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CIVIL AVIATION IN FIGURES Indeed, waiting idly in Istanbul Asian side,
Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the world’s and Europe’s
- While 25 airports were active in 2002, today fastest growing airport thanks to the investments
52 airports became active including those newly made. Sabiha Gökçen Airport’s new terminal of
built. This figure will rise to 56 soon. 25 million capacity was put into service in 2010.
Airport has soon become Turkey’s 3rd biggest
- From aircraft traffic of total 530 thousand airport in terms of traffic and passengers.
in 2002 to 1 million 373 thousand aircraft traffic;
COMPLETED AIRPORT PROJECTS
- From 33 million 700 thousand passengers in
2002 to 130 million 600 thousand passengers; - Unable to meet the need, despite being
established in 1997, Balıkesir Körfez Airport was
- From freight traffic of 897 thousand in 2002 made an airport in international standards, after
to 2 million 400 thousand freight traffic;
being expanded with the investment of 25
million TL.
- From passenger capacity of 49 million 500
thousand in 2002 to 165 million capacity;
-Sivas Airport’s capacity used to allow hosting
620 passengers annually. Instead, a modern
- In total, revenue of 10.5 billion Dollars was
planned from the very beginning and brought to terminal on Seljuk architecture basis of annual 3
the Treasury. million passengers was built and put into service.
Name of Sivas Airport built in airport standards
- In 2002 flights from 2 centers to 26 was changed as Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport.
destinations in the domestic lines were realized
only by THY, and now flights from 7 centers to - A new terminal was built for Hatay Airport,
52 destinations are realized by 7 airlines. its passenger capacity was increased by 11 times
from 300 thousand to 3 million 300 thousand.
- Number of international flights that used to
be 78 in 2002 rose to over 200. - Muğla Dalaman Airport new International
Terminal was put into service in 2006. Terminal
- From 36 airports available in 2002, 28 were ranked as 13th among “The World’s Best
renewed, expanded and modernized beyond. Terminals” in 2006.

- Airline network distance rose from 44 - Zafer Regional Airport to provide Kütahya,
thousand 469 kilometers to 60 thousand 907 Afyonkarahisar and Uşak with service was
kilometers. opened. As Turkey’s first regional airport, Zafer
Airport became Turkey’s biggest airport with 2
Airports in international standards were million passenger capacity.
brought to the aviation sector
- Situated 10 kilometers to Cizre, Şırnak and
In scope of the civil aviation works, along used for domestic flight, Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi
with the deregulation in the sector, a significant Airport was opened on July 26th. Cost of the
increase was experienced in airport investments. airport construction was 120 million TL.
In the leadership of General Directorate of State
Airports Authority (DHMİ), with the investments - New domestic and international terminals
made with public-private sectors, available were built for İzmir, Antalya, Gaziantep, Bursa
airports were rearranged, and new airports Yenişehir, Kayseri, Amasya, Denizli, Trabzon and
were brought to the sector. The most important Batman airports.
one successively crowned with international
awards, Esenboğa Airport with its new terminal - Erzincan, Şanlıurfa GAP, Antalya Gazipaşa,
beseeming Ankara, the capital was realized with Çanakkale Gökçeada, Amasya Merzifon, Balıkesir,
Build-Operate-Transfer model and came into Milas Bodrum and Elazığ airports were built.
service in 2006. Esenboğa Airport is Turkey’s
second biggest airport.

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