December 2015 and 2015 year-end aircraft, passenger and cargo statistics announced...
The General Directorate of State Airports Authority announced its aircraft, passenger, and cargo statistics for December and year-end 2015. According to the announcement, the number of passengers served by airports across Turkey rose by 12.5% to 12,322,487 in December 2015, and by 9.3% to 181,689,522 at the end of 2015.
DOMESTIC AIRCRAFT AND PASSENGER TRAFFIC CONTINUED ITS DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH IN 2015…
As of December 2015, total aircraft traffic at airports reached 66,515 on domestic routes (up 16.8%) and 38,633 on international routes (up 6.8%), for a total of 105,148 (up 12.9%) compared to December of the previous year. In December, 25,735 overflight movements took place through Turkish airspace.
Total year-end 2015 aircraft traffic reached 835,677 on domestic routes (up 10.8%) and 620,764 on international routes (up 4.9%), totaling 1,456,441 (up 8.2%). Thus, including overflights, the aircraft traffic served across Turkey rose by 8.1% to 1,815,095.
As of December 2015, airport passenger traffic reached 7,849,258 on domestic routes (up 17.5%) and 4,459,727 on international routes (up 4.9%). The greatest contributions to the December domestic passenger traffic growth came, respectively, from Istanbul Sabiha GÖKÇEN, which added 310,100 domestic passengers (up 26%), and Ankara Esenboğa Airport, which added 286,250 domestic passengers (up 35%).
The greatest contributions to the December international passenger traffic growth came from Istanbul Atatürk, which added 123,040 passengers (up 4%), and Istanbul Sabiha GÖKÇEN Airport, which added 100,111 passengers (up 16%).
DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS EXCEEDED 97 MILLION…
As of year-end 2015, airport passenger traffic reached 97,485,961 on domestic routes (up 14.1%) and 83,869,800 on international routes (up 4.4%), for a total of 181,698,362 (up 9.3%), including 342,601 direct transit passengers.
ISTANBUL MAINTAINED ITS LEADERSHIP IN AIR TRANSPORT…
In 2015, passenger and aircraft traffic at the airports of the city of Istanbul continued to grow. Total passenger traffic at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, which was 56,715,541 in 2014, reached 61,322,729 by year-end 2015 (up 8%). Total passenger traffic at Istanbul Sabiha GÖKÇEN Airport, which was 23,494,646 in 2014, reached 28,112,438 by year-end 2015. The number of air passengers for the city of Istanbul was 89,435,167 in 2015.
THE INCREASE IN PASSENGER NUMBERS AT 34 AIRPORTS EXCEEDED 10%…
At the end of 2015, total passenger growth was at or above 10% at 34 of the 55 airports. By year-end, the top 6 airports by percentage growth in total passengers were, respectively, Çanakkale (up 284%), Siirt (up 241%), Kocaeli Cengiz TOPEL (up 240%), Bursa Yenişehir (up 152%), Tokat (up 61%), and Balıkesir Koca SEYİT (up 56%) Airports.
CARGO TRAFFIC EXCEEDED 3 MILLION TONS…
Airport cargo traffic (freight + mail + baggage) rose by 6.5% to 211,665 tons in December 2015, and by 5.8% to 3,060,951 tons at the end of 2015.
DHMİ GENERAL DIRECTORATE 
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