Tag: Istanbul

Istanbul Airport’s third runway to be operational by 2020

A third runway at the new Istanbul Airport is currently being constructed and will be fully operational by the first half of 2020, according to iGA Istanbul Airport CEO Kadri Samsunlu. Once completed, the new runway will increase the current airport capacity of 80 planes per hour to 120 planes p...

Istanbul Airport officially opens today; CEO delivers message

The Grand Opening of İstanbul New Airport opens today, 29 October 2018, Turkish National Day, and the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey. The CEO of the airport, Kadri Samsunlu has offered a comment on today's historic opening. "Offering upwards of 350 destinations, th...

Istanbul New Airport set for ‘soft opening’ on Monday

Istanbul's new state-of-the-art hub Istanbul New Airport was unveiled to the media yesterday (25 October) and is set for a 'soft opening' on Monday (29 October) - the Republic Day of Turkey 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to officially declare the new airport ready for flight...

Turkish Cargo to begin operations from Istanbul New Airport next week

Turkish Cargo is to begin its operation out of Istanbul's New Airport on October 29 2018 with a ceremony planned for the occasion. The cargo arm of the Turkish carrier stated: "Istanbul New Airport which will make Turkey become a global center of logistics, will be opening on October 29th, 2018...

Istanbul New Airport: iGA increases capital to ‘record high’

İGA, the construction and 25-year operation contractor of the İstanbul New Airport, increases its capital by 1,790 Billion TRY to 6,240 Billion TRY. Following this increase, İGA reached the size of 4th company among Fortune 500 list in terms of equity capital. Since its establishment, İGA’...

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