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fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

Istanbul Airport CEO explains how it went from zero to the world's best in 5 years.

"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.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Getting Gatwick's expansion off the ground should never have been this hard | Nils Pratley

Gatwick approval for a 2.2bn second runway advances plans likely to deliver extra south‑east runway capacity, potentially operational by 2030 if legal challenges are resolved.
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