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new airport At the end of October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened what he claimed will eventually become the world’s largest airport on the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s establishment as a republic. The opening of Istanbul New Airport was largely symbolic as only a few flights now use it, with most only scheduled to make
the switch from the existing Kemal Ataturk Airport at the end of the year. Once fully completed by 202 the airport will have 6 runways, 16 taxiways, an an annual passenger capacity of 150 million passengers, which will be expandable to 200 million ■
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