November 2016 Turkey Airports Aircraft and Passenger Numbers
136 THOUSAND AIRCRAFT AND 12 MILLION 450 THOUSAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC RECORDED IN NOVEMBER
The General Directorate of State Airports Authority announced the passenger, aircraft and cargo traffic figures for November 2016. According to the announcement, 12 million 450 thousand passengers chose air travel in November, and 161 million 874 thousand over the 11-month period.
AN 8 PERCENT INCREASE IN DOMESTIC AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC...
In November 2016, aircraft traffic landing and taking off at airports across Turkey reached 70,597 on domestic routes, an increase of 8.0 percent compared to November of the previous year, while international routes recorded 35,609, a decrease of 13.5 percent.
In November, overflight aircraft traffic in Turkish airspace increased by 9.3 percent to 30,109. As a result, the number of aircraft served in November 2016 increased by 2 percent to 136,315.
DOMESTIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC INCREASED BY 6.6 PERCENT
As of November 2016, domestic passenger traffic increased by 6.6 percent to 8,107,477, while international passenger traffic decreased by 10.5 percent to 4,319,318. The number of passengers choosing air travel in November totaled (including direct transit) 12,450,108, a decrease of 0.04 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
CARGO (FREIGHT+MAIL+BAGGAGE) TRANSPORT INCREASED BY 2.9 PERCENT
As of November 2016, cargo (Freight+Mail+Baggage) transport reached 59,787 tons on domestic routes, a decrease of 0.6 percent; 161,419 tons on international routes, an increase of 4.2 percent; and 221,206 tons in total, an increase of 2.9 percent.
161 MILLION 874 THOUSAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC RECORDED IN 11 MONTHS
According to the figures as of the end of November 2016 (11 months); total aircraft traffic served (including overflights) increased by 2.3 percent to 1,694,150; total passenger traffic (including direct transit) decreased by 4.4 percent to 161,874,998; and cargo (Freight+Mail+Baggage) traffic decreased by 4.9 percent to 2,717,080 tons.
