Istanbul Airport topped the list of Europe’s busiest airports in the third week of April.

According to a report by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation, the average number of flights at Istanbul Airport reached 1,424 flights per day between April 15-21.

Thus, Istanbul Airport ranked first among the busiest European airports in the third week of this month.

It was followed by Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam with 1,314 flights per day, and Heathrow Airport in London with 1,306 flights.

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Istanbul and Sabiha Gökçen Airports recorded a record number of passengers in the first quarter of 2024, reaching 27 million 104 thousand and 54 passengers.​​​​​​

This came according to data from the official website of the General Directorate of Government Airports Administration.

The total number of passengers in the first quarter of this year reached 27 million 104 thousand and 54 passengers, an increase of 13 percent compared to the same period last year.

The number of passengers from Istanbul Airport in the first quarter of this year reached 17,671,971 passengers, an increase of 9 percent compared to the same period last year.

The number of people who traveled from Sabiha Gökçen Airport in the aforementioned period reached 9 million 432 thousand and 83 passengers, an increase of 22 percent compared to the same period last year.

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The Turkish authorities imposed on nationals of 10 countries to obtain an electronic visa to transit airports during their destination to Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela from Istanbul International Airport.

Turkey is considered a transit country to final destinations, and is among the most active countries in combating irregular migration, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.

The Turkish authorities intensified inspections within the framework of international aviation rules due to the increase in the number of migrants heading to North America via Central and Latin American countries, taking advantage of air transportation offers via Istanbul, according to the same sources.

Last March, Turkish Airlines warned travelers to Latin American countries that “some additional controls may be applied in addition to the general rules.”

In this context, Turkish diplomatic sources reported that the Turkish Foreign Ministry has completed the necessary preparations to launch the electronic airport transit (transit) visa.

The transit visa was included in Chapter 24 of Justice, Freedom and Security in the negotiations to join the European Union, and it constitutes one of the criteria within the scope of the negotiations to liberalize entry visas for Turks to the European Union countries.

The sources confirmed that Turkey imposed on citizens of India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Somalia, Cameroon, Mauritania and Yemen heading to Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela via Istanbul Airport the requirement to obtain a transit visa, as of April 15.

The electronic transit visa can be obtained free of charge online from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ “evisa.gov.tr” portal starting April 15, 2024.

Travelers must enter their personal information, residence address information and ticket numbers correctly when obtaining the e-visa.

Transit passengers at Istanbul Airport must also carry a printed copy of their transit visas.

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Istanbul International Airport ranked first in the list of European airports with an average number of daily flights between March 25 and 31, with 1,328 flights.

This came according to a report by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) published on Thursday regarding the aforementioned period.

According to the report, Heathrow Airport in London came in second place with 1,285 flights, then Schiphol Airport in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, with 1,276 flights, then Frankfurt with 1,192 flights.

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The number of users of Istanbul airports reached 104 million 315 thousand 857 passengers between January and November 2023.

According to data from the General Directorate of the Government Airports Authority (DHMİ), the city’s two airports witnessed 696,196 takeoffs and landings during this period.

Istanbul International Airport alone was used by 70,396,167 passengers during the past 11 months of this year, more than 53 million of whom traveled via external lines.

According to this, the number of users of Istanbul International Airport increased by 11 million 280 thousand and 400 passengers compared to the same period of last year 2022.

As for Sabiha Gökçen Airport, located in the Asian side of Istanbul, the number of passengers increased by more than 5 million passengers compared to last year.

Sabiha Gökçen Airport was used by 33,919,690 passengers between January and November 2023.

In total, Istanbul’s two airports recorded an increase in the number of their flights by 17 percent during the aforementioned period.

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The European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) announced that Istanbul Airport was the busiest between December 4 and 10.

According to the report issued on Sunday, the average daily frequency of flights at Istanbul Airport reached 1,296 flights.

London Heathrow Airport came in second place in terms of the number of flights with 1,286 flights per day, while Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands came in third with 1,251 flights per day.

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Istanbul International Airport ranked first among the busiest airports throughout Europe with its average daily flights between 13 and 19 November.

According to a report issued by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) on Thursday, the average flights at Istanbul Airport reached 1,297 flights per day.

The organization’s report, which covers the period from November 13 to 19, showed that Istanbul Airport was the busiest among airports in all of Europe.

Heathrow Airport in the British capital, London, came in second place with 1,254 daily flights, followed by Schiphol Airport in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, with 1,227 flights.

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Forty-two Turks arrived home on Sunday, returning from the Gaza Strip after being evacuated through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

A Turkish Airlines plane arrived at Istanbul International Airport with 42 citizens on board after taking off this afternoon from the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after they were evacuated by the efforts of the Turkish Foreign Ministry from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.

The citizens were received at the VIP gate by officials from the Turkish Foreign Ministry, led by the Foreign Ministry’s representative in Istanbul, Ambassador Aisha Suzen Oslur.

In a statement she made, Ambassador Oslur expressed “deep condolences to the martyrs of Gaza, patience and solace to their families, and a speedy recovery to the wounded.”

She said that the Turkish Foreign Ministry and the government are continuing their efforts without interruption to “end the brutality in Gaza.”

She pointed out that 30 Turkish citizens were evacuated immediately after the outbreak of the crisis in Gaza following last October 7, which was followed by the closure of the Rafah crossing, hampering the evacuations.

She added: “But our diplomatic efforts did not stop despite the closure of the crossing, and today we received 42 citizens after their evacuation from Gaza.”

“As is the case in all crisis areas, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to evacuate citizens of all friendly and brotherly countries, especially their citizens, from crisis areas,” according to Ambassador Oslur.

On Saturday, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Kçali announced the start of the evacuation of Turkish citizens from the Gaza Strip to Egypt through the Rafah border gate.

Kacali mentioned in a statement that 44 Turkish citizens crossed from Gaza to Egypt, thus beginning the evacuation of the Turks.

Today, the 44th, the Israeli army is waging a devastating war on Gaza, leaving 12,300 Palestinians dead, including 5,000 children and 3,300 women, in addition to more than 30,000 injured, 75 percent of whom are children and women, amid calls to open an international investigation into the Israeli attacks and an immediate ceasefire. For humanitarian reasons.

While the Hamas movement killed 1,200 Israelis and wounded 5,431, according to official Israeli sources. It also captured about 239 Israelis, including high-ranking military personnel, and wants to exchange them with more than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners, including children and women, in Israeli prisons.

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Turkey ranked fifth in the world on the list of countries that received the most tourists during the past year 2022.

This came according to a report published by Ernst & Young, an international monitoring and consulting company on the tourism and accommodation sector.

The report stated that Turkey received 51 million visitors last year, ranking fifth in the world among the countries that receive the most tourists.

In the first half of the current year 2023, Turkey received 22 million visitors, a growth of 21 percent compared to the same period in 2022.

The report added that Turkey’s tourism revenues amounted to $21.7 billion during the first half of this year, achieving a growth of 27 percent on an annual basis.

In a related context, Istanbul International Airport ranked seventh internationally among the airports that most organize scheduled flights among its counterparts around the world.

Istanbul also topped the list of Turkish cities that received the most tourists, as 11 million and 524 tourists visited it in the first half of 2023.

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Michael Evans, President of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, said that they plan to invest two billion dollars in Turkey during the coming period.

According to a statement issued by the Trendyol Group, the leading online shopping group in Turkey, on Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the Chairman of the Alibaba Group, Evans, and the Chairman of the Trendyol Group, Caglayan Cetin.

During the meeting held in Istanbul, Michael Evans briefed President Erdogan on the investments they plan to make in Turkey and details about new investments such as data centers and logistics services they have implemented in Ankara and the export operations center at Istanbul Airport.

Alibaba Group Chairman Evans stated that they invested $1.4 billion in the country through Trendyol as a result of their confidence in Turkey, and stressed that they support Trendyol’s international growth strategy.

Evans stated that Turkey has the potential to become a leading electronic export country in the world, and noted that they have investment plans worth $2 billion during the coming period.

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