September 2015 Turkey Airports Aircraft and Passenger Numbers
TOTAL PASSENGER NUMBERS ROSE BY 10.3% IN SEPTEMBER…
PASSENGER NUMBERS EXCEEDED 140 MILLION IN THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD…
The General Directorate of State Airports Authority announced the September aircraft, passenger and cargo traffic figures. According to the announcement, the number of passengers served at airports across Turkey (including direct transit) reached 18,622,108 in September 2015, an increase of 10.3%, and 140,684,536 in the first nine-month period, an increase of 9.2%.
As of September 2015, total aircraft traffic at airports reached 77,225 on domestic flights (up 12.6%), 65,833 on international flights (up 6.4%) and 143,058 in total (up 9.6%) compared with September of the previous year.
In September, overflight traffic through Turkish airspace amounted to 32,623, an increase of 1.7%. As a result, the number of aircraft served in September 2015 was 175,681, an increase of 8.1%.
DOMESTIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC ROSE 19%, INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC ROSE 3.3%…
As of September 2015, with the additional passenger movement brought by the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), domestic passenger numbers reached 9,081,232 (up 19%) and international passenger numbers reached 9,494,490 (up 3.3%) compared with September of the previous year.
FEAST OF SACRIFICE CONGESTION AT AIRPORTS…
During the Feast of Sacrifice holiday period across Turkey (between 18-27 September 2015), the total domestic passenger numbers at our four (4) airports located in our tourism-intensive provinces — Antalya, Muğla (Milas-Bodrum, Dalaman) and Izmir Adnan Menderes — rose by 31% compared with the same date of the previous period.
During the holiday, the provinces from which the most travel took place through the airports were, in order, Istanbul, Antalya, Izmir and Ankara.
During the Feast of Sacrifice holiday period across Turkey (between 18-27 September 2015), passenger traffic was recorded as 540,808 domestic and 1,203,126 international at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, 582,559 domestic and 312,902 international at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport, 224,158 domestic and 995,761 international at Antalya Airport, 286,984 domestic and 144,032 international at Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, and 282,818 domestic and 49,533 international at Ankara Esenboğa Airport.
CARGO (FREIGHT+MAIL+BAGGAGE) TRANSPORT ROSE 10.8%…
The monthly change in cargo transport in September 2015 was an increase of 10.8%, reaching 328,243 tons.
According to the figures as of the end of September 2015 (first nine months), total aircraft traffic served (including overflights) reached 1,386,648 (up 8.2%), total passenger traffic (including direct transit) reached 140,684,536 (up 9.2%), and cargo (Freight+Mail+Baggage) traffic reached 2,367,373 tons (up 6.7%).
