What do you know about Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport?

Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is one of the most important airports for some tourists visiting Turkey from their country, in addition to Istanbul Airport, where this airport is considered one of the most famous and most important airports in Turkey, and won the first place in international airports in 2014, especially in Europe, according to the most airports Arrangement, organization, cleanliness and the most welcoming of Arab or foreign travelers.

In 2015, this airport witnessed a large number of tourists, which reached nearly 28 million tourists.

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Sabiha Airport is an international airport located in Istanbul, Turkey, and works to provide all its services to Turkish citizens who are in Istanbul, and the reason for its name is in relation to the Turkish woman who commanded one of the warplanes.

Inside Sabiha, there are approximately 112 devices that carry out the task of registering all passengers directly through airlines such as Pegasus Airlines, Aegean Airlines and Turkish Airlines.

In addition to the presence of Arab airlines such as Saudi Airlines, Emirates Airlines, and Egyptian Airlines, and there are approximately 24 devices at the airport responsible for registering passenger entry movements online, and this method contributes to accelerating entry processes without waiting for a longer time.

The construction of Sabiha was completed and its inauguration was announced in 2000, and the purpose of its presence is to relieve the work pressure on Ataturk Airport.

Sabiha Airport location

This airport is located in the Pendik region on the borders of Asia, and there is a distance between it and Istanbul of about 35 km, and the process of its construction was started in 1998, and in the year 2000 it was completed to be ready to receive all travelers.

Sabiha is the headquarters of Anadolu Jet, a local company that is the subsidiary of Turkey’s state airline.

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Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport offers a lot of diverse services at the highest level, and the most important of these services are as follows:

  • The presence of a dedicated post office and public telephones.
  • The presence of banks and ATMs in the internal terminals of the airport and the state.
  • The presence of many distinctive shops within the duty-free market.
  • The airport includes many cafes, restaurants and electronic devices.
  • There are shops dedicated to packing passengers’ bags and storing luggage.
  • Inside the airport there are pharmacies that provide various medical services.
  • The presence of shops that provide services to tourists on a daily basis.
  • Inside the airport there is free internet available to all travelers.

 

Advantages of Sabiha flight

Sabiha is considered one of the most important international and famous airports on the European level, for this reason it is considered an important attraction for many tourists, as it has many advantages in this way:

  • The possibility of traveling through it to many countries of the world.
  • Sabiha owns a lot of different planes.
  • This airport connects Europe with the Middle East and many countries spread in the East and West.
  • The possibility of going out on domestic flights in Turkey through Sabiha.
  • The possibility of planes reaching many cities in Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.

Istanbul Airport and Sabiha Airport

There are some differences between Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Sabiha Airport, as follows:

  • The distance to Sabiha Airport is farther than Istanbul Ataturk Airport.
  • Some foreign and Arab tourists think that traveling through Sabiha in terms of services and transportation is better than Ataturk.
  • Lower prices for Souvenir of Sabiha Airlines compared to Ataturk.
  • The majority of domestic flights via Sabiha are more than the external flights via Ataturk.
  • Sabiha’s Pegasus company ranks first in terms of low airfares.