This year, it has been announced that there will be a 9-day holiday due to Eid al-Adha. Many people made their holiday plans and bought their tickets by choosing one of the various transportation routes. In the demand for travel by plane, the line reached its peak due to the holiday. Thus, both airline companies and airport operators began to announce one after another that they broke historical records. Let’s take a closer look at the historical records that were broken.
It will be a first in THY history!
Turkish Airlines, which is the flag carrier of our country and (for now) the airline company flying to the most destinations in the world with a fleet of 419 aircraft, stated that they will break history today with the statement made by General Manager Bilal Ekşi on social media.
Bilal Ekşi shared: “Today, for the first time in THY history, we exceed the threshold of 300 thousand in daily passenger numbers. We will host over 309 thousand passengers on our planned 1765 trip. On the return of the holiday, when we put all our capacity into service, the occupancy rate in domestic flights exceeded 95%. Have a nice trip” used the phrases.
Turkish Airlines’ first aircraft: TC-KUŞ, 94 years old!
Let’s take a closer look at Curtiss Kingbird, THY’s first aircraft with TC-KUŞ tail registration, and the 90-year history of our flag carrier.
Also, Turkish Airlines recently Skytrax 2023 managed to receive five awards within the scope of the awards. These are: Europe’s Best Airline, World’s Best Business Class Catering, World’s Best Economy Class Catering, Europe’s Best Economy Class Seat, Southern Europe’s Best Airline Awards.
Record passenger at Istanbul Airport!
New records are expected at Istanbul Airport due to the return of the holiday. Due to the fact that the Champions League final was played in Istanbul, a record was reached with 1749 flights on 11 June. A new record is not expected in the number of flights after the holiday, but the airport may set another record with approximately 270 thousand passengers per day.
All-time record from Antalya and Trabzon Airports!
A record news came from Antalya, one of our cities where both tourists and locals show great interest for the holiday. Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdülkadir Uraloğlu stated that Antalya Airport broke the record of all time with 1188 aircraft and 199,419 passenger traffic. In another share he made, the Minister announced that Trabzon Airport also reached the highest figure of all time with 145 aircraft and 21,117 passenger traffic.
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