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Air passenger traffic between Azerbaijan, Turkey increases

Türkiye Materials 26 November 2019 18:15 (UTC +04:00)
Air passenger traffic between Azerbaijan, Turkey increases

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 26

By Nargiz Ismayilova - Trend:

The number of air passenger traffic between Turkey and Azerbaijan has increased, Trend reports citing Turkish media.

According to media reports, from January through October 2019, 74,000 passengers arrived from Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Baku, while 76,000 passengers departed from Baku to this airport.

In the first 10 months of 2019, passenger air transportation in Turkey decreased by 1.3 percent compared to the same period of 2018 and amounted to over 180 million passengers.

During this period, the share of passenger transportation by domestic flights accounted for 84.8 million people, which is 12.3 percent less compared to the same period in 2018.

The share of international flights accounted for 95.7 million passengers, which is 11 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.

According to the ministry, from January through October 2019, Turkey's three main airports (except for new Istanbul airport), Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Esenboga Airport and Antalya Airport, carried a total of 74.9 million passengers.

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