Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) stated that the management of the Istanbul Airport was disrupted and said, “Access to the IMM, which offers quality access at the most affordable price, is prevented.”
Sharing the issues complained by citizens, the IMM management noted that there are applications that force tourists coming to Istanbul to pay by cash or credit card instead of Istanbulkart.
Making a statement about the applications, IMM included the following statements:
– Istanbulkart filling points at the airport have been reduced from 24 to 10 and their locations have been determined as the most extreme points to be seen to the right and left of the exit doors.
– It was shown that the vending machines that will meet the food and beverage needs of the citizens will be replaced by the existing filling machines due to the change. BELBİM AŞ, a subsidiary of İBB, was informed about this change request in the 2nd week of February, and on 15 February, 24 machines were forced to relocate with a heavy pressure.
– There is no direction for the use of Istanbulkart in HAVAISTs, as well as the location where the Istanbulkart filling points are located, it has been made difficult for citizens to fill and return from these machines and use the HAVAİST bus.
– This application, which positions Istanbulkart as a ticket to be used only in IETT buses at Istanbul Airport, causes the use of other transportation vehicles including HAVAİST to decrease. This stands out by disabling the public institution IMM, a strategy to highlight cash and credit card and payment methods.
– It is also stated that IETT stations are planned to be lifted from their current central locations to the two most extreme points of the platforms (close to the new locations of Istanbulkart filling machines).
As a matter of fact, it has been determined that the daily loadings made by Istanbulkart filling machines have decreased by 50 percent in the last 15 days.
- Citizens and visitors using Istanbul Airport; İBB Beyaz Masa made numerous complaints to İETT and OTOBÜS AŞ about how much power they reached to Istanbulkart filling points.
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