Turkish Airlines said it aims to double the number of passengers on board the aircraft in less than ten years after the opening of a new airport to be built near the city of Istanbul
The new airport will be the third to be built in the Black Sea near Istanbul
CEO Temel Kotel said the company's strategy for growth is not at the moment include the purchase of Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft with four engines, preferring instead to increase the number of flights to destinations received a turnout of passengers on smaller aircraft
Kotel and stressed that the new airport to be built to be the third in Istanbul near the Black Sea, will start work on October 29, 2017, according to the plan, adding that it will absorb 70 million passengers in the first year of operation.
He added that the current densely Ataturk Airport, which is the seat of the company, will be tested later for irregular flights only
The second Istanbul airport "Sabiha Gokcen" on the Asian side of the city, it will continue its operations as usual
Kotel and added that the rapid linkage between flights at the new airport will mean that travelers arrive at their destinations, "before the current appointments at least two hours
He stressed that the "mega airports are increasing and that with the exception of Istanbul, there is no any of these airports in Europe
He explained that the final capacity of the new airport, which suggested some officials called Erdogan's airport in honor of President Recep Erdogan, the owner of the idea, will reach a huge number of nearly 150 million passengers a year, making it one of the largest airports in the world and will have six runways and four buildings
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