#passenger-traffic

#passenger-traffic

"It handled like 60 million passengers, but it was originally designed for 40 million passengers. So, there were increased queues, delays, so on and so forth, plus very limited options for expansion," Istanbul Airport CEO Selahattin Bilgen told Business Insider in an interview at London's Savoy Hotel. After deciding to build a new airport from scratch, a huge logistical challenge remained: transferring operations without too much disruption.