Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (ISG) is one of the two major airports serving Istanbul in Turkey. For information about the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, airlines, flights and the services it offers, please read through or select from below:
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Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is one of the two major airports serving Istanbul in Turkey, Located on the Anatolian shore of Istanbul. Sabiha Gökçen International is the newest airport among those that have been constructed from ‘greenfield’ (‘from zero’, unlike most airports, which are build on existing configurations; ‘brownfield’. The Airport enjoyed the highest growth rate between the years 2002-2007. On 1 May 2008, a consortium of Limak Holding of Turkey (40%), GMR Group of India (40%) and Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (20%) acquired the operational rights for the next 20 years for Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in a BOT Project (Build Operate Transfer) scheme including the management of the existing terminal buildings, car parks, ground handling, cargo, aircraft refueling operations, Duty Free, food and beverage areas and the airport hotel.
Airport Capacity
The new international terminal building and its supporting, bringing the yearly passenger capacity to 25 million are scheduled to open on 29 October 2009.
Current domestic terminal capacity is 1,5 million/year. International Terminal Capacity is 3 million/year. The Airport serves 43 international destinations with 31 International and 3 domestic airlines serve the airport to 16 domestic destinations in Turkey. Cargo terminal enclosed area is 7.500 m2 with 5 gates, 3 cold air rooms for export and 2 cold air rooms for import. 73 km of direct NATO pipeline from the refinery with a jet fuel capacity of 15,000 m3 can supply fuel for 22 airplanes at the same time with a hydrant line. The airport is named after Sabiha Gökçen, the world’s first female combat pilot.
Advanced Technology Industry Park
Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the first step towards the "Advanced Technology Industry Park" project in the region, which intends to serve Turkey in fields such as transportation, foreign trade, aviation and technology, and act as a leader for conversion of the region into a technology base in the future.
The progress in Turkish Civil Aviation and the role of Sabiha Gökçen Airport
Given the large size (larger than any Western country) and growing population and economy of Turkey, Turks have come to rely on domestic and international air service. In 2002, the total number of airlines passengers served in Turkey was 33.5 million; in 2007, this number reached 70.4 million. 14% increase was observed in the first half of 2008u. The popularity and demand for international and domestic flights to Turkey will continue to increase. In 2007, the other major airport in Isatnbul (Istanbul Atatürk Airport) served 23 million passengers, and can not meet all the demands for Istanbul, the hub of Turkey.
The role of Sabiha Gökçen Airport was to create capacity to meet new demands to Istanbul. in 2001 Sabiha Gökçen Airport serviced 47 thousand passengers, in 2007 this figure has reached 3.8 million. Sabiha Gökçen Airport will contribute to the progress in Turkish Civil Aviation, and meet Istanbul’s requirements.
Easyjet, currently flying from London Luton and Basel Sabiha Gökçen Airport, will commence London Gatwick flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on 12 December 2008.
Airline
Air Arabia
Air Cairo
Air Italy
Air Memphis
Air Urga
Blue Wings
Caspian Airlines
Condor
Corendon Airlines
Daghestan Airlines
Deta Aviation
Easyjet
Fly Nordic
Germania
Germanwings
Hamburg International
Jazeera Airways
Myair
Neos
Norweigan Air
Pegasus
Podilla Avia
Privilege Style Airlines
Pullmantur Air
Royal Wings
Sayakhat Airlines
Sham Wings
Sky Europe
Spanair
Sunexpress
Taban Air
TUI Fly
Turan Air
Turkish Airlines
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City
Sharjah
Cairo
Verona
Cairo
Izmail, Nikolaev
Duesseldorf, Stuttgart
Urmieh
Frankfurt, Munich
Amsterdam, Tel Aviv
Makhackala, Vladikavkaz
Shimkent
Luton, Basel, Gatwick (will start 12th December 2008)
Stockholm
Berlin
Cologne, Dortmund, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Berlin
Hamburg
Kuwait City
Bergamo
Bologna
Oslo
Amsterdam, Bologna, Copenhagen, Duesseldorf, Lefkosa,
Munich, Roma, Stansted, Stuttgart, Tehran, Vienna,
Zurich, Turkey Domestic Routes
Khmelnyts'kyi
Barcelona, Madrid
Madrid
Amman
Aktau
Damascus
Bratislava
Barcelona
Berlin, Cologne, Hannover, Santorini, Turkey Domestic
Tehran, Masshad, Tebriz
Frankfurt, Hannover, Stuttgart
Ganca
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Pegasus Airlines
Sunexpress
Turkish Airlines
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City
Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Izmir, Kayseri, Malatya, Trabzon
Adana, Antalya, Diyarbakir, Erzurum, Izmir, Kars, Sivas, Trabzon, Van
Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir, Trabzon
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Sabiha Gökçen Airport provides all services related with airport operations, including Air traffic, Ground Handling, Aircraft Refueling, Cargo, Aircraft Maintenance, Aircraft Catering, Flight Safety and General Aviation. The airport features also CIP and VIP lounges, Duty-free shops, Shops, Medical Unit, bars and cafés, pubs and restaurants, Post Office, Bank, Rent-a-Car, Car Park and Offices.
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Sabiha Gökçen, born in 1913, in Bursa, Turkey, is the first female combat pilot of the world. She was adopted by Atatürk in 1925 and given the surname of "Gökçen". Sabiha Gokcen enrolled with the Civil Aviation School ‘Türk Kusu’ (Turkish Bird) of Turkish Aeronautical Association in 1935 and was awarded with High Glider brevets in Ankara. She completed her education in gliders in Crimea, Russia, and following her training at the Eskisehir Military Aviation School; she became a military pilot and flew with hunter and bomber aircrafts. |
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| She was appointed as the chief lecturer at Türk Kusu of the Turkish Aeronautical Association. Sabiha Gökçen has flied with a total of 22 different bomber and acrobatics aircrafts throughout her life. She died at the age of 88, one day after her birthday, on 22 March 2001. Sabiha Gökçen has been a source of inspiration for all female pilots of the world. |
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