| Gazipaşa Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: GZP – ICAO: LTFG | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | TAV Airports Holding | ||
| Serves | Gazipaşa, Antalya Province, Turkey | ||
| Location | Gazipaşa | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 08/26 | 1,825 | 5,988 | Concrete / Asphalt |
Gazipaşa Airport is an airport currently in service in the Gazipaşa area of the Antalya province in Turkey. The Airport opened for domestic flights in July 2010 with daily flights from Istanbul with Bora Jet.[1] International flights began in the 2011 holiday season, with flights from Amsterdam. The new airport is only 30 minutes by road from Alanya compared to a travel time of two hours between Alanya and Antalya Airport, which was previously the nearest airport, 120 km away.
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The airport was actually finished in 1999, but it was not opened for operation. Talks were held in 2006, with reports commissioned by the national government, local government, and tourist organizations to actually commence operation of the airport. Finally, the decision was made clear in 2007 after multiple bids had been submitted to award operation to Tepe Akfen Ventures Airports Holding (TAV), which paid $50,000 a year, and a 65% share in profit for the right to operate the airport for 25 years.[1] TAV then updated and expanded the airport, including lengthening the runway to 2,000m in order to handle international operations, among other things.
The airport has an annual passenger capacity of 500,000 passengers, a terminal area of 2,144 square meters and a parking lot with a capacity of 105 vehicles.
At the moment, the number of destinations is limited. However, Gulcin Guner, president of Alanya’s tourism association (ALTID), stated to the press that TAV is already in talks with Easyjet.
Dutch low-cost airline Transavia.com (chartered by touroperator Neckermann) was the first international airline to operate charterflights to and from Gazipasa airfield. It uses a small Boeing 737-700 (149 passengers), with flights leaving every Wednesday from 27 April 2011 till the end of October 2011, and from 2 July 2011 also on Saturdays. Touroperator Neckermann (under the name Thomas Cook) promotes Gazipasa in the Netherlands with a special Alanya brochure, with the slogan: "Directly to Alanya Airport".
For the 2012 season, Danish touroperator Scanway will also fly to Gazipasa airport, with flights on every Monday and Friday from 1 April to 30 October 2012, and an extra flight in high season.{[fact}} These flights will depart from Copenhagen Airport and Billund Airport, using a Boeing 737 (148 passengers) from Swedish Tor Air.
The Alanya tourist industry asked for the name of the airport to include ‘Alanya’, since Gazipasa is not well known outside of Turkey. However, these demands have not been answered by TAV or the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Amsterdam [begins summer schedule 2012] |
| Air Finland | Seasonal: Helsinki |
| Borajet | Ankara, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen |
| Germania Airline | Seasonal: Frankfurt/Main, Munich [begins 22 May 2012], Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 9 June 2012], Hanover [begins 27 May 2012] |
| Hamburg Airways | Seasonal: Dresden, Düsseldorf [begins 23 May 2012] |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen [begins 3 July 2012] |
| Tor Air | Seasonal: Billund, Copenhagen [begins March 2012] |
| Primera Air | Seasonal: Billund [begins 25 June 2012] |
| Transavia.com | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
| Turkish Airlines operated by AnadoluJet | Ankara |