7 new airports added to the 55 airports internally in Turkey

The turnout and the Ministry of Transport in Turkey to create alternative funding, out of the general budget, to open the floodgates for private companies to enter the investment in the civil aviation market

This policy has succeeded in raising the number of domestic airports across Turkey from 26 in 2003 to 55 last year, along with seven new airports

The same policy led to a high number of high-capacity transport in Turkey from 162 aircraft to 540 passenger planes, as well as an increase in the number of passengers estimated six times what it was in 2003
And also higher number of countries with which Turkey airlift from 81 to 167 countries agreements

And it increased the number of points of the Turkish aircraft to 283 destinations in 116 countries around the world, with an increase by 372 percent from 2003
The number of workers in the civil aviation sector in Turkey employees, more than 190 thousand, and the total annual gross revenue of the sector itself $ 23.4 billion, becoming the air transport sector is one of the strategic areas of Turkey in the field of tourism, and communicate with the world
In February 2018, waiting for the city of Istanbul early stages of the opening of its airport, the third giant, with a capacity of up to 90 million passengers a year, in order to relieve pressure on the existing two airports (Ataturk and Sabiha Jokjan)
It is expected to see the first stage when it opened in 2000 off and landing aircraft in one day
The construction will extend over four phases, ending most recently in 2023