The Singapore-Kuala Lumpur air corridor links two of the busiest hubs in Southeast Asia. In 2023, there were over 25,000 flights and 4 million seats available on this route. The city pair rose to become the busiest international route worldwide in 2023, although the latest data now has it second behind Hong Kong-Taipei.
As per data from aviation analytics company Cirium , a total of eight airlines fly between the two cities: Jetstar Asia AirAsia Ethiopian Airlines Firefly Malaysia Airlines Batik Air Malaysia Singapore Airlines Scoot Together, these airlines will offer over 1,420 roundtrips and more than half a million seats in August 2024, almost equaling its pre-pandemic peak in 2019. AirAsia is the most dominant player on the route this summer, operating 22.8% of flights, followed by Malaysia Airlines (20.
8%) and Singapore Airlines (16.7%). Why does Singapore-KL remain so popular? While many city pairings around the world still struggle to recover from the pandemic, Singapore-Kuala Lumpur had no such problems.
Demand remains strong, and the cities remain connected by both low-cost and full-service airlines. So, what makes the route between these neighboring countries so busy? Tourism: Travel between the two countries is not just all work and no play . In fact, holidaymakers make up 39% of Malaysians who travel to Singapore, the single largest travel purpose.
Residents from the island nation frequent Malaysia to enjoy affordable food and to shop at some of the region's large.