The Istanbul Atatürk Airport is the main airport serving the Turkish capital Istanbul. The airport handels over 60 million passengers a year making it one of the busiest airports in the world. The airport was named Yesilköy Airport but was renamed to Istanbul Atatürk Airport in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.
Istanbul Atatürk Airport is one of two airports serving Istanbul, the other one is Istanbal Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Both airports are reaching their maximum capacity while their main user, Turkish Airlines, is still growing rapidly. To accommodate the future growth a third airport is currently being build which will become, eventually, the largest airport in the world. The first fase will open in February 2018.
Most flights from Istanbul Atatürk Airport are to Jeddah and to Dubai but there are many more flights to other destinations as well, most of them by Turkish Airlines. These are the most popular destinations from Istanbul Atatürk Airport:
Jeddah (JED)
Dubai (DXB)
Bangkok (BKKA)
London (LONA)Abu Dhabi (AUH)
Singapore (SIN)
Doha (DOH)
Kuala Lumpur (XKLA)
Seoul (SELA)
Guangzhou (CAN)
Jakarta (JKTA)
Almaty (ALA)
Mumbai (BOM)
Manila (MNL)
