Flight Corridors

The most heavily trafficked oceanic airspace in the world, with organised track systems carrying over 2,000 flights daily between North America and Europe.

Routes connecting South America with the Iberian Peninsula and West Africa, historically pioneered by airmail services in the 1930s.

Major corridor linking the US West Coast with Northeast Asia, following great-circle paths that curve northward over the Pacific Ocean.

One of aviation's longest overwater corridors, linking Australasia with the US West Coast across the vast southern Pacific.

The iconic air route between the United Kingdom and Australia, named for its Australian destination and famous for multiple fuel stops in the propeller era.

Over-the-pole flight paths that dramatically shorten travel between eastern North America and Southeast Asia by flying across the Arctic.

Air routes spanning the Indian Ocean, connecting Southern Africa with South Asia and Southeast Asia through some of the most remote overwater airspace.

High-frequency routes connecting the US East Coast with the Caribbean islands, one of the oldest international air corridors in the Americas.

Busy routes connecting Northern Europe with the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East, bridging continents across the sea.

Routes from East Asia to the US East Coast and Midwest via the Arctic, opened after post-Cold-War airspace agreements allowed overflight of Russian and polar airspace.

The triangular network connecting Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong, forming the backbone of Southeast and East Asian air travel.

Ultra-high-frequency shuttle services between Seoul, Tokyo, and Shanghai, among the world's busiest international city pairs.

The dense network of short-haul routes linking London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Munich, forming the arterial system of European aviation.

Coast-to-coast routes across the United States, among the highest-revenue domestic corridors in the world and a proving ground for premium domestic services.

The compact triangle connecting Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi, three super-connector hubs that transformed global aviation routing in the 21st century.

Key regional routes connecting Nairobi, Addis Ababa, and Dar es Salaam, anchored by Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways as continental hubs.

The modern aerial Silk Road connecting Istanbul with Tashkent and Beijing, tracing the ancient trade route through Central Asia.

The Sydney-Melbourne-Brisbane triangle, one of the busiest domestic air markets on earth and the foundation of Australian commercial aviation since 1920.

The birthplace of powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first sustained heavier-than-air flight on December 17, 1903.

Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo nonstop crossing from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis, the flight that ignited worldwide enthusiasm for transatlantic air travel.

The supersonic London-New York service that crossed the Atlantic in under 3.5 hours, operated by British Airways and Air France from 1976 until 2003.

The three narrow air corridors into West Berlin used during the 1948-1949 blockade, when Allied aircraft flew over 270,000 missions to supply the city.

Imperial Airways' pioneering route from London to Sydney via Cairo, Bombay, and Singapore, the longest scheduled service of the 1930s requiring multiple overnight stops.

Pan American Airways' flying boat route across the Pacific, hopping from San Francisco to Manila via Honolulu, Midway, Wake, and Guam, inaugurated in 1936.

The world's longest scheduled nonstop flight, connecting Singapore Changi with New York JFK. Originally launched in 2004 with the A340-500, relaunched in 2018 with the ultra-long-range A350-900ULR.

One of the world's longest nonstop routes, connecting New Zealand with Qatar Airways' Doha hub and providing Australasia with a single-stop gateway to Europe and Africa.

Qantas's direct link between Australia and Europe, the first nonstop scheduled service between the two continents and a milestone in the Kangaroo Route's evolution.

Qantas's direct transpacific route from Dallas/Fort Worth to Sydney, offering a one-stop US-Australia connection and one of the longest flights in the carrier's network.

Qantas's planned nonstop Sydney-London service using the Airbus A350-1000, set to complete the Kangaroo Route without a fuel stop for the first time in aviation history.

United Airlines' ultra-long-haul route connecting Houston with Sydney, providing a direct link between the US Gulf Coast and Australasia.