Business-traveler heavy routes like trans-Atlantic and transcontinental flights bring in the most revenue for airlines, which are racing to add more premium seats aboard their planes.
British Airways' New York to London Heathrow flight brought in more than $1 billion, the most of any other airline route.Airlines have been racing to update cabins on these routes to add more lucrative business-class seats.hady Khandan | ullstein bild | Getty Imagesat the front of the plane didn't give it away, a new ranking shows how high-paying travelers rule the skies.
The routes that make the most money are those frequented by business travelers, where airlines have been scrambling to add high-end seats at both four- and sometimes five-digit prices. British Airways' nonstop flights between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and London's Heathrow Airport brought in nearly $1.2 billion in revenue in the 12 months ended in March 2019, far and away more than any other route in the world, according to data released this week by aviation statistics firm OAG.
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