October 2016 Turkey Airports Aircraft and Passenger Numbers

16 MILLION PASSENGERS SERVED IN OCTOBER...

1 MILLION 557 THOUSAND AIRCRAFT AND 149 MILLION 424 THOUSAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC RECORDED IN 10 MONTHS...

The General Directorate of State Airports Authority announced its aircraft, passenger and cargo statistics for October 2016. According to the announcement, 16 million passengers chose air travel in October, and 149 million 424 thousand passengers over the 10-month period.

DOMESTIC AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC UP 10.2 PERCENT...

Aircraft traffic landing at and taking off from airports across Turkey was 80,269 on domestic routes, up 10.2 percent compared to October of the previous year, and 52,543 on international routes, down 11.3 percent.

In October, overflight aircraft traffic in Turkish airspace rose 7.1 percent to 34,313. Thus, the number of aircraft served in October 2016 increased 2 percent to 167,125.

DOMESTIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC ROSE 8 PERCENT...

As of October 2016, domestic passenger traffic rose 8 percent to 9,038,028, while international passenger traffic fell 13.6 percent to 6,913,178. In October, the number of passengers choosing air travel decreased by a total of 2.6 percent (including direct transit) to 15,989,002 compared to the same period of the previous year.

CARGO (FREIGHT+MAIL+BAGGAGE) TRANSPORT ROSE 2.7 PERCENT...

As of October 2016, cargo (freight+mail+baggage) transport was 70,219 tons on domestic routes, down 1.5 percent; 206,100 tons on international routes, up 4.2 percent; and 276,319 tons in total, up 2.7 percent.

149 MILLION 424 THOUSAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC RECORDED IN 10 MONTHS...

According to end-of-October 2016 (10-month) figures, total aircraft traffic served (including overflights) rose 0.5 percent to 1,557,835, total passenger traffic (including direct transit) fell 4.8 percent to 149,424,890, and cargo (freight+mail+baggage) traffic fell 5.5 percent to 2,495,874 tons.

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