In the 60s, transoceanic long-haul routes started to increase their volumes across the globe.

The North-Atlantic route became the most successful and profitable one, between Europe and North America major cities (London, Paris, New York, Atlanta, Chicago…). This route´s success was strongly driven by the great economical growth that took place in the US and the Western Europe countries during the twentieth century last decades, and has been the busiest long-haul route in the world for over more than 40 years.

These first 14 years of the twenty-first century have shown so far two long-haul routes strongly rising up to the top in other regions of the planet: the Kangaroo routes from Europe to Australia, with one stopover in Gulf (Dubai or Qatar) or Singapore airports; and the Dragon routes from Europe to South-Asia region (Singapore, Hong Kong, India…), that are becoming as busiest as the North-Atlantic route.

These are the fastest-growing long-haul routes in the twenty-first century:

1)    London-Dubai (Kangaroo route first-leg)

2)    London-Chicago (North-Atlantic route)

3)    London-Hong Kong (Dragon route)

4)    Singapore-Melbourne (Kangaroo route second-leg)

5)    Singapore-Sydney (Kangaroo route second-leg)

6)    London-Singapore (Dragon route and Kangaroo route first-leg)

7)    London-Mumbai (Dragon route)

8)    Dubai-Singapore (part of Kangaroo route)

9)    London-New York (North-Atlantic route)

10) Singapore-Brisbane (Kangaroo route second-leg)

Long-haul routes are a clear sign of how the world economical power is shifting to the East, bringing wealth and new opportunities to Middle-East and Asia-Pac region. With bigger, better and less-consuming-oil planes (Airbus A380 and Boing 787/Dreamliner) long-haul air routes will keep on supporting emerging markets economical growths and making possible to interconnect different regions, cultures businesses and people all around the world.