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Turkish Cargo's first steps at future home base
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Turkish Cargo has carried out the first air cargo transport services from Istanbul Airport. The commercial A321 inland flight from the new airport to Ankara took place on 4 February. Another flight - this time an international one with a B737 - went from Istanbul to Lefkoşa (Cyprus) on the same day.
The airline plans to carry out its regular operations simultaneously at both Istanbul Airport and Ataturk Airport as of 2 March 2019, utilising the cargo capacity on passenger aircraft operating from the new Istanbul Airport and its full-freighter operations from Ataturk Airport.
Turkish Cargo will carry out operations on a 165,000 sqm site at Istanbul Airport during the first phase. When all phases are completed, the airline will have an annual cargo handling capacity of 4 million t. (ah)