A new $11.7 billion airport just opened in Turkey and it could become one of the world’s biggest. Take a look inside the giant hub.
Istanbul’s new airport officially opened on October 29, 2018
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the new Istanbul Airport, a major public works project that is the culmination of Erdogan’s 15-year building spree.
* At the price of $11.7 billion, the new Istanbul Airport will be one of the world’s busiest.
* iGA, the developer of the project, expects the airport to serve 90 million passengers in the first phase of construction, and anticipates that number to rise to 200 million passengers in three terminals once the fourth phase is completed.
* “We have completed this project,” Erdogan declared at the ceremony, according to The Independent, “and we are officially launching the first stage. We did not build the Istanbul airport for our country. It is a great service we are offering to the region and the world.”
* The new Istanbul Airport will eventually cover an area of 76.5 million square meters, or about 823,439,146 square feet.
* And will be located north of the city center with highways, subways, bus terminals, and speed rail among the transportation options.
