Turkish Airlines carried 7.9 million passengers with an increase of 9.2% in September 2023.

Turkish Airlines announced passenger and cargo traffic results for September with an increase in passenger capacity by 8.9% compared to that of 2022, and total load factor of 84.9% while carrying 7.9 million passengers.

According to September 2023 Traffic Results;

• The number of carried passengers increased by 9.2% compared to the same period of 2022 and reached 7.9 million. International load factor was 84.6% while domestic load factor was 87.3%.

• Number of international to international passengers carried increased by 14.6% from 2.3 million in 2022 to 2.7 million in this period.

• Available seat kilometers (ASK), increased by 8.9% to 21.1 billion during the period of September 2023 from 19.3 billion for the same period of 2022.

• Cargo/Mail carried during the period of September 2023 increased by 3.4% to 150.3 thousand tons from 145.4 thousand tons in the same period of 2022.

According to the January-September 2023 Traffic Results;

• The total number of passengers increased by 18.6% to 63.9 million compared to the same period of 2022.

• The number of international to international passengers carried increased by 31.2% to 22.4 million from 17.1 million in the same period of 2022.

• Total load factor increased by 3.4 points to 83.1% compared to the same period of 2022. International load factor was 82.9% while domestic load factor was 84.9%.

• Available seat kilometers (ASK) increased by 16.6% to 176 billion from 150.9 billion for the same period of 2022.

• Cargo/Mail carried during this period decreased by 5.7% to 1,187 thousand tons from 1,259 thousand tons in the same period of 2022.

• By the end of September 2023, the number of aircraft in the fleet was 429.

Mohammed Bessaïah