August 2017 Turkey Airports Aircraft and Passenger Numbers
The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) announced the airline aircraft, passenger and cargo statistics for August 2017. Accordingly, in August, airport aircraft traffic rose by 8.3 percent to 90,237 on domestic routes and by 13.6 percent to 69,548 on international routes compared to the same month of the previous year. Total aircraft traffic (including overflights) also increased by 10.1 percent to 200,321.
IN AUGUST, INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS INCREASED BY 28.5 PERCENT AND DOMESTIC PASSENGERS BY 6.1 PERCENT…
This month, the number of domestic passengers was recorded at 10,605,378, up 6.1 percent, while the number of international passengers reached 11,007,981, up 28.5 percent. Thus, when direct transit passengers are also included, the number of passengers in that month rose by 16.3 percent to 21,646,682 compared to the same month of the previous year.
At Istanbul Atatürk Airport in August, compared to August 2016, 1,920,511 passengers were served on domestic routes, up 5 percent, and 4,652,206 passengers on international routes, up 12 percent, for a total (including direct transit) of 6,573,137 passengers, up 10 percent. As of the end of August, a total of 41,647,324 passengers had been served, an increase of 3 percent.
At our tourism-oriented airports in August, compared to August 2016;
At Antalya Airport, international passenger traffic increased by 73 percent to 3,456,620 passengers,
At Muğla Dalaman Airport, international passenger traffic increased by 19 percent to 455,467 passengers,
At Muğla Milas-Bodrum Airport, domestic passenger traffic increased by 5 percent to 447,636 passengers,
At Alanya Gazipaşa Airport, domestic passenger traffic increased by 12 percent to 61,497 passengers.
THE INCREASE IN OVERFLIGHT TRAFFIC CONTINUED
The upward trend in overflight traffic continued. In August, overflight traffic increased by 8.2 percent to 40,536 compared to the same month of the previous year. According to the first 8 months' figures, overflight traffic increased by 8.6 percent to 267,722 compared to the same period of the previous year.
TOTAL CARGO TRAFFIC INCREASED BY 12.4 PERCENT…
As of August, airport cargo (freight, mail and baggage) traffic reached 100,716 tons on domestic routes, up 5.6 percent, 270,870 tons on international routes, up 15.2 percent, and 371,586 tons in total, up 12.4 percent.
According to the figures as of the end of August 2017 (8 months); the total aircraft traffic served (including overflights) reached 1,265,900, up 3.9 percent, the total passenger traffic (including direct transit) reached 127,136,893, up 9.1 percent, and the cargo (Freight+Mail+Baggage) traffic reached 2,220,901 tons, up 9.6 percent.
