The “New Istanbul Airport” is designed for 150-200 million passengers per year. This will set a new world record. The new- build project comprises six runways on an area of around 9,000ha. The number 1 airport to date is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (USA), with around 105 million passengers per year. Progress takes flight The power of the WIRTGEN GROUP is driving the construction of the biggest airport in the world: plants and machines from WIRTGEN, VÖGELE, HAMM and BENNINGHOVEN are playing a vital part in the construction of the “New Istanbul Airport” . After just three years of construction, the world‘s biggest airport (measured by passenger numbers) is set to go into operation in 2018, initially with two runways, expanding to three by 2019 and, by the end of the proj

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