Istanbul Ataturk Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world with 70 million annual passengers. On April 6, it officially ceased operations and all commercial flights were transferred to Turkey’s new flagship international airport.

The airport’s first phase of construction, which includes three runways and 15 million square feet of terminal space, is finished. There are four phases to be completed by 2025, with a total cost of about $12 billion.

The new airport covers 76 million square meters (more than 818 million square feet or 18,780 acres) and can currently handle 90 million passengers a year in phase one. When the entire airport is completed, it will be able to handle 200 million passengers a year. That will make it the world’s biggest airport by passenger traffic. In comparison, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, currently the world’s busiest airport, handles 107 million passengers a year.







There will be 55,000 square meters (592,000 square feet) of Duty Free shops. The Duty Free area, inspired by the Bosphorus, a famous waterway in Turkey, will have seven sections housing different concepts, including “Fashion Garden,” “Family Palace” and “Style Beach,” each selling brands related to its theme.

The air traffic control tower at Istanbul New Airport, which is 22 miles from Istanbul, is shaped like a tulip, a popular and symbolic flower in Turkish culture.

The massive growth of Turkish Airlines is one of the major reasons for Istanbul New Airport.''

Source: https://autojosh.com/%e2%82%a64-32-trillion-airport-biggest-world/

Why does it look like a snake?

That's over half Nigeria's national budget going for an airport....

If you give naija government that money, nah snake go swallow am. you won't see any airport

Nice one bruh

Heartbender:
Why does it look like a snake?

To please lalasticlala

Isnt it the same Turkey that is currently facing recession. . . Ahian

daddytime:
That's over half Nigeria's national budget going for an airport....

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But they are currently in a recession. They spent $12b meant to revive critical sector of the economy on one airport, and now they are blaming the west.
Misplaced Priority

That thing na cobra shape jor

Tulip kor, pilut no

This is the kind of international airport Atiku was planning to build for Nigeria but APC people will not allow him

Cobra design

Auto josh

Heartbender:
Why does it look like a snake?

it's owned by lala the snake master

That's a good one.

Tulip na like beer that year na

Choi! See airport looking like paradise!

At least, we have biggest broom in Nigeria...

Half of our FG budget?

I’v often wondered why Atlanta airport is the busiest in the world! What is in Atlanta that makes its airport busier than the ones in New York, Florida, Beijing, Heathrow, etc?

olioxx:

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But they are currently in a recession. They spent $12b meant to revive critical sector of the economy on one airport, and now they are blaming the west.
Misplaced Priority

Are they supposed to save the money? The surest way to leave recession is increased spendings on capital projects.

Nice cobra structure

Heartbender:
Why does it look like a snake?

why do you think it's on front page

lala is the answer

that is clearly a cobra themed building and not a tulip inspired piece.

Building an airport with our national budget choi

naija person wey never commot nigeria reach mali go dey tell you how lekki and abuja is finest place on this planet, i allways laugh when ever i hear nigerians calls other countries common that country,you will hear something like this common kenya common tanzania common south africa ,

Na wa o

Olukat:
Building an airport with our national budget choi

Half our...

Afonja007:
naija person wey never commot nigeria reach mali go dey tell you how lekki and abuja is finest place on this planet, i allways laugh when ever hear nigerians call other countries common that country,you will hear something like this common kenya common tanzania common south africa ,

How person go do? na man wey dey face me I face you dey abuse person wey live for baccha?

Ok

Afonja007:
naija person wey never commot nigeria reach mali go dey tell you how lekki and abuja is finest place on this planet, i allways laugh when ever hear nigerians call other countries common that country,you will hear something like this common kenya common tanzania common south africa ,

Don't mind them they have not been to the outside world in Fela's voice.

emeijeh:

Half our...

How much do you generate at the end of the year?
Forget media budgeting and all the madness going on in this country