The Istanbul airport with a daily average number of 1624 flights again led the rating of the most loaded airports in Europe and took fifth place in the global ranking on the intensity of the air offense. This was announced by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey Abdulkadir Uraloglu.
According to the minister, the information was based on the report of the European Air Navigation Safety Organization (Eurocontrol), “General Aviation of European Aviation”, published on September 12th. Among the countries of Europe in terms of the volume of air traffic, having overtaken such states as Greece, the Netherlands and Poland.
The minister emphasized that the Istanbul airport with 1624 flights a day was ahead of the largest European airports, including the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, the Parisian Charles de Gol, the Frankfurt Airport and the London “Khitrovo.”
In addition, according to the Uralogl, Antalya Airport with a daily average of 1024 flights took ninth place among the most busy airports in Europe.
The minister also emphasized that among the 25 largest airports in the world in the period from September 7, the Istanbul airport provided an average of 821 take -off per day, which allowed him to occupy him to occupy Fifth place in the global rating on the intensity of the air offense.