In both cases, ship and train replacement options need to be politically supported to become or remain attractive (schedules, prices, comfort level).

* Given the Channel Tunnel train, London-Paris is counted in this category.

Source: ENAC Air Transport Database, French Civil Aviation University, 2008 (data for 2006).

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