With the growth of the international market and liberalization of those markets, operating in wide geographies increases the importance of airline transportation. The aviation industry is a developing sector in terms of increasing capacity with the technological developments on a global scale and the increasing number of passengers. With the arrangements made between the years 2003-2015 in civil aviation, it was realized an average annual growth of around 5% in the world aviation sector, and it appears that this rate is around %15 in Turkey. While the employment in the aviation sector in our country was around 65 thousand in 2003, it has exceeded 187 thousand as of the end of 2014. In the last twelve years, the total turnover of the sector has increased by 12 times from $ 2.2 billion to $ 26.6 billion.
It was seen that significant improvements in terms of passenger and flight traffic in the aviation industry took place in Turkey in recent years. When the data of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation 2015 is analyzed, it is seen that the number of domestic passengers, which was expressed as 9 million in 2003, exceeded 97 million in 2015, and the number of international passengers, which was 25 million in 2003, was around 83 million.
If we would like to examine the airplane traffic, we can see that the number of domestic flights, which was 156 thousand in 2003, was around 835 thousand in 2015, and the number of international flights, which was 218 thousand in 2003, exceeded 620 thousand in 2015.
Among the 2023 targets of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation; there is to increase the number of passenger aircraft in Turkey to at least 750 which is currently around 500, to reach 350 million in the number of passengers from 160 million, the opening of new airports, increasing the points to be arrived at home and abroad, to be a maintenance center for aircraft in Turkey and to make our own aircraft.
Within this scope, in addition to there being currently 56 Airport open to civilian air traffic in Turkey, construction of the III. Istanbul Airport, which will be one of the largest airports in the world, with a passenger capacity of 150 million people, is continuing at a great pace. The first unit will be put into service in 2018 and will be one of the most important transfer hubs in the world that will serve not only domestic, international passengers but also transit passengers. It is estimated that this airport will create at least 100,000 new jobs in the aviation industry. On the other hand, Repair and
Overhaul Center (HABOM) was opened in Sabiha Gökçen International Airport which makes Turkey a major aircraft maintenancecenter in the world, serves three continents, and provides 11 aircraft aviation maintenance simultaneously.
THY is now an airline that flies to the most countries and destinations (120 countries and 296 destinations) in the world, and our other airlines reach over 100 destinations in dozens of countries.
Parallel to this development of Airlines and besides renewal of terminal building of airports in Turkey, TAV company has become a global brand in the terminal construction and operation of the airports and is currently operating airports in 15 different countries. Similarly, ground handling companies such as ÇELEBİ and HAVAŞ are expanding their services in five countries, and catering companies providing food to planes such as DO&CO does the same in many countries.
As it is seen, the aviation industry is developing rapidly both within the country and the companies in the aviation industry have an international structure and continue their activities in many important parts of the world. In order to keep up with these rapid developments, the number of private airline companies, fleet capacities and infrastructure facilities should be increased. In order to overcome any problems encountered in the sector, qualified personnel are required at every stage of the activities.
Beykoz University Aviation Management bachelor program aims to bring qualified employees needed by the sector to the sector, to provide scientific and academic contribution to the field of aviation management, as well as to provide qualified educational content and environment for young people who want to take part in this field.
This content was updated on 26/05/2020.
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