Azerbaijan, Baku, May 3 / Trend, A.Taghiyeva /
The tender for the construction of a third airport in Istanbul started in the city on May 3, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Friday.
According to the report, 17 local and foreign companies have submitted their proposals for participation in the tender. They have purchased a package of tender documents worth 100,000 lira, paying a total of 1.6 million lira.
However, according to the newspaper, only four of them made tender proposals.
The third airport in Istanbul will be built near Lake Terkos in the north of the city. The airport's transportation capacity is 150 million passengers a year.
Earlier, the Department of Air Transport of the Ministry of Transport, Shipping and Communications of Turkey told Trend that the construction of the third airport in Istanbul would cost 10 billion lire.
The ministry also said the airport will be able to serve 90 million people a year during the first phase. In future, this figure will increase to 150 million a year.