First Flight from the new Istanbul Airport departed to capital Ankara on 31st of October.

340 passengers on 777-330 Boing travelled from Istanbul to Ankara. Turkish Airlines will fly to Antalya, Izmir and Baku, beside Ankara and Ercan as part of the first stage of migration from Ataturk Airport. Built by a consortium of 5 contractors, Limak, Kolin, Cengiz, Mapa, Kalyon, the project has ben carried out through a BOT model. It will provide out 26 billion Euros of revenue to the government.

First Flight from the new Istanbul Airport departed to capital Ankara on 31st of October.