Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that the first unrestricted holiday holiday started after the pandemic and said, “After 2 years break, a record was broken at Istanbul Airport. While a total of 30 take-offs and landings took place on April 301, 195 thousand 640 passengers also traveled. It is planned that there will be 1 flights and 226 passengers will travel on May 186," he said.
In his written statement, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu pointed out that the unrestricted Ramadan Feast was celebrated for the first time after 2 years, and underlined that a record was broken at Istanbul Airport on April 30. Noting that 301 take-offs and landings took place daily for the first time after the pandemic, and 195 passengers traveled, Transport Minister Karaismailoğlu announced that it is planned to have 640 flights on May 1, and 226 passengers to travel.
Karaismailoğlu said, “After the epidemic that was effective in the world in 2020, aviation was one of the most affected sectors. The number of passengers worldwide and in our country has decreased considerably. The investments we made and the measures we took played an important role in the recovery in this process. During the pandemic period, Istanbul Airport was named the second busiest airport in the world in 2021 by the Airports Council International (ACI World). In 2021, it managed to host 76,4 million passengers with an increase of 75,7 percent.
11 MILLION 414 THOUSAND PASSENGER PASSENGERS USED THE AIRPORT IN THE FIRST QUARTER
Expressing that Istanbul Airport is the busiest airport in Europe by hosting 2022 million passengers in January 37, according to the report of ACI Europe, Karaismailoğlu said, “In the January-March period of 2022, 20 thousand domestic flights will be served at Istanbul Airport. A total of 985 thousand 60 aircraft traffic was realized, 891 of which was 81 thousand 876 on international lines. 2 million 923 thousand passengers traveled on domestic lines and 8 million 490 thousand passengers on international lines. In total, 11 million 414 thousand passengers used Istanbul Airport.
Noting that Istanbul Airport, which is among the mega projects, was built with the Build-Operate-Transfer model, Karaismailoğlu pointed out that Istanbul Airport, which was built without a penny from the state's coffers, will continue to break records.
INVESTMENTS IN AVIATION SECTOR WILL CONTINUE
Emphasizing that investments in the aviation sector will continue, Minister of Transport Karaismailoğlu emphasized that Rize-Artvin Airport will be opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 14. Stating that they planned the future of the aviation industry with the 2053 Transport and Logistics Master Plan, Karaismailoğlu said, “Turkey has a dense airport network with 57 airports that support the rapidly growing economy and tourism of the country. This figure will rise to 2053 by 61.
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