ISTANBUL: February 07, 2019. Turkish Cargo has conducted the first air cargo transportations from new Istanbul Airport, with the flight touching down in Ankara before moving on to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

The first ever commercial domestic air cargo transportation from Istanbul Airport was performed with an A 321 Airbus that landed in Ankara on February 4.

The first international transportation was carried out to Lefkoşa (Nicosia) on the same day with a Boeing 737 aircraft that left Istanbul Airport, which will transform Turkey into the world’s logistics hub with a cargo capacity of 6 million tons.