Corridor Deep Dive

Transpacific (US ↔ Asia)

The transpacific corridor — US west coast and east coast gateways to Northeast and Southeast Asia — is structurally longer-haul than transatlantic, with average flight hours that double or triple the transatlantic mean. Premium-cabin demand is genuinely productivity-driven; passengers in business class on a 14-hour ULH flight are usually working for the difference between economy and business.

Last updated May 5, 2026 · Reviewed by Editorial Team

This page slices the dataset to the Transpacific (US ↔ Asia) corridor only. Same join logic as the airfare & traffic dashboard — BTS T-100 traffic plus our consolidator fare floors — narrowed to the routes that sit in this corridor by their geographic classification. Use it to read leadership, fleet, and seasonality patterns within the corridor.

At a glance

Transpacific (US ↔ Asia) in numbers

Routes in corridor

Distinct city pairs in our BTS sample for this corridor.

Annual passengers

13.69M

Sum across all carriers, both directions, all cabins (BTS does not split by cabin).

Annual flights

55,700

Both-direction scheduled flight count rolled up across the corridor.

Avg flight hours

14.3

Mean stage length across the corridor — a quick read on long-haul vs. shorter-haul mix.

Avg consolidator floor

$2,339

Mean lowest-accessed business-class fare floor across routes in the corridor that intersect our catalog.

Distinct carriers leading

Carriers appearing as #1 reporting share on at least one route in the corridor.

Reading the transpacific (us ↔ asia) corridor

Three framings to keep in mind

Why it sits here

Tied to the largest Asian premium-cabin hubs: HND/NRT, ICN, HKG, PVG, SIN. US carriers and Asian flag carriers both fly it; alliance leadership tends to follow the alliance hub.

Booking dynamic

Premium-cabin floors are higher per route than transatlantic but lower per flight hour. Longer-haul = more flat-bed value per ticket.

Fleet pattern

777-300ER and A350-1000 dominate. ULH twin-jet (A350 ULR, 777-9 from delivery) is the next chapter.

Volume ranking

Top routes by annual passenger volume

From the BTS T-100 sample, ranked highest to lowest within this corridor.

#	Route	Annual passengers	Flights / yr	Top carrier	Share	Carriers	Peak month	Floor (USD)
1	Los Angeles → Tokyo LAX–NRT	1,080,000	4,400	Japan Airlines	24%	5	July	$2,190
2	San Francisco → Tokyo SFO–NRT	980,000	4,100	United Airlines	35%	4	August	$2,180
3	Los Angeles → Seoul LAX–ICN	760,000	3,100	Korean Air	38%	5	July	$2,150
4	Seattle → Tokyo SEA–NRT	580,000	2,400	Delta Air Lines	35%	3	July	$2,200
5	New York → Seoul JFK–ICN	580,000	2,400	Korean Air	40%	4	July	$2,280
6	Los Angeles → Taipei LAX–TPE	570,000	2,300	EVA Air	50%	3	July	$2,100
7	New York → Tokyo JFK–NRT	540,000	2,400	Japan Airlines	33%	4	July	$2,390
8	San Francisco → Seoul SFO–ICN	540,000	2,300	United Airlines	35%	4	July	$2,180
9	New York → Delhi JFK–DEL	530,000	2,200	Air India	56%	3	December	$2,150
10	Chicago → Tokyo ORD–NRT	510,000	2,100	ANA	36%	3	July	$2,350
11	Los Angeles → Manila LAX–MNL	470,000	1,700	Philippine Airlines	64%	3	December	$2,100
12	San Francisco → Taipei SFO–TPE	470,000	1,900	EVA Air	55%	3	July	$2,080

Showing the top 12 of 38 routes in the corridor. Full list in the downloadable CSV at /data/airfare-trends.

Carrier leadership

Who leads inside this corridor

Carriers ranked by routes-led within the corridor — a count, not a market-share claim.

#	Carrier	Routes led (corridor)	Top-3 appearances	Passengers under lead
1	ANA	8	13	856K
2	Japan Airlines	5	9	891K
3	Singapore Airlines	4	4	909K
4	Air India	4	4	819K
5	Philippine Airlines	3	3	811K
6	EVA Air	3	4	712K
7	Korean Air	3	7	589K
8	United Airlines	2	17	532K
9	Delta Air Lines	2	3	473K
10	Thai Airways	2	2	186K
11	Air China	1	2	180K
12	China Eastern Airlines	1	1	140K
13	Asiana Airlines	0	3	0
14	Air Premia	0	2	0
15	American Airlines	0	9	0
16	China Airlines	0	3	0
17	Starlux	0	2	0
18	Cathay Pacific	0	2	0
19	Delta	0	2	0

For the dataset-wide leaderboard across every corridor, see /data/carrier-leaderboard.

Aircraft footprint

What is flying this corridor

Aircraft types ranked by route appearances within the corridor.

#	Aircraft type	Routes	Carrier mentions
1	Boeing 777-300ER	29	50
2	Boeing 787-9	23	52
3	Airbus A350-900	17	21
4	Boeing 777-200ER	6	8
5	Airbus A330-900neo	3	3
6	Boeing 787-10	3	3
7	Airbus A380	3	3
8	Airbus A350-900ULR	3	3
9	Boeing 777-200LR	3	3
10	Airbus A350-1000	1	1
11	Boeing 747-8	1	1
12	Airbus A330-300	1	1

For the dataset-wide aircraft deployment table see /data/aircraft-deployment. For cabin-product status across these types, see the retrofit tracker.

Seasonality

Peak and trough months across transpacific (us ↔ asia)

Number of routes in the corridor reporting each month as their peak (most passengers) or trough (fewest passengers).

Month	Routes peaking	Routes troughing
January	0	0
February	0	32
March	0	0
April	0	0
May	0	6
June	0	0
July	25	0
August	1	0
September	0	0
October	0	0
November	0	0
December	12	0

Methodology

Sources and corridor classification

Source data is the BTS T-100 Segment 2025 release joined to our consolidator route catalog. Each route is classified into a corridor based on origin and destination country, using the same logic that powers the corridor breakdown on the main dashboard. This page filters the dataset to a single corridor and re-runs the leadership and fleet aggregations within that scope.

Drill deeper

Connected pages

All data & reports Airfare & traffic dashboard Carrier leaderboard Aircraft deployment State of the Premium Cabin (Q2 2026)Aircraft retrofit tracker

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the Transpacific (US ↔ Asia) corridor in this dataset?

Which routes are included?

Every BTS T-100 route in our sample where the origin and destination geography matches the corridor classification. Currently 38 routes for Transpacific (US ↔ Asia).

How is "leadership within the corridor" calculated?

For each route in the corridor, we count which carrier is #1 by reported BTS share. Summing across the corridor gives the routes-led count per carrier shown in the leaderboard table. It is a count of leadership positions within the corridor, not a market-share claim.

Why might my favourite route be missing?

BTS T-100 only reports US-touching segments. Routes operated entirely between non-US points may be absent unless our consolidator catalog has independently sourced traffic data for them.

Can I download the underlying data?

Yes — the full joined dataset (all corridors, every route) is at /data/airfare-trends/data.csv. Filter by the corridor column to get just the Transpacific (US ↔ Asia) rows.

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