Transfer from the new Istanbul Airport

Before presenting you the different means of transport to make your transfer from the new airport of Istanbul to your accommodation here are some tips to prepare your arrival in Istanbul:

In Turkey the currency is the Turkish lira. If you did not hav time to make some change before you leave, you can find ATMs in the airport to pay the first expenses (taxis do not accept credit card). The banking system is very well developed in Turkey, you will find ATMs absolutely everywhereWe do not advise you to do a lot of change at the airport, the rates given are generally less advantageous than those you can find in the city.

Also do not forget to print or take a screenshot of the exact address of your hotel as well as its phone number!

After having been postponed several times, the moving date of the new Istanbul airport, designed to be the largest in the world and opened on October 29, 2018, is finally announced, it is April 6, 2019!

Opened in 1924 a year after the creation of the Turkish Republic, Atatürk airport will close in early April 2019 and move to the new airport, from mid-April it will no longer be used by travelers.

The new Istanbul airport is simply called Istanbul Airport whose code is “ISL”. It is located at the edge of the Black Sea and it is quite far from the center (about 50 km). It will serve 90 million passengers a year in its first phase.

Upon completion in ten years, it will occupy nearly 19,000 acres and serve up to 200 million passengers a year with six runways. That’s almost double the traffic currently at Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, the largest airport in the world.

The airport’s interiors are reminiscent of Turkish and Islamic designs and its tulip-shaped air traffic control tower won the 2016 International Architecture Award.

Access to the new Istanbul airport is not yet developed enough. In the future, it will be connected to the city by two subway lines, but the lines will normally come into operation at the end of 2020.