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TURKISH AIRLINES-BRANDED CIP LOUNGES

The first CIP lounge abroad was opened at Moscow Vnukovo Airport in 2014.

The CIP lounges at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, opened in 2000, were expanded in 2014. The revamped lounges operated with a new concept and served passengers until their relocation from Atatürk Airport to Istanbul Airport. After 2003, Private Passenger Lounges in Türkiye were put into service in the following order: • Bodrum Airport Passenger Lounge (2004) • Gaziantep Airport Passenger Lounge (2009) • Trabzon Airport Passenger Lounge (2010) • Kayseri Airport Domestic Passenger Lounge (2012) • Hatay Airport Domestic Passenger Lounge (2013) • Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport Domestic Passenger Lounge (2014) • Sabiha Gökçen Airport Domestic Passenger Lounge (2014)

• Sabiha Gökçen Airport International Passenger Lounge (2014) • Istanbul Airport International Passenger Lounge (2019) • Istanbul Airport Domestic Passenger Lounges (2019) • Rize Artvin Airport Domestic Passenger Lounge (2022) Similarly, efforts to open lounges abroad were initiated and the following Turkish Airlines-branded lounges were opened: • Moscow Vnukovo Airport Passenger Lounge (2014) • Washington Dulles Airport Passenger Lounge (2016) • Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Airport Passenger Lounge (2016) • Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport Passenger Lounge (2019) • Miami Airport Passenger Lounge (2020) • New York JFK Airport Passenger Lounge (2022)

FROM BOUTIQUE AIRLINE TO THE TOP IN 20 YEARS

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