Restored Ankara Airport Opens in Turkish Capital Ahead of NATO Summit

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Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, inaugurated a new civil airport in Ankara on Monday, which will serve to welcome delegations arriving at the summit of Heads of State and Government that NATO is organising in the Turkish capital in July, reports EFE, taken over by Agerpres.

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The NATO Summit will be held in Ankara on July 7-8. Thanks to the summit, Ankara is gaining a new airport. Etimesgut Military Airfield, which has been operating below capacity for years, has been upgraded to an international airport class under the name "Ankara Airport," allowing even US President Donald Trump's presidential plane, Air Force One (a Boeing 747), to land and take off comfortably. This will reduce the civilian traffic at Esenboğa A…

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Etimesgut Airport, which underwent a multi-billion lira renovation to allow US President Donald Trump's 'Air Force One' aircraft to land before the NATO summit to be held in Ankara in July, was officially opened yesterday with a ceremony. President Erdoğan and a large protocol delegation attended the opening.