Baku, Azerbaijan, May 8
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In Turkey, the volume of air cargo decreased by 4.6 percent in January-April 2019, compared to the same period of 2018, and reached over 1.046 million tons, Trend reports referring to the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
In January-April 2019, 252,293 tons of cargo were transported by domestic flights, and 794,638 tons by international ones.
In the reported period, domestic freight traffic decreased by 8 percent compared to the same period of 2018. In the meantime, freight traffic by international flights decreased by 3.5 percent compared to the same period of 2018.
The freight traffic at the three main airports of Turkey (Sabiha Gokcen , Esenboga and Antalya) was 209,600 tons in January-April 2019.
Cargo volumes at three airports in Turkey in January-April 2019:
Airports |
Cargo transportation (tons) |
Difference compared to January-April 2018 (%) |
||||
Domestic flight |
International flight |
TOTAL |
Domestic flights |
International flights |
TOTAL |
|
Sabiha Gokcen (Istanbul) |
45 872 |
68 363 |
114 235 |
+5 |
-1 |
+1 |
Esenboga (Ankara) |
26 181 |
10 556 |
36 737 |
-22 |
-2 |
-17 |
Antalya |
19 570 |
39 059 |
58 629 |
+0,3 |
+43 |
+25 |
TOTAL |
91 623 |
117 978 |
209 601 |
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