ANKARA - There have been pleasing developments in the Turkish aviation sector in recent years.
While number of airway companies reached 19 and number of planes rose to 788, Turkish aviation sector achieved the target of "50 million passengers" in 2005, set by the Eurocontrol and International Air Transportation Association (IATA) for 2015.
According to information given by the Turkish Ministry of Transportation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, number of passengers in domestic flights rose to 20 million and number of passengers in international flights reached 30 million.
Turkish aviation companies fly to 38 destinations throughout Turkey and 103 destinations in the world.
Civil aviation sector has grown 5 percent in the world in recent years while this rate was 30 percent in Turkey.
Meanwhile, private sector's annual sales became 250 million USD after private companies were allowed to join the domestic flights.