Antalya Airport
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| Antalya International Airport | |||
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| IATA: AYT - ICAO: LTAI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public/Military | ||
| Operator | DHMI-Antalya-Turkey-Havalimani | ||
| Serves | Antalya, Turkey | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 167 ft (51 m) | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18L/36R | 11,154 | 3,400 | Concrete |
| 18C/36C | 11,154 | 3,400 | Concrete |
| 18R/36L | 9,809 | 2,990 | Asphalt |
Antalya Airport (IATA: AYT, ICAO: LTAI) is 10 km (6 miles) east of the city center of Antalya, Turkey. The airport is operated in Turkey's primary holiday destination located on the country’s Mediterranean coast. The airport is big and modern, built to accommodate the millions of passengers who come to Turkey's Mediterranean beaches in summer. It handles nearly 10 million passengers every year. The airport has separate international and domestic terminals.
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[edit] History
The construction of Antalya Airport International Terminal 1 started in 1996 by Bayindir Holding and it was ready for service on 1st April, 1998. In 1999 Fraport AG and Bayindir Holding signed a joint venture agreement.The Terminal 1 is operated by the Fraport AG. Now there is an additional new International Terminal, the Terminal 2, which is operated by Celebi company.
[edit] Statistics
- In 2000 the number of passengers exceeded 9 million for the first time.
- In 2002 it was ranked as the 84th airport worldwide and 25th in Europe.
- In 2003 a volume of around 10 million passengers was reached, signifying an increase of 78% since 1998. [1]
- The Airport Terminal serves about 40% of all tourists coming to Turkey by air.
- Around 10 Million passengers pass through the terminal every year and this constitutes 99 % of all holidaymakers coming into Antalya and environs. [2]
- The number of staff at the airport is nearly 2000. [3]
- According to the ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport International Terminal ranks amongst the top 100 airports worldwide since 2001.
- According to the ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport International Terminal ranked as the second busiest terminal on the Mediterranean coast line after Mallorca. [4]
- According to the ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport ranked 30th in 2005 for international passenger traffic.
- More detailed and current statistics can be found at DHMI's website. [5]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Adria Airways (Ljubljana)
- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremeteyvo)
- Air Berlin (Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Erfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle)
- Air Malta
- Atlasjet (Istanbul-Atatürk)
- Condor Airlines (Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich)
- Corendon Airlines
- Dniproavia (Dnipropetrovsk)
- El Al (Tel Aviv)
- Finnair
- FlyLal (Vilnius)
- Fischer Air polska (Warsaw)
- Gazpromavia
- Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart)
- Izair (Adana, Ankara)
- Kazakhstan Airlines
- Kıbrıs Türk Hava Yolları
- Kogalymavia Airlines
- KrasAir (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- LTU International (Berlin-Schönefeld, Hamburg)
- Martinair (Amsterdam)
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo) [starts May 5, 2007]
- Onur Air
- Pegasus Airlines (Berlin-Schönefeld, Munich)
- Polet Airlines (Voronezh)
- Rossiya Airlines (St. Petersburg)
- SunExpress (Frankfurt, London-Stansted, Munich)
- TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni) (seasonal)
- transavia.com (Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam)
- Travel Service (Budapest, Prague)
- TUIfly (Berlin-Tegel, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Karlsruhe/Baden Baden, Leipzig/Halle, Münster/Osnabrück, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken)
- Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen)
- Turkish Airlines operated by SunExpress (Adana, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, İzmir, Trabzon, Van)
