The General Directorate of the State Airports Authority of Turkey (DHİM) aims to increase the number of passengers, which was nearly 166 million last year, to 223 million in 2017 - a 34 percent rise. Also, it aims to increase flight traffic, which was 1.67 million last year, to 2.10 million - a 25 percent rise - in the same period. According to information complied by an Anadolu Agency reporter from a DHİM report, the total number of the passengers including transit flights increased by 12.4 percent from 166 million last year to 187 million this year. This figure is expected to increase by 9.8 percent to 205 million next year. The highest increase in 2017 will be in the number of domestic flights compared to last year. The number of domestic passengers, which was around 85 million last year, is expected to reach nearly 117 million - a 37 percent increase. Also, the number of international passengers is expected to reach 105 million in 2017 - a 31 percent increase compared to 2014. The total freight movement, which was around nearly 2.86 million tons in all airports in Turkey, is expected to reach almost 3 million tons this year, 3.53 million tons next year and 3.20 million tons in 2017.
