ANKARA
The number of air passengers in Turkey exceeded 100 million in the first 9 months of 2012.
According to the statistics the Directorate General of State Airports Authority (DHMI), the total number of passengers increased 5.1 percent when compared to the same period last year and was recorded as 108,746,000 as of September 2012.
Domestic air traffic went up 4.1 percent and was recorded 455,611, international flights went up 5.5 percent and was recorded 381,266 and total air traffic was recorded 836,877 with a 4.7 percent increase when compared to the same period last year as of September 2012. Total cargo traffic went up 6.8 percent and was recorded 1,851,822 tonnes in the same period.
A total of 14.6 million people received services at Turkish airports in September 2012. Domestic flights went up 4.5 percent when compared to the same period last year and was recorded as 55,521 and international flights went up 5.8 percent and was recorded as 53,225 in September 2012.
