Baku, Azerbaijan, July 9
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In Turkey, the number of passengers carried by air transport decreased by 3.3 percent in January-June 2019, compared to the same period of 2018, and amounted to over 94,668,170 people, Trend reports referring to Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
In January-June 2019, the share of passenger transportation by domestic flights accounted for 49,465,315 million people, which is 12.3 percent less compared to January-June 2018.
However, the share of international flights accounted for over 45,202,855 million passengers, which is 9 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.
According to the ministry, in January-June 2019, Turkey's three main airports (except for new Istanbul airport), Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Esenboga Airport and Antalya Airport, carried a total of 37.193 million passengers.
Passenger transportation at the three main airports of Turkey in January-June 2019:
|
Airports |
Number of passengers |
Difference compared to January-June 2018 (%) |
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|
Domestic flights |
International flights |
TOTAL |
Domestic flights |
International flights |
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|
Sabiha Gokcen (Istanbul) |
10,407,326 |
6,340,492 |
16,747,818 |
-5 |
+21 |
+3 |
|
Esenboga (Ankara) |
5,970,664 |
997,748 |
6,968,412 |
-23 |
-3 |
-20 |
|
Antalya |
3,431,479 |
10,045,703 |
13,477,182 |
-8 |
+26 |
+13 |
|
TOTAL |
19,809,469 |
17,383,943 |
37,193,412 |
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