Jun 19, 2018, 12:54 am
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starflyergold
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Istanbul New Airport
Sep 9, 2018, 6:50 pm
#886
Join Date: Nov 2010
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The only area where the progress looks very slow is the shopping / duty free area behind passport control....
Sep 9, 2018, 7:52 pm
#887
Join Date: Mar 2015
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It will "open" but I highly doubt it will be ready to transfer operations at that point.
They will just open it to say they opened it on time but Ataturk will still be used for a few more months it looks like.
They will just open it to say they opened it on time but Ataturk will still be used for a few more months it looks like.
Sep 10, 2018, 12:24 am
#888
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Amsterdam / Istanbul
Posts: 43
The name for the new airport has already leaked.. I wish they stayed with Atatürk..
Sep 10, 2018, 1:12 am
#889
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 613
...maybe you have to add, that is your own opinion and just speculation and not an official statement.
Sep 10, 2018, 1:15 am
#890
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 613
I think in this area the progress can be made easily, because the retailers are traditionally used to be quick in opening shops. This is my smallest concern...
Sep 10, 2018, 8:42 am
#895
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 613
My concerns are not about to finish or commission on time. There will be difficulties in the beginning, what I think its natural for a project on this scale. It will be hopefully a soft opening and the equivalent move will be accurate.
Sep 10, 2018, 10:11 am
#896
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Location: UK
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Sep 11, 2018, 1:29 am
#897
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Bit of everywhere these days
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Sep 11, 2018, 3:49 am
#898
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 200
No idea if true but there is a twitter comment from September 8th which says;
"HaberTürk columnist says new Istanbul airport to be named after Abdülhamid II, a Sultan admired by Turkish Islamists for tearing up the constitution, battling secular nationalists, losing the Balkans etc."
"HaberTürk columnist says new Istanbul airport to be named after Abdülhamid II, a Sultan admired by Turkish Islamists for tearing up the constitution, battling secular nationalists, losing the Balkans etc."
Sep 11, 2018, 5:59 am
#899
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Amsterdam / Istanbul
Posts: 43
Abdulhamit Han. A sultan who lost the most of Turkeys ground is chosen over Atatürk who saved the most ground. They are erasing the name Atatürk from everything all over the country and giving them sultan names. A lot of Turks are upset over it.
