November 2015 Turkey Airports Aircraft and Passenger Numbers...

PASSENGER NUMBERS REACHED 170 MILLION OVER THE 11-MONTH PERIOD...

The General Directorate of State Airports Authority announced the November aircraft, passenger, and cargo traffic figures. According to the announcement, the number of passengers served at airports across Turkey (including direct transit) rose by 10.6% to 12,555,304 in November 2015, and by 9.3% to 169,673,693 over the first 11-month period. By the end of 2015, the total number of passengers at airports across Turkey (including direct transit) is expected to increase by 9.3% to 181,592,275.

As of November 2015, total aircraft traffic at airports increased compared to November of the previous year by 12.2% to 65,405 on domestic routes and by 6.3% to 41,099 on international routes, for a total increase of 9.8% to 106,504.

In November, overflight traffic through Turkish airspace declined by 0.9% to 27,557.

As a result, total aircraft traffic including overflights increased by 8.0% to 1,684,703 over the first 11-month period, and by the end of 2015 total aircraft traffic including overflights is expected to increase by 9.2% to 1,832,962.


DOMESTIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC ROSE 14%, INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC ROSE 4.7%...

As of November 2015, the number of domestic passengers increased by 14% to 7,705,924 and the number of international passengers increased by 5.7% to 4,834,331 compared to November of the previous year. The greatest contributions to the increase in November domestic passenger traffic came from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen with an increase of 314,719, Ankara Esenboga with an increase of 76,623, and Izmir Adnan Menderes Airports with an increase of 72,468, respectively.

The greatest contribution to the increase in international passenger traffic came from Istanbul Ataturk Airport, with the addition of 223,739 passengers in November.

Airport cargo (freight + mail + baggage) traffic increased by 2.5% to 212,754 tons in November 2015, and by 5.8% to 2,849,285 tons over the first 11-month period.

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