Tender for Istanbul New Airport held in Ankara. The Joint Venture formed by İGA investors was awarded the tender with a bid worth €22.152 billion + VAT.

İGA Airport Operations was founded

The agreement between the Joint Venture and the state was signed on the 80th anniversary of the foundation of DHMI

A foundation-laying ceremony was held for Istanbul Airport.

İGA and Unifree DutyFree signed the world’s biggest duty free deal for a term of 25 years.

İGA signed an Operations Consultancy Services Agreement with Seul Incheon International Airport Corporation and Copenhagen Airports International.

İGA signed a loan agreement worth €4.5 billion with Ziraat Bank, Halkbank, VakıfBank, DenizBank, Garanti Bank and Finansbank to finance the first phase of Istanbul Airport. Participants at the ceremony included President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, numerous senior bureaucrats, İGA Board members, and senior managers of creditor banks.

Installation of the first part of space frame roof for piers at Istanbul Airport is now underway. Construction continues at full speed in the terminal building of Istanbul Airport, which, when completed, will become the largest airport in the world 'built from scratch'. The roof of the structure which spans over an area of 145,000 square meters excluding the roof of the terminal building pier is defined as a space frame roof area.

Ahmet Arslan, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication, inaugurated the foundation-laying ceremony for Istanbul Airport’s Air Traffic Control Tower designed by Pininfarina and AECOM. Winner of the 2016 International Architecture Award, the tower will have a height of 90 meters and the rough construction will be completed in 2017.

The last conveyor in the 42-km long baggage system is installed and the system is now ready for the opening.

Having a length of 3,750 meters and a width of 60 meters, the first runway at Istanbul Airport is lit up for the first time.

Airplane named "TC-ANK" has landed in Istanbul Airport. Its first passenger was Turkish Republic President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The city of Istanbul embraces Istanbul Airport on 95th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic.

The first commercial flight started with Istanbul-Ankara flight of Turkish Airlines. The first flight was with Boeing 777 of Turkish Airlines at 11:30.