Istanbul Airport is Europe's busiest in June with 6M passengers

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Istanbul Airport noticed probably the most passenger visitors in all of Europe in June, welcoming simply shy of 6 million passengers, in line with knowledge launched by a European airport commerce affiliation on Wednesday.

Passenger visitors was marginally down from its pre-pandemic degree (1.7%) however was greater than double – up 115.4% – from final yr’s, knowledge from the Airports Council Worldwide (ACI) Europe confirmed.

In keeping with the info, 5.996 million passengers went by Istanbul Airport in June 2022, making it first in Europe.

Antalya Airport within the Turkish Mediterranean resort metropolis was the eighth-busiest European airport final month with 3.91 million passengers, making it the second Turkish airport within the prime 10 busiest.

Istanbul Airport is Europe’s busiest in June with 6M passengers — Istanbul Airport turned probably the most visited airport in Europe, serving just below 6 million passengers in June 2022. (IHA Photograph)

London’s Heathrow Airport got here second with 5.991 million passengers. The British hub noticed a 526% annual rise in its visitors however was down 17.3% in comparison with 2019.

It was adopted by Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport with 5.45 million passengers this June and Amsterdam’s Schiphol with 5.23 million.

Within the first half of this yr, complete passenger visitors within the European airport community jumped 247% year-over-year or 660 million, knowledge confirmed.

“The truth that volumes throughout the continent nonetheless remained 28.3% under pre-pandemic ranges for the primary half of the yr shouldn’t eclipse the sheer and unprecedented unleashing of pent-up demand that has occurred since March,” mentioned Olivier Jankovec, ACI Europe’s director normal.