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Airport as Turkey’s main international flight hub, welcomed 13mn domestic and 40mn international travellers, 52.5mn in total.
Istanbul Airport is likely to miss its target of serving 80mn passengers in 2020, Kadri Samsunlu, CEO of the airport’s operator IGA, said in January 2020. The airport is only expected to host some 75mn travellers in 2020.
Sabiha Gokcen, Istanbul’s second airport, saw a 21% y/y increase in passenger traffic to 35.5mn in 2019. A total of 21.4mn domestic passengers used the airport, marking a 5% y/y decline, while the number of international passengers soared 21% y/y to 14.1mn. Teething problems that have impacted Istanbul Airport, as well as a lack of public transport access to it, have persuaded many Turks to divert to the second airport rather than use the mega airport in its early phase.
9.1.4 ​Tourism sector news
In 2019, foreign tourist arrivals increased 14% y/y to 45mn.
9.1.5 ​Utilities sector news
Turkey’s installed electricity generation capacity reached 91,342MW in January. Power capacity rose to 91,267MW at end-2019 from 88,551MW at end-2018.
As local demand for power has only increased marginally over the past two
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