BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 17. As many as 3.17 million passengers were server by the Trabzon Airport of Türkiye in December 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye said, Trend reports via TurkicWorld.
According to the ministry, this figure was 20 percent more than in the same period of 2021.
In the reporting month, the airport's domestic air passenger traffic equaled 2.47 million people (growth of three percent), whereas international passenger traffic reached 703,342 people (1.86 times increase).
In the meantime, the Trabzon Airport handled 36,450 tons of cargo, which was 36 percent more than in December 2021.
During this period, the airport's domestic air cargo traffic amounted to 23,668 tons (a year-on-year increase of nine percent), while international cargo traffic was 12,783 tons (1.50 times rise).
Furthermore, 23,479 flights were implemented in December 2022, increasing by 12 percent year over year. Meanwhile, the number of domestic flights amounted to 16,972 (growth of four percent), whereas international flights – 6,507 (a rise of 96 percent).
In 2022, passenger movement through all Turkish airports totaled 181.9 million people, whilst cargo turnover stood at 4.004 million tons.