Kotoka International Airport

Lebanon will construct a $122 million terminal at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport to be operated by a leading Irish airport company when it's completed in four years, officials said on March 20.

Turkish Airlines has resumed its "Touristanbul" complimentary service that had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic for international transit passengers.

The service was relaunched on July 1, featuring six different tours each day, seven days per week.

The number of air passengers in Turkey - including transit passengers - totaled 5.2 million this February, the country's airport authority said on March 6.

According to the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI), the number of domestic passengers reached 3.7 million, while 1.6 million passengers took international flights.

The new Istanbul airport is expected to boost Turkish aviation sector’s growth by 27.5 percent in the next three years, according to officials.

When Turkish Airlines opened a direct daily route to a war-ravaged African failed state plagued by militants, industry insiders were skeptical.

Not anymore.

"Somalia is one of our most profitable destinations worldwide," Mustafa Özkahraman, Kenya country manager for Turkish Airlines, told Reuters in an interview.