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I am flabbergasted that Qantas has the #2 slot for Melbourne-Sydney! No wonder players like Compass and OzJet tried to shoulder into that market (with little success) 10 or 20 years ago. I know of a couple of friends who live in one city and literally commute to the other every day/week for work, but I didn't realise how many people must to it daily to make this such a cash cow route.

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Its the second busiest route in the world. It's a very easy flight, compared with driving and train, and is heavy with business travellers, hence the revenue.

It could still use more services, the flights should be cheaper than they currently are.

It’s not the second busiest by passenger numbers. All of the world’s busiest routes are in Asia.

It’s the second “highest earning” in terms of fare revenue, however.

https://www.statista.com/chart/12598/the-worlds-busiest-air-...

It is number two in the world by total number of flights per year: http://www.traveller.com.au/worlds-busiest-airline-flight-ro...

It's somewhere around #5 by total number of passengers.

Indeed. That’s because Qantas and their competitors use a large number of small aircraft on the route, maintaining a high frequency.

If you look at the real busiest routes (by passenger count), like Singapore to KL, they tend to use larger wide body aircraft which carry a lot more passengers per flight.

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