Originally Posted by
tcmb99
..I think this is mostly because the airport is having a hard time dealing with so many flights, having only 2 runways which cant be used at the same time. The new airport should solve this problem. But we have to wait 2 more years for that.
It has a lot to do with efficient aircraft utilisation. TK, and the ME carriers, have the enormous scheduling advantage of a base airport (relatively) unconstrained by time of day restrictions on runway use.