Passengers at Turkish airports surge nearly 13% in January-May
The number of passengers Turkish airports served in the first five months of the year rose to 82m, the country’s transport and infrastructure minister said on Tuesday. The total count was up 12.7% compared to the same period last year, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said in a statement, citing State Airports Authority General Directorate (DHMI) data. Some 37.1m passengers took domestic flights, up 11.1% year-over-year, and 44.9m passengers took international flights, 12.7% above last year’s figure, during the five months. The cargo traffic reached 1.7m tons in the same period, the minister said. Türkiye's biggest and one of the biggest civil aviation hubs in the world, Istanbul Airport, hosted 31m passengers in the five months, up 8% annually, and 207,800 planes, 5% more than last year’s figure.<br/>
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Passengers at Turkish airports surge nearly 13% in January-May
The number of passengers Turkish airports served in the first five months of the year rose to 82m, the country’s transport and infrastructure minister said on Tuesday. The total count was up 12.7% compared to the same period last year, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said in a statement, citing State Airports Authority General Directorate (DHMI) data. Some 37.1m passengers took domestic flights, up 11.1% year-over-year, and 44.9m passengers took international flights, 12.7% above last year’s figure, during the five months. The cargo traffic reached 1.7m tons in the same period, the minister said. Türkiye's biggest and one of the biggest civil aviation hubs in the world, Istanbul Airport, hosted 31m passengers in the five months, up 8% annually, and 207,800 planes, 5% more than last year’s figure.<br/>
