ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on Saturday hailed his country's "solid transit potential" as he unveiled an international airport worth over $2 billion in the capital Ashgabat.
Berdymukhamedov said the new airport's two passenger terminals would have the capacity to serve 17 million passengers a year while the freight terminal could handle 200,000 tons of freight annually.
The five-floor airport is built in the shape of a giant bird -- echoing the logo of the Central Asian state carrier Turkmenistan airlines -- by Turkish construction company Polimeks who won a $2 billion contract in 2013.
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