Turkish Cyprus, Azerbaijan First Stops From Mega Airport

Turkish Ground Services will hire around 1,600 people while Turkish Airlines will recruit nearly 3,000 as a result of the airline's move to Istanbul's new airport.

Source Anadolu Agency

July 16, 2018
By Masakatsu Ukon (Turkish Airlines, Airbus A330-300 TC-JNL NRT) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Turkish Airlines will make its first flights from Istanbul’s new mega airport to the capital Ankara and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as well as Azerbaijan, the airline’s CEO announced on Saturday.

The Turkish flag carrier’s process of moving to the new airport will begin on Oct. 31 and last for some 12 hours, Bilal Eksi told Anadolu Agency.

“Turkish Ground Services will hire around 1,600 people while Turkish Airlines will recruit nearly 3,000,” Eksi said.

Read more: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/turkish-cyprus-azerbaijan-first-stops-from-mega-airport/1203707

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