Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 23
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Construction of Istanbul’s third airport (Istanbul New Airport) continues at accelerated pace and has been completed by nearly 70 percent, a source in the Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications told Trend Oct. 23.
The first phase of the airport will be commissioned on Oct. 29, 2018, the source said.
The commissioning of the third airport in Istanbul will contribute to the development of the economy in Turkey.
The airport will annually serve about 200 million passengers.
Currently, the construction of the first runway, the length of which is 3.7 kilometers, and the width is 60 meters, continues. According to the airport’s construction project, the second runway will be 4.1 kilometers long and 60 meters wide.
“Currently, construction and assembling work is underway to build 28 bridges and a hydrometeorological tower at the airport,” the source noted. “More than 31,000 employees are involved in the construction work.”
About 300 passenger and service elevators will be installed at Istanbul’s third airport.
Earlier, a source in the Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications told Trend that the construction of the airport will cost 10 billion Turkish liras ($2.7 billion as of Oct. 23).
The third airport is being built near the Lake Terkos in northern Istanbul.
Thus, the total number of airports in Turkey will reach 57.
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