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Jul 31, 2018 (newstodate): Turkey is nearing the completion of its coming new third international airport at Istanbul, built to handling of 90 mio passengers in the first phase - and going up to 200+ mio passenger when fully expanded by 2015.
Upon the commissioning by October 31, 2018, of the new airport, the first international flights will take off for Azerbaijan and for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, according to Turkish media.
Similarly, the first domestic flight will lift off on October 31, 2018, to Ankara, the country's capital.
All passenger flights will be moved to the new airport from Istanbul Ataturk Airport within three days while freighter flights will remain for a period at Ataturk Airport.
-Plans by Turkish Cargo are to initially keep the handling of all freighters at the current position at Istanbul Ataturk Airport when the new airport is commissioned by the end of October 2018, Turhan Ozen, Turkish Airlines CCO & Chief Cargo Officer, earlier told newstodate.
-From the start, all passenger aircraft operations will move to the new airport, and handling of belly cargo and freighter cargo will thus be kept apart until mid-2019 when our freighter operations will move to the new airport as well, finally having all cargo operations within the same infrastructure, Mr Ozen said
Upon the commissioning by October 31, 2018, of the new airport, the first international flights will take off for Azerbaijan and for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, according to Turkish media.
Similarly, the first domestic flight will lift off on October 31, 2018, to Ankara, the country's capital.
All passenger flights will be moved to the new airport from Istanbul Ataturk Airport within three days while freighter flights will remain for a period at Ataturk Airport.
-Plans by Turkish Cargo are to initially keep the handling of all freighters at the current position at Istanbul Ataturk Airport when the new airport is commissioned by the end of October 2018, Turhan Ozen, Turkish Airlines CCO & Chief Cargo Officer, earlier told newstodate.
-From the start, all passenger aircraft operations will move to the new airport, and handling of belly cargo and freighter cargo will thus be kept apart until mid-2019 when our freighter operations will move to the new airport as well, finally having all cargo operations within the same infrastructure, Mr Ozen said