JUST THE FACTS : Top Tickets

Here are the top 20 airline routes in the U.S. based on the number of passenger trips (in either direction) between these cities in 1993 (in thousands of passenger trips).

1) New York--Los Angeles: 2,735

2) New York--Chicago: 2,484

3) New York--Boston: 2,474

4) Honolulu--Kahului, Maui: 2,428

5) New York--Miami: 2,358

6) New York--Washington: 2,285

7) Dallas/Ft. Worth--Houston: 2,187

8) Los Angeles--San Francisco: 2,038

9) New York--San Francisco: 1,903

10) New York--Orlando: 1,879

11) New York--Ft. Lauderdale: 1,764

12) New York--San Juan: 1,590

13) New York--Atlanta: 1,581

14) Los Angeles--Las Vegas: 1,457

15) Los Angeles--Phoenix: 1,360

16) Chicago--Detroit: 1,357

17) Los Angeles--Oakland: 1,296

18) Los Angeles--Honolulu: 1,277

19) Honolulu--Lihue, Kauai: 1,270

20) Honolulu--Kona, Hawaii: 1,226

Source: Air Transportation Assn.