Civil Aviation: 617 thousand people were evacuated with 3 thousand 540 flights

After the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes in the Pazarcık and Elbistan districts of Kahramanmaraş, an airlift was established to evacuate citizens from the disaster area to other provinces and deliver in-kind aid to the region. The General Directorate of Civil Aviation shared flight data between February 6 and 28.

In the statement issued by the General Directorate, it was indicated that from the first minutes of the disaster, both humanitarian aid and intensive evacuation flights were carried out in the provinces of the region together with civil aviation actors, and the following were included: statements :

14 THOUSAND 288 TONS 701 MOVED LOADS

“This organization, which is the largest air evacuation operation in terms of its scope, played an important role in the rapid evacuation of people from the region, especially the sick, elderly and injured, and in the healing of wounds. .

On this occasion, the vital importance of the aeronautical industry and airports for our country has been highlighted once again.

In this context, Turkish Airlines AO and Pegasus Hava Taşımacılık A.Ş. especially Güneş Ekspres Aviation Inc., Hürkuş Havayolu Taş. see tick A.Ş., Cortex Aviation and Tourism Tic. Inc., Turistik Air Transport Inc.,

Tailwind Airlines Inc., Air Anka Airlines Inc., Mavi Gök Aviation Inc., MNG Airlines and Transportation Inc., ULS Airlines Cargo Transportation Inc. and ACT Airlines A.Ş. The company organized numerous evacuation flights from Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Malatya, Şanlıurfa and Hatay provinces and relief flights to these provinces.

Since the first day of the disaster, 617,593 people were evacuated with a total of 3,540 trips, and a total of 14,288 tons of 701 kilograms of cargo were transported with 292 organized trips for humanitarian aid to the earthquake regions. In addition, flight permits were granted to 690 foreign aircraft for humanitarian aid purposes and coordination efforts were made for their landings. (DHA)