Turkish Cargo flies first cargo shipment from Istanbul Airport

Feb 7, 2019: Turkish Cargo has conducted the first domestic and international air cargo shipments from the newly opened Istanbul Airport.

The domestic bellyhold shipment flew on an Airbus A321 from Istanbul to Ankara and then on to Northern Cyprus in the Mediterranean.

The first international transport was carried out to Lefkoşa (Nicosia) with a Boeing 737 aircraft on the same day with a Boeing 737 aircraft that left Istanbul Airport, which will transform Turkey into the world’s logistics hub with a cargo capacity of 6 million tonnes.