Turkey’s flag carrier, Turkish Airlines announced today the number of passengers carried between January and November 2016 is recorded as 58.3 million; representing an increase of 3% compare to the first 11 months of 2015. The carrier had carried 56.6 million in the same period last year.
International Business Class passengers remained the same, while international-to-international transfer passengers increased by 14.9%.
Load factor decreased by 3.6 point to 74.5%.
Turkish Airlines said the number of customers rose by 4.3 percent on its domestic flights and 2.1 percent on its international flights.
ASK (Available seat kilometer) with 11.9% increase reached to 157.2 billion during the period of January-November 2016 from 140.4 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in ASK in domestic and international lines are 5.9% and 12.9%, respectively.
RPK (Revenue Passenger Kilometer) with 6.8% increase reached to 117.2 billion during the period of January-November 2016 from 109.7 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in RPK in domestic and international lines are 4.7% and 7.2%, respectively.
Number of landings (passenger aircraft) was 416,422 for the period of January-November 2015 increased by 3.3% to 430,092 in 2016.
Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January-November 2016 increased by 21.0% to 791,285 tons from 654,051 tons in 2015.
By the end of November 2016, number of destinations went up to 292 from 280 of November 2015. Number of domestic destinations increased from 48 to 49 and international destinations increased from 232 to 243.
By the end of November 2016, number of aircraft went up to 335 from 299 of November 2015. Number of wide body aircraft increased from 72 to 86, narrow body aircraft from 217 to 236, and cargo aircraft went up to 13 from 10.
