Turkish airports saw 118.6M passengers in January-August period
Turkish airports saw 118.6m passengers in the January-August period, the country’s air travel authority announced on Thursday. The eight-month figure jumped 56.9% from a year ago, according to data released by the State Airports Authority General Directorate. Nearly 52.2m passengers took domestic flights in the first eight months of this year, and some 66.2m took international flights. Türkiye's airports served more than 1.2m planes including overflights from January to August, of which 520,313 on domestic routes and 456,071 on international routes. The directorate also said that cargo traffic stood at 2.65m tons in the eight-month period, soaring 22.6% year-on-year. Türkiye's busiest Istanbul Airport welcomed more than 41.1m passengers on both international and domestic routes and served 273,687 airplanes in January-August.<br/>
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Turkish airports saw 118.6M passengers in January-August period
Turkish airports saw 118.6m passengers in the January-August period, the country’s air travel authority announced on Thursday. The eight-month figure jumped 56.9% from a year ago, according to data released by the State Airports Authority General Directorate. Nearly 52.2m passengers took domestic flights in the first eight months of this year, and some 66.2m took international flights. Türkiye's airports served more than 1.2m planes including overflights from January to August, of which 520,313 on domestic routes and 456,071 on international routes. The directorate also said that cargo traffic stood at 2.65m tons in the eight-month period, soaring 22.6% year-on-year. Türkiye's busiest Istanbul Airport welcomed more than 41.1m passengers on both international and domestic routes and served 273,687 airplanes in January-August.<br/>
