Government to build new airports, says Soluk
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Haziran 05, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - As governments worldwide up spending to stimulate their economies, infrastructure becomes a key area, a trend vividly displayed at the Turkey Infrastructure and Green Energy Investment and Finance Summit 2009 in Istanbul.
During the first day of the summit Thursday, participants focused on new investment plans, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was announcing his new incentives and employment package in Ankara.
The government is planning to build new airports, according to Habib Soluk, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Transport and Communication, who participated in the summit.
"We are working on the Zafer Airport, which will serve the region of Kütahya, Afyon and Uşak," Soluk told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review on the sidelines of the meeting. "We have purchased the land for the airport through the barter system. Now we are preparing the project. We will work within the framework of the build-operate-transfer model. One of our aims is to make the area available for thermal tourism. Then we can have international flights, too."
Another project the ministry is working on is an airport in the region of Çukurova in southern Anatolia. "There is already an airport in Adana but it is not big enough," Soluk said. "We will build a new one between Mersin and Adana." Soluk said the southeastern and eastern cities of Hakkari Iğdır, Bingöl and Şırnak are next in line. "In Hakkari, we will be ready for the tender within 20-30 days. We expect to finish [the airport] in 18 months. Edremit airport will also be completed within one year."
The government is planning to build new airports, according to Habib Soluk, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Transport and Communication, who participated in the summit.
"We are working on the Zafer Airport, which will serve the region of Kütahya, Afyon and Uşak," Soluk told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review on the sidelines of the meeting. "We have purchased the land for the airport through the barter system. Now we are preparing the project. We will work within the framework of the build-operate-transfer model. One of our aims is to make the area available for thermal tourism. Then we can have international flights, too."
Another project the ministry is working on is an airport in the region of Çukurova in southern Anatolia. "There is already an airport in Adana but it is not big enough," Soluk said. "We will build a new one between Mersin and Adana." Soluk said the southeastern and eastern cities of Hakkari Iğdır, Bingöl and Şırnak are next in line. "In Hakkari, we will be ready for the tender within 20-30 days. We expect to finish [the airport] in 18 months. Edremit airport will also be completed within one year."