BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 10
Trend:
New airport in Turkey’s Istanbul served over 37.1 million passengers in 2021, the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend on Jan. 10.
According to the ministry, in the reporting year, nearly 10.6 million passengers were served on domestic flights, and 26.5 million passengers on international flights.
Meanwhile, 280,109 flights were carried out through the new Istanbul airport, including 80,115 - on domestic lines and 199,994 - on international lines, the ministry noted.
The volume of cargo transported through the new Istanbul airport from January through December 2021 exceeded 1.4 million tons, of which 142,110 tons accounted for domestic traffic, and over 1.3 million tons - for international transport, the ministry said.
The opening ceremony of the new airport was held in Istanbul on October 29, 2018.
The third airport of Istanbul is located in the northern part of the city.