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iGA (Istanbul Grand Airport) is an airport infrastructure contractor company, established in October 7, 2013 to construct the Istanbul Airport and operate it for 25 years. iGA Istanbul Airport is 35 km to the city center. The construction plan of the airport was divided into four phases. Within the scope of the first phase, currently there are three runways and a terminal building with a 90-million passenger capacity. When all phases are completed, iGA Istanbul Airport will offer flights to more than 300 destinations with an annual passenger capacity of 200 million.
As of April 2022, the partnership status of iGA, which is progressing towards its future goals with conviction in aviation as Türkiye's foremost strategic line of business, due to its solid partnership structure, is as follows: 55% to Kalyon Havacılık ve İnşaat A.Ş., 45% to Cengiz İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
To offer the airport experience of the future, from today.
To be a global hub that offers the most comfortable and impeccable travel experience to all its guests, passengers/visitors and stakeholders all over the world.
iGA (Istanbul Grand Airport), established by the Cengiz-MAPA-Limak-Kolin-Kalyon Joint Venture Group in October 7, 2013, with the mission of introducing a new airport to Istanbul, a city considered among the most developed urban centers in the world and has been home to numerous civilizations for thousands of years, succeeded in completing Istanbul Airport, one of the biggest infrastructure projects of Türkiye, at the end of a record construction period of 42 months. In this successful journey of iGA, which was established with the contract price of 22 billion 152 million Euros, the highest bid for a 25-year lease deal; architects, engineers, laborers and a team of workers comprised of hundreds of thousands of individuals put all their energy into bringing a new "Victory Monument" to Türkiye in the area of economic and financial development of our country.
After completing the first of the four phases of the construction process in record time (42 months), the Grand Opening of iGA Istanbul Airport was held by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of the Republic of Türkiye, in October 29, 2018, and iGA Istanbul Airport started its service in full capacity on April 6, 2019. As per its 25-year operating rights, iGA continues its operations at Istanbul Airport, where phase 1 was completed with its third runway, which was put into service in June 18, 2020. iGA Istanbul Airport continues to serve with an annual passenger capacity of 90 million, a main terminal building of 1.4 million square metres, three independent runways, an air control tower and support facilities. iGA Istanbul Airport, which will be the largest airport in the world when all phases are completed, is expected to create an ecosystem that will meet 5 percent of Türkiye's Gross National Product.
iGA Istanbul Airport has also received many national and international certificates in its four-year service journey thanks to its exemplary practices in the aviation sector, and has received more than 60 awards in total. In addition, iGA Istanbul Airport has achieved great success by obtaining an international certificate, the "Airport Pandemic Certificate" given by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and signing the "COVID-19 Aviation Health Safety Protocol" published by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). It became the first airport in the world to receive the "Airport Health Accreditation" certificate issued by the Airports Council International (ACI). Furthermore, it has earned the title of "The Best Airport in Europe" in the field of digital transformation by being awarded the "Digital Transformation Award" within the scope of the 16th ACI Europe Awards given by the Airports Council International (ACI). In addition to these awards, it was also awarded with the "5-Star Airport" award according to the evaluation of Skytrax, one of the most influential aviation organizations in the international arena, and owing to the measures it took against the COVID-19 pandemic, it was awarded the "5-Star COVID-19 Airport" and has become one of the two airports in the world receiving both awards at the same time.
As a result of the "Readers' Choice" survey, which is one of the foremost awards organizations conducted annually by the luxury travel and life magazine Condé Nast Traveler of Condé Nast publishing group, one of the leading publishing groups in the world, iGA Istanbul Airport has taken the lead in the list of “The Best Airports in the World”. iGA's success was not limited to the award received from Condé Nast Traveler. In addition to the "Airport of the Year" award presented by Regional Air Transport Awards, one of the top publishings in the global aviation industry, in 2021 and 2022, iGA Istanbul Airport was also presented the "Best Airport for Layovers" and the "Most Family-Friendly International Airport" award at the "2022 Leisure Lifestyle Awards" by the U.S.-based travel magazine, Global Traveler. iGA Istanbul Airport has also won the "Extraordinary Success" award given by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX), and EMEA Finance's "Best Syndicated Loan in the EMEA Region" and "Agreement of the Year" awards. The debt refinancing transaction worth 5.8 billion Euros performed by iGA in 2021 was chosen the "Infrastructure Finance Agreement of the Year" by Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey.
