Approaching Istanbul
On a flight from London to Istanbul, Turkey, this was the first view of the airport and city. We continued descending over the sea, turned left and made our approach and landing.
In the picture, just left of the centre is our destination, Ataturk airport. Also, in the picture, beyond the airport is the centre of the big city.
At the time of writing this a new, bigger airport will soon open, a few miles north of this one and Ataturk will no longer take scheduled passenger flights.
Our aircraft was a Boeing 767.
Approaching Istanbul
On a flight from London to Istanbul, Turkey, this was the first view of the airport and city. We continued descending over the sea, turned left and made our approach and landing.
In the picture, just left of the centre is our destination, Ataturk airport. Also, in the picture, beyond the airport is the centre of the big city.
At the time of writing this a new, bigger airport will soon open, a few miles north of this one and Ataturk will no longer take scheduled passenger flights.
Our aircraft was a Boeing 767.