IGA Istanbul Airport has announced a new European record for daily passengers 每 surpassing the previous mark set by London Heathrow.
The Turkish airport said that 272,132 passengers had travelled through the airport on Sunday (27 July) - beating the existing daily record of 268,000 travellers at Heathrow on 30 June 2024.
IGA Istanbul and Heathrow have been vying for the position of Europe*s busiest airport in the past few years, with the UK airport just maintaining top spot in 2024.
Earlier this year, IGA Istanbul increased flight capacity by introducing a new system allowing it to operate flights from three runways at the same time. This has increased the airport*s hourly capacity from 120 to 148 flights 每 IGA Istanbul also set a new record for its highest number of daily flights (1,695) on 18 July.