Business Chief Europe Magazine October 2017 | Page 32

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ADOLFO SUÁREZ- MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT

Not only is the Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas Airport Spain ’ s country ’ s busiest and largest airport , the 50.4mn passengers it served in 2016 makes it Europe ’ s sixth busiest . The airport also handled more than 415,000

05 metric tonnes of cargo and directed over 378,000 aircraft movements . The social and economic impact of the airport is nearly € 13bn .

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ATATÜRK AIRPORT

In 2016 , the Istanbul Atatürk Airport , located in Istanbul , Turkey , served a total of 60,119,215 passengers . Of that total , more than 41mn were international travellers . Flying to 273 destinations , according to data gathered in February 2017 , Istanbul Atatürk Airport provides service to the most destinations worldwide , second only to Frankfurt Airport . In terms of aircraft movements , number of passengers and destinations served , Istanbul is the country ’ s biggest and busiest .
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