{"id":659442,"date":"2022-01-25T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=659442"},"modified":"2022-01-25T15:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:03:02","slug":"istanbul-airport-stays-shut-as-snow-pummels-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2022\/01\/istanbul-airport-stays-shut-as-snow-pummels-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul permits first flight after snow pummels Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_659456\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-659456\" class=\"size-full wp-image-659456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/04db6117ea0bc7b6c3806d951a2a70a3a2cf5a3f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/04db6117ea0bc7b6c3806d951a2a70a3a2cf5a3f.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/04db6117ea0bc7b6c3806d951a2a70a3a2cf5a3f-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-659456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Istanbul is experiencing heavy snowfall with roads blocked with stranded vehicles and flights canceled &copy; <b>AFP \/ Yasin AKGUL<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Istanbul (AFP), Jan 25 &#8211; <\/i>Europe&#8217;s busiest airport in Istanbul welcomed its first flight in 24 hours on Tuesday and Greece declared a public holiday as the eastern Mediterranean neighbours began digging themselves out of a rare snowstorm that ground their capitals to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish officials ordered all private vehicles off the snow-clogged streets of Istanbul while the Greek military joined rescuers in trying to evacuate hundreds of stranded drivers in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>Major highways were closed across both countries and basic services such as food delivery shut down.<\/p>\n<p>But much of the international attention focused on the fate of Istanbul&#8217;s main airport &#8212; a gleaming glass-and-steel structure that offers connecting flights spanning much of the world.<\/p>\n<p>A blizzard on Monday closed Istanbul Airport for the first time since it took over from the old Ataturk Airport as the new hub for Turkish Airlines in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Its press service pushed back its planned reopening hours a handful times before admitting defeat and shutting it down for the night.<\/p>\n<p>It tweeted an image on Tuesday of the first flight since Monday afternoon landing from the Venezuelan capital Caracas after one of the runways was cleared to accept a few airborne flights.<\/p>\n<p>But Turkish Airlines decided to suspend operations at its main international hub until midnight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_659457\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-659457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-659457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/091f581f93cbb78cfc35fb1aa744ce4daba02b9b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/091f581f93cbb78cfc35fb1aa744ce4daba02b9b.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/091f581f93cbb78cfc35fb1aa744ce4daba02b9b-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-659457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Acropolis in Athens during heavy snowfall. &copy; <b>AFP \/ Louisa GOULIAMAKI<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>All the main scheduled international departures were either cancelled or delayed for the second day running.<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul Airport serviced more than 37 million passengers last year despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Yet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#8217;s critics had long questioned his decision to place the airport on a remote patch along the Black Sea coast that is often covered with fog in winter.<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul&#8217;s second airport on its Asian side near the Sea of Marmara stayed open throughout the storm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8216;We need a hotel&#8217; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Numerous passengers stuck aboard stranded flights took to Twitter to air their grievances with the airport&#8217;s customer service and lack of updates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not even a bottle of water offered. Zero concern for women with children,&#8221; user Chris Wiggett wrote in a typical tweet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not even blankets for stranded passengers at night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Images tweeted from inside the packed airport on Tuesday showed a frustrated crowd chanting &#8220;we need a hotel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A burst of sunshine over the city of 16 million people on Tuesday raised hopes that the storm had finally passed and normal life could slowly start to resume.<\/p>\n<p>But forecasts warned of more possible snow on Tuesday evening and officials ordered all cars off the streets.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor&#8217;s office some parts of Istanbul had recorded 85 centimetres (2.8 feet) of snow.<\/p>\n<p>The Istanbul governor&#8217;a office closed the region&#8217;s universities until Monday and announced a temporary suspension of non-emergency traffic into city from its Asian and European sides.<\/p>\n<p>The situation appeared just as chaotic in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The Athens public prosecutor&#8217;s office opened an investigation as officials traded blame over who was responsible for the closure of the city&#8217;s main road leading to the Greek capital&#8217;s international airport.<\/p>\n<p>Greek civil protection minister Christos Stylianides issued a formal apology on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>But he also blamed the private Attiki Odos motorway management company for &#8220;failing to keep open a busy road&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The management company issued its own apology.<\/p>\n<p>But it also said the problems were due to &#8220;vehicle breakdowns or to the lack of experience of motorists, some of whom were afraid&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istanbul (AFP), Jan 25 &#8211; Europe&#8217;s busiest airport in Istanbul welcomed its first flight in 24 hours on Tuesday and Greece declared a public holiday as the eastern Mediterranean neighbours began digging themselves out of a rare snowstorm that ground their capitals to a halt. 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