Istanbul Airport, which served 4 million 563 thousand 735 passengers last August, ranked first in the list of the busiest airports in Europe. During August, a total of 31,497 aircraft took off and landed on both domestic and international routes.
With the increase in the rate of vaccination against COVID-19 all over the world, the travel industry, which was deeply affected by the pandemic, started to revive. One of the best examples of this revival has been recently Selected as Europe’s most efficient airport It became Istanbul Airport.
Serving more than 4 million passengers throughout August, Istanbul Airport ranked first in the list of Europe’s busiest airports. On domestic routes for a period of 1 month 9 thousand 956 flights and 21 thousand 541 flights on international lines took place.
Three airports from Turkey took place in the top ten of the list.
According to the 8-month reports prepared by the General Directorate of State Airports Authority, 47 thousand 538 in domestic flights and 116 thousand 97 in international flights at Istanbul Airport for 8 months. 163,635 flights in total carried out.
Sabiha Gökçen Airport was ranked 4th in the list of the busiest airports in Europe. Located on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, this airport has been operating in the last month. 11 million 826 thousand 342 passengers hosted. While it was announced that Antalya Airport, which is in the tenth place of the list, hosted 8 million 113 thousand 438 passengers in August, it was stated that the air traffic at Atatürk Airport, which is now mostly open for cargo and private aircraft traffic, is 26 thousand 811.
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