iGA was founded on October 7, 2013 with the purpose of constructing and operating for 25 years İstanbul Airport. The new airport is constructed over an area of 76,5 million square meters to the north of Istanbul, in 35 km distance to the city center. The construction will be carried out in four phases. The first phase is finalized in 2018 with the opening of two runways and a terminal with 90 million passenger capacity. Once complete, the airport will host nearly 100 airline companies flying to more than 300 destinations with an annual passenger capacity up to 200 million. 100 thousand direct employment and sub – industry employment combined, we will hire a total of 1.5 million people once the project is launched.