At the international airport, where flights to 204 countries and 211 destinations take place from Antalya, there was a record density in both passenger and aircraft numbers in 2023.
Airline traffic was also intense in Antalya, which had a productive year in tourism. At Antalya Airport, which serves internationally, 2023 figures surpassed 2019, which was the highest year in terms of the number of arriving and departing passengers and landing and departing aircraft.
At Antalya Airport, where more than 35 million passengers arrived and approximately 204 thousand 500 aircraft traffic occurred in 2019, the number of passengers exceeded 37 million and the number of aircraft exceeded 223 thousand in 2023.
Antalya Airport Border Civil Administration Chief Suat Seyitoglu told the AA correspondent that the airport serves passengers and aircraft while capacity expansion investments continue.
Stating that they had an active year, Seyitoglu stated that they hosted 30 million 804 thousand 557 passengers, 15 million 388 thousand 418 arriving and 15 million 416 thousand 139 departing, on international lines where there are two terminals.
Noting that 3 million 73 thousand 897 incoming and 3 million 121 thousand 662 outgoing passengers were served on domestic lines, Seyitoglu stated that a total of 37 million 116 passengers will use the airport in 2023.
Stating that there were 179 thousand 397 flights taking off and landing on international lines and 44 thousand 227 flights on domestic lines, Seyitoglu said, “Huge numbers have been reached in both passengers and flights. While these flights were taking place, a huge construction process was continuing. There were no disruptions or negativities. This is an important event.”
“We exceeded the 2019 figures”
Stating that there are flights to almost all countries from Antalya, Seyitoglu said, “Flights are carried out from our international airport to 204 countries and 211 destinations. Antalya is actually the gateway of the world to Turkiye.”
Stating that a new record was broken at the airport in 2023, Seyitoglu said:
“Passenger arrivals and departures at Antalya Airport peaked in 2019. Hoteliers were also happy with this situation. We were wondering if we would surpass 2019 this year, and we surpassed 2019 with nearly one million passenger traffic. In the plans made for next year, we will exceed 1-2 million more. This will continue to increase every year. Therefore, as airport managers, we are ready to provide all kinds of services at our airport to ensure a safe, comfortable and good travel for our passengers.”
Emphasizing that the work to increase the capacity at the airport continues rapidly, Seyitoglu noted that the passenger capacity will increase from 35 million to 85 million with the investments planned to be completed next year.
Airport Border Civil Administration Chief Seyitoglu added that Antalya Airport’s security criterion level increased from 81% to 93% in the evaluation made by international and national inspectors, which is a significant success.
Source: AA / Prepared by Irem Yildiz