Istanbul airports see 38% hike in passenger number in Q1

Istanbul airports see 38% hike in passenger number in Q1

The variety of passengers that traveled by way of Türkiye‘s two busiest airports in Istanbul surged 38% year-on-year within the first quarter of this yr.

Istanbul Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport welcomed 24.5 million passengers in January-March, based on knowledge compiled by Anadolu from the Directorate General of State Airports Authority.

Istanbul Airport noticed a complete of 16.5 million passengers, with 3.6 million on home routes and 12.9 million on worldwide flights.

The mega airport served a complete of 113,845 flights within the three months to March.

Türkiye’s second-busiest hub Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the town’s Anatolian facet attracted 7.9 million passengers.

Some 3.7 million passengers took home flights by way of Sabiha Gökçen Airport, whereas 4.2 million took worldwide flights.

Turkish airports welcomed over 38.9 million passengers, together with transit passengers, in January-March, an increase of 31.5% from a yr earlier.

Source: www.anews.com.tr