BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 9
Trend:
New airport in Turkey’s Istanbul served over seven million passengers in February 2022, the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend.
According to the ministry, in the reporting month, over 1.8 million passengers were served on domestic flights, and more than 5.1 million passengers on international flights.
Meanwhile, 52,663 flights were carried out through the new Istanbul airport, including 13,651 - on domestic lines and 39,012 - on international lines, the ministry noted.
The volume of cargo transported through the new Istanbul airport in February this year made up 281,209 tons, of which 24,357 tons accounted for domestic traffic, and 265,851 tons - for international transport, the ministry said.
Totally, the airport served over 37.1 million passengers in 2021, including nearly 10.6 million passengers - on domestic flights, and 26.5 million passengers - on international flights.
Meanwhile, 280,109 flights were carried out through the airport, including 80,115 - on domestic lines and 199,994 - on international lines.
The volume of cargo transported through the new Istanbul airport last year exceeded 1.4 million tons, of which 142,110 tons accounted for domestic traffic, and over 1.3 million tons - for international transport.
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.