BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 11. The influx of passengers at Türkiye’s Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in December 2024 rose by 13 percent compared to the same month of 2023, reaching 41.48 million passengers.
The data obtained by Trend from the country’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure shows that last December, the airport's passenger turnover on domestic flights increased by 12 year on year and amounted to 19.5 million people, and on international flights, it grew by 13.5 percent and amounted to 21.97 million people.
Meanwhile, the airport's cargo traffic was 468,877 tons, a growth of 15 percent compared to December 2023.
Furthermore, in December 2024, the airport's cargo traffic on domestic flights rose 11 percent over the same month in the previous year to 144,388 tons, and cargo traffic on international flights hiked by 17 percent to 324,489 tons.
The number of flights from the airport last December went up by six percent year on year and amounted to 242,345.
Meanwhile, the number of flights performed for domestic flights increased by three percent to 110,677, and for international flights, it increased by 9.3 percent to 131,668.
The passenger traffic in all airports in Türkiye in December last year amounted to 220.98 million people, and cargo turnover was 4.9 million tons.
To note, passenger traffic at all airports in Türkiye in 2023 was 117.9 million people, and cargo traffic was 2.4 million tons.