Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the opening of the 4th runway at Istanbul Airport

🗣 Erdogan says that Istanbul Airport's 4th runway, additional investments will make major contributions to its global connectivity

👉 He also mentions air passenger traffic across Türkiye exceeds 167.5M in first 8 months of 2026, nearly twice country's population

✈ Istanbul Airport expands to 6 runways, including 4 main and 2 backup runways, while providing connections to more than 340 destinations

📌 Newly opened east-west concrete runway measures 2,820 meters long and 45 meters wide, helping shorten taxiing and airborne waiting times while supporting safer operations in crosswind conditions

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