Representatives of a foreign airline filed a complaint against Antalya International Airport (Antalya, Turkey), accusing the airport's management of negligence in runway quality control. The accusers attached a photo of the plane's undercarriage tires, literally reduced to tatters, after landing in Antalya.
It should be noted that Antalya International Airport is among the twenty the busiest In the world. During the peak tourist season, when the number of charter flights increases severalfold, an airplane takes off or lands in Antalya on average every two minutes.
Naturally, such a tight schedule, combined with record-breaking temperatures during the summer, does not have the best effect on the condition of the airport runways.
Meanwhile, the management Antalya Airport categorically denied all accusations, stating that the condition of the runways is under close monitoring and all defects are immediately corrected.
"Our airport is one of the safest in the world. Runway damage during the summer is common at airports around the world. We replace the concrete on our runways regularly, and to ensure passenger safety, we have a backup third runway, used only in extreme cases." — the portal quotes the statement from the management of Antalya International Airport turkeyforfriends.com.
