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Turkish airspace welcomed 2.3M flights in 2024
Turkish
airspace welcomed 2.3 million flights last year, including over half a million
overflights, according to official data compiled by Anadolu.
The
number of flights rose 5.5% on an annual basis last year, which translates to
one flight every 14 seconds over Turkish skies, said the State Airports
Authority Directorate data.
Since
2002, the number of countries Türkiye has air transportation agreements with
more than doubled from 81 to 175, and the number of international destinations
rose from 60 in 50 countries to 349 destinations in 132 countries.
By
the end of 2024, domestic traffic was 902,078 and international traffic was
866,779 flights.
The
number of commercial flights was 1.4 million.
Abdulkadir
Uraloglu, the transport and infrastructure minister, said in a statement that
Türkiye’s advantageous geographical and cultural location at the intersection
of continents, many civilizations, and transport corridors enabled its success,
while the number of active airports in the country rose from 26 in 2002 to 58
last year.
Uraloglu
said that with the investments made in the last 22 years, Türkiye boasts the
widest flight network in the world.
“We
can reach 1.5 billion people and a gross domestic product (GDP) of $51.2
trillion within a four-hour flight radius, as Türkiye is at the center of 67
countries,” he said.
“This
year, we will strive to ensure our civil aviation’s continued success, raise
our passenger satisfaction, and provide necessary equipment with
environmentally friendly projects,” he added.
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Credit: © AA
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