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.

Istanbul Airport celebrated the boarding of the 10 millionth passenger with a surprise event.

Istanbul Airport celebrated its first anniversary with the slogan “We are 95+1 years old”. Istanbul Airport hosted various celebration events and ceremonies at the terminal because of its own 1st anniversary and the 96th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey.

Istanbul Airport achieved a significant milestone and hosted its 50 millionth passenger. In the special ceremony, our esteemed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the esteemed First Lady Emine Erdoğan presented a plaque to our 50 millionth passenger and his family.

Istanbul Airport surpassed the International Passenger Income of EUR 233.1M that was guaranteed by DHMI for the airport’s first operating year, as result of which İGA made EUR 22.4M extra payment to the state.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has officially registered Istanbul Airport’s terminal building as the “largest LEED certified building of the world” in line with the principles of sustainable development.

“A Monument of Victory: Istanbul Airport” – a documentary film narrating Istanbul Airport’s story from its initial stages of gestation to the airport’s shift to operations at full capacity in just 42 months – met the audience on Sunday, the 31st of May 2020.

Istanbul Airport’s 3rd independent runway aimed at increasing the airport’s landing and take-off capacity has been inaugurated with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The opening ceremony also covered the inauguration of the recently completed state guesthouse and mosque.