“After the opening of the first stage of Istanbul Airport, it will be able to serve up to 90 million passengers a year. With the implementation of all stages of the project, this figure will increase to 150 million, and if necessary, will be brought up to 200 million passengers, ”Anadolu quotes Erdogan.
The first domestic flight is scheduled for October 31 to Ankara. The first foreign - on November 8 in Baku.
It is noted that after the commissioning of the airport will be able to take planes of 250 airlines of the world, which will fly to more than 350 destinations.
In total, the new air hub will have six runways, parking for 500 aircraft, parking for 70 thousand cars.
Also the champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) in lightweight weight Russian Habib Nurmagomedov met with Erdogan at the opening of the airport in Istanbul.