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01 The Moodie Davitt e-Zine 251
02 ELC
03 User guide
04 KPI
05 Contents
06 OTG
07 Travel retail highlights 1
08 Butlers
09 Travel retail highlights 2
10 ARI
11 Travel retail highlights 3
12 Kai Schmidhuber
13 Travel retail highlights 4
14 DFS Saipan Appeal
15 Travel retail highlights 5
16 Trinity Day One report
17 Lagardère Travel Retail
18 Trinity Day Two report
19 Shiseido
20 Trinity Gala DInner
21 Dufry
22 Maker's Mark
23 Haiti
24 Airports as Artports
25 Sense of Place
26 e-Zine Spotlight Series
27 Duty Calls
28 Charity Ball
29 Stock Watch
30 The Front Line
31 Data Circle
32 The Foodie Report
33 FAB 2019
34 Food & Beverage highlights 1
35 Food & Beverage highlights 2
36 Food & Beverage highlights 3
37 The Foodie Report Feature: Godiva
38 Moodie Insights

Travel retail highlights

All eyes on Istanbul


Istanbul New Airport has been opened by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in what airport operator İGA says is a “milestone in world engineering history”.

The airport will become the biggest in the world when it is completed, spanning a huge 76.5 million sq m and with capacity to serve 200 million passengers.

The first phase of the airport was finished in 42 months and consists of the main terminal building, two runways, an air traffic control tower and supporting buildings. The airport became operational on 29 October, the 95th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey’s founding.

Despite the impressive ceremony, the airport is not yet fully open to passengers while retail and food & beverage outlets will be launched in the coming months. The service transition from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Istanbul New Airport will begin on 30 December and end on 31 December.

There are exciting times ahead though with stores covering more than 55,000sq m and 32,000sq m worth of food & beverage options set to open, with more than 400 local and international brands represented. “Life at the airport will be vibrant on a 24/7 basis,” as İGA put it.

Highlights from the opening ceremony, which was attended by a plethora of government and state officials.

Construction of the vast project commenced in 2015, and the first phase was completed in 42 months.

The video above captures the story of the airport's construction.

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The Moodie Davitt e-Zine | Issue 251 | 12 November 2018