Istanbul Airport CEO: “Big Data, biometrics and IoT allow for more collaboration and an open exchange of data between stakeholders”
On 6 April 2020, Istanbul Airport marked one year since the “Great Move”. In its first full year, the airport has hosted 74 airlines and welcomed more than 64 million passengers.
“We are most proud of having built the world’s biggest airport in a record time of just 42 months,” says Kadri Samsunlu, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, iGA Airport Operation. “We are also very proud of the unprecedented airport transfer process in April 2019, when Atatürk Airport was closed and materials and equipment weighing 47,300 tonnes were moved overnight to Istanbul Airport seamlessly and without any disruption for passengers.”