MAHB: Istanbul International Airport registers 3.2 million passenger movement in Aug, leads company recoveryKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s Turkish asset, Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport , continued to lead the airport operator’s recovery, registering 3.2 million passenger movements last month or 90 per cent of pre-Covid-19 level.
“In Turkey, the relaxation of border and inter-city travel, the lifting of national curfew, the upbeat progress of the country’s vaccination rate, the equivalent acceptance of European Union digital Covid-19 certificate and Turkish Covid-19 certificate have further encouraged travel to and within Turkey and Europe as well as inter-city of Turkey during this peak season,” it said.
“The increase in air travel demand also resulted in Pegasus, the main local carrier adding a new route to Makhachkala, Russia with three flights weekly, which will be the airline’s sixth new international introduced in 2021 after Batumi, Odessa, Shymkent, Kherson and St. Petersburg,” it said.