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Istanbul Ataturk Airport Information

Atatürk International Airport (IATA: IST) is the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Opened in 1924 and located in Yeşilkoy, on the European side of the city, it is 24 km (15 mi) west of the city centre. In 1980, the airport was renamed to Ataturk International Airport in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey.

Atatürk shares traffic with Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, which is on the Anatolian (Asian) side of Istanbul, which had annual passenger traffic of just 6.3 million in 2009. The two airports both provide domestic and international service to the Istanbul area.

There are several ways to travel between Atatürk International Airport and the city center: Light Rail Service, Airport Shuttle Service, Municipality Bus.

Here are some of the major Airlines that service Atatürk International Airport:

  • Adria Airways
  • Aegean Airlines
  • Aeroflot
  • Aerosvit Airlines
  • Air Algérie
  • Air Astana
  • Air Baltic
  • Air France
  • Air Malta
  • Air Moldova
  • airBaltic
  • Albanian Airlines
  • Alitalia
  • Ariana Afghan Airlines
  • Armavia
  • Atlant-Soyuz Airlines
  • Atlasjet
  • Atlasjet
  • Austrian Airlines
  • Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways
  • Azerbaijan Airlines
  • Belavia
  • B&H Airlines
  • British Airways
  • Buraq Air
  • Caspian Airlines
  • Corendon Airlines
  • Croatia Airlines
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Donavia
  • EgyptAir
  • Emirates
  • Etihad Airways
  • Finnair
  • Freebird Airlines
  • Germania
  • Gulf Air
  • Hamburg International
  • Iberia
  • Iran Air
  • Iraqi Airways
  • Jat Airways
  • Jetairfly
  • Kish Air
  • KLM
  • Korean Air
  • Kuban Airlines
  • Libyan Airlines
  • LOT Polish Airlines
  • Lufthansa
  • Mahan Air
  • Malaysia Airlines
  • Malév Hungarian Airlines
  • Middle East Airlines
  • Motor Sich Airlines
  • Olympic Air
  • Onur Air (Charter)
  • Onur Air (Scheduled)
  • Pakistan International Airlines
  • Pegasus Airlines operated by IZair
  • Polet Airlines
  • Qatar Airways
  • Red Wings Airlines
  • Rossiya
  • Royal Air Maroc
  • Royal Jordanian Airlines
  • Sky Airlines
  • Sky Airlines
  • Somon Air
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines
  • Scandinavian Airlines
  • SCAT
  • Singapore Airlines
  • SkyExpress
  • Swiss International Airlines
  • Syrian Air
  • Tailwind Airlines
  • Tajikistan Airlines
  • TAROM
  • Tatarstan Airlines
  • Tunis Air
  • Turkish Airlines
  • Turkish Airlines
  • Turkuaz Airlines
  • Turkmenistan Airlines
  • Uzbekistan Airlines

The above mentioned information is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataturk_Airport.