Istanbul Airport third runway to start operations in June

İGA, owners of Istanbul Airport, have filed application with Turkey’s Director General of Civil Aviation for the facilities third runway to start operating by June 18 2020. When completed, the airport’s thirds independent runway will make Istanbul Airport Turkey’s first and Europe’s second airport capable to operate such number of runways in parallel, after Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Once put into operation, the additional runway, located east of Istanbul Airport Terminal will reduce the current domestic taxi times by approximately 50 percent. Simulations have shown that average landing time will decrease from 15 to 11 minutes, while average take-off time will