Passenger traffic at Turkey's airports slumps 62% y/y in Jan-Sept

Turkey's airports served 24.3 million international passengers during January-September, a drop of 71.4% on an annual comparison basis, according to data published by the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI).

Passengers on domestic flights decreased by 50.9% year-on-year to 37.4 million in the period under review.

The number of total aircraft movements, including overflights, dropped by 49.4% on the year, to 785,240.

Total freight traffic shrank 44.6% to 1.7 million tonnes.

In March, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the suspension of all international flights to and from the country in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The country restarted domestic flights on June 1, whereas international flights resumed on June 11.