Turkish Airlines gearing up for dual hub in Istanbul

Turkish Airlines has said it intends to grow its secondary base at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport once operations move from the main Ataturk gateway to a new hub being constructed north of the city, reports Flightglobal.
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Chief executive Temel Kotil said that a first-phase opening of that greenfield airport – designed to accommodate 150 million passengers a year – is scheduled 2017, and Turkish will transfer 200 aircraft there.  He added that the airline will double its Sabiha Gokcen-based fleet to 100 aircraft.

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