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The world's busiest flight path connects Seoul and Jeju

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Move over, New York to London. The skies between Seoul and the resort island of Jeju are practically a traffic jam. Before the pandemic, over 17 million passengers flew this route annually, meaning a plane took off literally every couple of minutes. It's essentially an airborne subway system for stressed-out city dwellers demanding a beach vacation.

The world's busiest flight path connects Seoul and Jeju
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