Turkmenistan unveils $2 billion bird-shaped airport
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on Saturday unveiled a bird-shaped international airport, built at a cost of around $2 billion. The five-storey airport located in Ashgabat is shaped like a giant bird, the logo of the Central Asian state carrier Turkmenistan Airlines. Berdymukhamedov said the two terminals at the airport have the capacity to serve 17 million passengers annually.