June 2017 Turkey Airports Aircraft and Passenger Numbers
The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI) has announced air traffic statistics for aircraft, passengers and freight for June 2017. Accordingly, in June, airport aircraft traffic was 78,415 on domestic routes, a decrease of 1.2 percent compared to the same month last year, and 57,580 on international routes, an increase of 14 percent.
As of the end of June, overflight traffic increased by 10.1 percent. Including overflights, total aircraft traffic served 172,310 aircraft, an increase of 5.8 percent overall compared to the same period last year.
INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS INCREASED 30 PERCENT IN JUNE...
In June, the number of domestic passengers rose 7.3 percent to 8,979,609, while the number of international passengers rose 30.4 percent to 8,150,028. Thus, including direct transit passengers, the number of passengers in June rose 17 percent compared to the same month last year, reaching 17,152,147.
When the 2017 Ramadan Holiday traffic at our tourism-oriented airports is compared with the 2016 Ramadan Holiday period;
At Antalya Airport, international aircraft traffic in June increased by 75 percent to 14,584 compared to the same period last year. On international routes, where there was a 106 percent increase in passengers, 2,649,696 passengers were served.
At Mugla Dalaman Airport, international passenger traffic in June increased by 34 percent compared to the same period last year, serving 385,169 passengers.
At Mugla Milas-Bodrum Airport, domestic passenger traffic in June increased by 21 percent compared to the same period last year, with 305,918 passengers handled.
At Alanya Gazipasa Airport, domestic passenger traffic in June increased by 28 percent to 45,829 compared to the same period last year, while international routes served 52,588 passengers, an increase of 24 percent.
THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS IN ISTANBUL EXCEEDED 7.5 MILLION...
In June, the number of aircraft and passengers also increased at Istanbul Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen Airports. While Ataturk Airport served a total of 38,975 aircraft and 5,132,348 passengers, Sabiha Gokcen Airport served 18,825 aircraft and 2,579,572 passengers. In June, the airports in Istanbul handled a total of 7,711,920 passengers on domestic and international routes.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC INCREASED 20 PERCENT OVERALL...
As of June, airport freight (cargo, mail and baggage) traffic reached 77,516 tons on domestic routes, an increase of 11.7 percent, 225,807 tons on international routes, an increase of 23.6 percent, and 303,323 tons overall, an increase of 20.3 percent.
84 MILLION PASSENGERS AND 870 THOUSAND AIRCRAFT IN TRAFFIC IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2017...
According to the figures as of the end of June 2017 (6 months); total aircraft traffic served (including overflights) reached 870,853, an increase of 0.8 percent, total passenger traffic (including direct transit) reached 84,197,576, an increase of 4.1 percent, and freight (Cargo + Mail + Baggage) traffic reached 1,496,564 tons, an increase of 6.9 percent.
