{"id":5824,"date":"2019-01-01T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:34:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:34:55","slug":"istanbul-mega-airport-opening-soon-but-not-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/istanbul-mega-airport-opening-soon-but-not-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul Mega-Airport opening soon – but not for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Short<\/strong>:\u00a0The switch from LTBA\/Istanbul Ataturk<\/strong> to LTFM\/Istanbul New Airport<\/strong> has effectively been postponed until sometime in early March 2019 – although no official date has been given yet. LTFM\u00a0\u201cofficially\u201d<\/i> opened on 29 Oct 2018, but since then it’s only been available to Turkish Airlines – everyone else has to carry on using LTBA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Istanbul’s new mega-airport, which has been plagued by construction issues and delays, officially launched operations on 29 October 2018, to coincide with Turkish National Day celebrations – even though it wasn’t completely ready in time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Authorities initially said that all scheduled airline and charter flights would have to switch over from using LTBA\/Istanbul Ataturk to LTFM\/Istanbul New Airport on 29\u00a0October 2018<\/strong>. Then they published AIC 07\/18<\/a>\u00a0which pushed that date back to 30\u00a0December 2018<\/strong>. And then, in the week before that was due to happen, they published this Notam:<\/p>\n

A7542\/18\r\nA PHASED TRANSFER FROM ISTANBUL ATATURK AIRPORT (LTBA) TO ISTANBUL AIRPORT (LTFM) WILL TAKE PLACE. ISTANBUL AIRPORT (LTFM) WILL ONLY BE USED FOR PRE-AUTHORIZED TURKISH AIRLINES FLIGHTS, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 24 DEC 13:35 2018 UNTIL PERM. CREATED: 24 DEC 13:37 2018<\/pre>\n
So for now, only\u00a0Turkish Airlines are allowed to operate to LTFM. Local reports suggest that it won’t be until March 2019<\/a> before\u00a0all the other airlines and charter operators can start using it too. When that happens, LTBA\/Istanbul Atat\u00fcrk will be closed<\/strong> to all\u00a0scheduled airline and charter flights, but\u00a0will remain open<\/strong> for<\/strong>\u00a0general aviation and<\/strong>\u00a0business flights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
So that’s good news for GA\/BA! There’s nothing to say that you can’t use the new airport, but it’s\u00a0quite a way out of town (39km\/24 miles) when compared to the old one.<\/p>\n
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Into the future there is talk about the old airport becoming a park<\/a>, but there are still no firm plans for that yet, according to the FBO reps we spoke to on the ground.<\/p>\n
Do you know more? Let us know!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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