Construction site chosen for third airport in Istanbul

A third airport will be built in Istanbul, Turkey, near the Terkos River in the north of the city, Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbas was quoted today by the Anadolu agency as saying.

He added that the transport capacity of the airport will be 150 million passengers a year.

Earlier, the Air Transport Department under the Turkish Ministry of Transport, Shipping and Communications told Trend that construction of a third airport in Istanbul will cost ten billion liras.

The ministry also stressed that at the first stage, the airport will have the capacity to serve 90 million people a year. Later, this figure will be increased to 150 million people.