Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 9
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
The number of passengers served by the four main airports of Turkey - Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Ataturk Airport, Esenboga Airport and Antalya Airport - exceeded 116,722,323 in September 2018, which is 12.4 million more than in September 2017, the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend on Oct. 9.
In total, 163,987,652 passengers were transported in September 2018, which is 16,741,733 or 11.4 percent more compared to September 2017.
Passenger transportation figures for four main airports in Turkey in September 2018
|
Name of airport |
Number of passengers |
Compared to September 2017 |
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|
Domestic flights |
External flights |
TOTAL |
Domestic flights |
External flights |
TOTAL |
|
|
Ataturk (Istanbul) |
14,838,984 |
36,901,261 |
51,740,245 |
+0.3 |
+11 |
+8 |
|
Sabiha Gokcen (Istanbul) |
17,227,635 |
8,730,589 |
25,958,224 |
+10 |
+12 |
+10 |
|
Esenboga (Ankara) |
11,347,933 |
1,782,258 |
13,130,191 |
+15 |
+17 |
+10 |
|
Antalya |
5,846,595 |
20,047,068 |
25,893,663 |
+5 |
+27 |
+21 |
|
TOTAL |
49,261,147 |
67,461,176 |
116,722,323 |
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