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T<\/span>he<\/strong> air route linking Singapore and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur has become the busiest in the world, research shows.\u00a0Planes made 30,537 trips between the two airports in the year to February 2018, OAG Aviation said.<\/p>\n The route overtook Hong Kong-Taipei in a list dominated by Asian destinations.<\/p>\n Flying between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur takes about an hour, and there are plans to build a high-speed rail link between the two.<\/p>\n The figures mean an average of 84 flights per day plied the route.<\/p>\n The route is operated by a host of budget carriers such as Scoot, Jetstar, Air Asia and Malindo Air as well as the two countries’ flagship carriers, Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines.<\/p>\n