Three Vietnam domestic routes among Southeast Asia's busiest

Over 949,000 passengers flew on the two-hour route between Hanoi and HCMC in August, making it the busiest in the region, surpassing other routes such as Jakarta-Makassar with 569,500, Jakarta-Bali with over 473,000, and Cebu-Manila with a little more than 450,000.

The Da Nang-HCMC route ranked fifth, with more than 427,700 passengers, while the Da Nang-Hanoi route ranked seventh, serving over 410,000 passengers.

Other routes on the list are Surabaya-Makassar, Jakarta-Medan and Jakarta-Surabaya in Indonesia, and Davao-Manila in the Philippines.