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Inspiration<br />
MANAGING<br />
EUROPE'S FASTEST<br />
GROWING AIRPORT<br />
<strong>Convergence</strong> Speaks to Dato' Azmi Murad,<br />
Executive Director of SGIA on his experience managing<br />
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SGIA)<br />
The Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International<br />
Airport (SGIA) will soon have the capacity<br />
to accommodate and serve more than 60<br />
million passengers, as well as double its<br />
current aircrafts movement after the<br />
completion of its terminal expansion and<br />
the construction of the second runway.<br />
SGIA’s second runway featuring two rapidexit-taxiways<br />
will be completed by 2018.<br />
The owner of SGIA, Malaysia Airports, has<br />
started to enjoy good returns from the<br />
airport’s strong growth in passenger traffic<br />
since its full acquisition of SGIA at the end<br />
of 2014. Named after Turkey’s first female<br />
combat pilot, Sabiha Gokcen, SGIA is one<br />
of the world’s fastest-growing airports and<br />
has been Europe’s fastest-growing airport<br />
for the last five years. And, Malaysia<br />
Airports is the first Asian company to own<br />
100 per cent of a European airport.<br />
Doing Malaysia proud, Executive Director<br />
of SGIA, Dato’ Azmi Murad shared with<br />
<strong>Convergence</strong> about his experiences and<br />
plans to turn SGIA into the most<br />
competitive airport in Turkey.<br />
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