Türkiye’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines carried 71.8 million passengers last year.
According to a statement issued by the airline’s press office, during the period of December 2022, the total number of passengers carried was 5.5 million, compared to 5.5 million passengers in December 2019.
The passenger load factor stood at 81.6%. In the period of December 2022, the load factor in international flights was 81.6% while the load factor in domestic flights was 81.3%.
The available seat kilometers (ASK) increased by 7.3% to 16.6 billion during the period of December 2022 from 15.4 billion for the same period of 2019.
Cargo/Mail carried during the period of December 2022 was recorded as 137.5 thousand tons compared to 138.4 thousand tons in December 2019.
Traffic results for the period of January – December 2022
During the period of January – December 2022, the total number of passengers carried was 71.8 million, compared to 74.3 million passengers in the same period of 2019.
During the period of January – December 2022, international to international passengers carried was 23.2 million compared to 24.6 million in the same period of 2019.
The load factor stood at 80.6% in the period of January – December 2022. The load factor in international flights was 80.1% while the Load factor in domestic flights was 85.8%.
ASK increased by 7.5% to 201.7 billion during the period of January – December 2022 from 187.7 billion for the same period of 2019.
Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January – December 2022 increased by 8.7% to 1.7 million tons from 1.5 million tons in the same period of 2019.
By the end of December 2022, the number of aircraft in the fleet was 394.
