Southeastern airport inaugurates to flights

ADIYAMAN - Doğan News Agency

The airport in the southeastern province of Adıyaman opened in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (C) and other officials.

A new airport in the southeastern province of Adıyaman, estimated to have cost 66 million Turkish Liras (US$33 million) in investments, has been opened in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

“We transformed the airport services building, which was located on a 1,000-square-meter area that was insufficient and impractical for the airport’s needs, into an adequately sized, 23,000-square-meter airport terminal building. We also enlarged the landing field,” Erdoğan said during the opening ceremony on Sept. 14. 

The construction of the airport began in 2011 and can cater up to 1 million passengers. While it only has domestic flights, it is eventually slated to also handle international arrivals and departures.