BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 15. The number of passengers arriving at Antalya International Airport (Türkiye) went up by 21 percent, reaching 18.3 million in July 2023, Türkiye’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend.
In July 2023, the airport's passenger throughput for domestic flights climbed by 9% to 3.5 million, and it increased by 24% to 14.8 million for foreign flights.
Additionally, in July 2023, the airport's cargo turnover climbed by 15% to 224,126 tons compared to the same month the previous year. In the meantime, the airport's cargo turnover for domestic flights increased by 3% to 33,735 tons year over year in July 2023, while it increased by 17% to 190,391 tons year over year for foreign flights.
The number of flights operated from the airport in July 2023 grew by 20 percent to 120,061 year-on-year. Domestic flights increased by 9 percent and totaled 26,466, while international flights increased by 23 percent and reached 935,595.
Thus, passenger traffic across all airports in Türkiye was 118.5 million and cargo traffic was 2.2 million tons in July 2023. However, passenger traffic across all airports in Türkiye was 181.9 million and cargo traffic was 4 million tons in 2022.