Adana Şakirpaşa Airport

Turkish airports served 14.7 million passengers in the first month of 2024, pointing to an 8.1 percent increase compared to January 2023, according to data from the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ).

International passengers rose by 12 percent to 7.7 million, while the domestic passenger tally was up 4.2 percent to around 7.1 million people.

Turkish Airlines (THY) carried 55.97 million passengers in the January-August period, marking a 20 percent increase from a year earlier.

The international passenger tally rose by 19 percent to 35.3 million, while domestic passengers were up nearly 22 percent to 20.7 million.

The passenger load factor improved from 78.9 percent in January-August last year to 82.9 percent.

The total passenger traffic at Türkiye's airports has increased by 23 percent in the first seven months of the year from a year ago to 184.5 million.

Turkish police stopped two minibuses in the southern city of Adana after they were notified that a group of refugees who illegally crossed into Turkey from the eastern province of Van planned to go to Istanbul via Adana, local media reported on June 4.

Airline companies? operational costs have increased by 20 percent due to repeated delays at Istanbul?s Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen airports amid ongoing construction work during the summer, according to sector representatives. 

Borajet, a Turkish-based airline, will launch three weekly direct flights from Istanbul to Rhodes and Mykonos that kick off on June 18 and plan to run through to September.

Representatives are also investigating the addition of more flights to Kos and Santorini in 2016.