iGA HUB

About Us

Who are we?

Istanbul Airport is the biggest airport in the world and the most significant global transfer hub in the region. We have the distinct specialty of being a vast ecosystem with all of our business partners including all our passengers, employees, service providers, other airlines, ground servicing firms, cargo managers, and domestic and international aviation authorities.

With all of our features, we, at iGA, are a well-planned, applied, sustainable and visionary corporation of Turkey that uses technology successfully in every field. We are aware that the use of technology is crucial in today's world in order to increase one's standing amongst the global competition. In order to enable this, we know that innovative and cutting-edge technologies, as well as the start-ups to develop these technologies, are extremely important.

Istanbul Airport, where construction was completed in a record time of just 42 months, is the world's largest airport with an annual capacity of 90 million passengers. Renowned for being the biggest global transfer hub in the region, our operations continue to run smoothly while we receive awards from respected institutions in the aviation industry for our strong infrastructure, efficient operation, superior technology, and outstanding travel experience.

Istanbul Airport became the first airport in the world to receive the "Airport Health Accreditation" certificate issued by the Airport Council International (ACI). Furthermore, we qualified for the "Airport Pandemic Certification" awarded by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. After signing the "COVID-19 Aviation Health Safety Protocol," published by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), we registered the safety measures that we have taken as shown by an international certificate. With today’s ever-changing and developing technologies, the digital travel experience has become one of the biggest demands from our passengers and is a concept that has become more important with the effects of working through pandemic conditions. We have taken important steps in the field of digital integration by strengthening this concept, which has been the focus of our operations since day one, through the smart solutions and practices that we provide. As a smart, sustainable, and people-oriented airport, our practices were seen to be deserving of the "Digital Transformation Award" presented at the "16th ACI Europe Awards" and organized by the Airports Council International (ACI). This award has proven that we have been on the right track in reaching our digitalization goal, yet another focus of our operations.

Even during the reporting period, we have continued our efforts to certify our processes, which were designed in accordance with our environmental and sustainability policies, and which highlight our environment-oriented approach. Within this context, ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas Management System Installations were completed and we have received the relevant certificates. In line with our efforts to fight against climate change, we successfully fulfilled the requirements of ACI's Airport Carbon Accreditation program and received their "First Level Carbon Emission Certificate". This means that we are now listed as one of the Airport Council International's "climate-smart airports." In addition, our terminal building was designed to meet the requirements for LEED certification and was subsequently nominated for the LEED Gold certification in May 2020. Istanbul Airport has, therefore, been officially registered as the world's largest LEED-certified building. All these achievements are a direct result of our projects and activities and have motivated us to work harder in line with our goal of creating a clean, developed Turkey with the lives of future generations in mind.

Having developed special products and services exclusively for our Chinese guests, we became the world's first terminal building to have fully implemented the "China Friendly Airport" project. In addition, and within the scope of our collaboration with airports in Pakistan, we have introduced various "passenger-friendly" applications in order to make every moment at the airport more comfortable and enjoyable for our Pakistani guests.

What is iGA HUB?

To this end, Istanbul Airport (iGA) and İTÜ ARI Teknokent are determined to combine forces in the iGA HUB program to support entrepreneurs. Our goal is to ensure that innovative ideas and technological initiatives in the field of Civil Aviation and Airport Management are brought to life and supported accordingly. In doing so, we aim to contribute to civil aviation in both Turkey and across the world in our journey to becoming a global brand. We also want projects that are developed at Istanbul Airport to be able to benefit other sectors as well as the aviation industry.

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At iGA, we are aware that for an airport to be sustainable we must focus on the needs, economies, and experiences of all our stakeholders within this ecosystem.

To this end, we believe that the İTÜ Çekirdek Incubation Center will be our best partner for supporting entrepreneurs and creating value by including them in our processes. İTÜ Çekirdek, which is widely known for its initiatives, is home to hundreds of initiatives, having proven its success both in our country and globally since 2011. Therefore, thanks to our collaboration with İTÜ ARI Teknokent, the founder of İTÜ Çekirdek, we will be supporting initiatives that develop innovative projects in the field of Civil Aviation and Airport Management and will make these part of the local and national economy.

Our Goals

The iGA HUB Program taps into iGA's full corporate power as well as İTÜ Çekirdek's ability to raise and support entrepreneurs. Through this program, we will support innovative projects that provide better, faster, and cheaper solutions for passengers, employees, business partners, and authorities through a holistic approach involving all aspects of aviation and all industries that interact with it. Our goals within this framework are as follows:

To support the formation or emergence of new ideas with the objective of meeting the present needs;

To contribute to the transformation of these ideas into projects (or to develop them if they are at the project preparation stage) and to their economic feasibility studies;

Accelerating and facilitating the commercial sale of new technological solutions and processes;

Increasing the satisfaction level of all the stakeholders in the aviation industry, shortening the processes, and improving the services;

Create a showcase to keep the projects at the forefront and to be the first user of the projects in these initiatives.

Ultimately, our goal is to provide a range of supporting measures to ensure that the entrepreneurs are able to bring their projects to life.

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