Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has appointed Berk Albayrak as the chief executive officer (CEO) of its Turkish asset, Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (ISG) effective 1 September.
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has appointed Berk Albayrak as the chief executive officer (CEO) of its Turkish asset, Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (ISG) effective 1 September.

NST Business

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has appointed Berk Albayrak as the chief executive officer (CEO) of its Turkish asset, Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (ISG) effective 1 September.

MAHB group CEO Datuk Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh expressed confidence that Albayrak will lead and further strengthen ISG's position as a city airport, more so with the encouraging signs of recovery shown by the airport in terms of traffic movements.

Last April, Albayrak was appointed the covering CEO of ISG.

In the 11 years that he has been in ISG, he has held various positions including being the chief operating officer and the technical services director.

Albayrak is a civil engineer by profession.

He was also the department manager for Limak and GMR Joint Venture, director of the construction division for DHMI Turkey and assistant project manager for Baki Group of Companies.

ISG was ranked as the 4th busiest airport in Europe by the Airports Council International (ACI) recently and showed encouraging recovery for the first half (1H) 2021 by recording 53 per cent of the total passenger traffic movements at pre-Covid-19 levels.