OREANDA-NEWS. July 6, 2011. Operating results for the first six months of 2011 year were summed up at the airport Tolmachevo.

Airport handled 256 482 passengers (increase in comparison with previous period – 20 %) in June this year. 125 311 passengers departed from Tolmachevo last month (increase in comparison with 2010 year – 21,2 %), 117 824 passengers arrived in Tolmachevo (increase in comparison with 2010 year – 19,3 %), transit passengers – 13 350.

The number of sorties was served by 1634 units (30.5% more than in 2010).Total number of flights in first half-year 2011 amounted to 7 843 units (24, 3 % more than in 2010).

Total passenger traffic since the beginning of the year amounted to 1 150 281 people (22, 7 % more than in 2010): 549 392 passengers departed (increase in compression with 2010 – 23,7%), 541 132 people arrived (increase in compression with 2010 – 22,5 % ), the number of transit passengers - 59 757 people (17% more than in 2010). The millionth passenger was recorded on June 14 in the period between 07:00 and 08:00 local time.

It should be noted that in 2002 the millionth passenger arrived at the airport in October, 2009 - in August, 2010 - in July. This year, the millionth passenger arrived  a month earlier than last year, indicating a positive trend and strong growth of passenger traffic at the airport Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo).