Turkish Airlines continues its growth trend without slowing down

Published on : Thursday, December 27, 2018

Turkish Airlines, that announced the results of June 2018 passenger and cargo traffic, achieved the highest rate of Load Factor (LF) in the first six months of its history with a brilliant performance of 80.4%. The double-digit growth that the flag carrier recorded in the number of international non-transit passengers, marks an increasing interest in Turkey.

According to the June 2018 Traffic Results;

During the period of June 2018 passengers carried increased by 10.6%, to 6.3 million passengers from 5.7 million passengers for the same period of 2017. Increase in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 14.5% and 7.8%, respectively.

Total L/F increased by 2.6 point to 79%, while international L/F increased by 2.7 point.

RPK increased by 8.2% to 12.4 billion during the period of June 2018 from 11.5 billion for the same period of 2017. Increase in RPK in domestic and international lines are 14.6% and 7.2%, respectively.

International-to-international transfer passengers increased by 0.7%.

International Non-transit passengers increased by 16,9% compared to the period of June 2017.

Cargo/Mail carried during the period of June 2018 increased by 18.6% to 115,989 tons from 97,828 tons in 2017.

During the period of June 2018, the regional traffic results are as follows:

Increase in RPK in Europe, Africa, Domestic Lines and Middle East are 15.1%, 14.3%, 13.8% and 11.4%.
Increase in L/F in Africa, N. America, Far East and Europe are 7 pt., 4.6 pt., 4.2 pt. and 3.1 pt.,
Increase in passengers carried in Africa, Europe, Domestic Lines and Middle East are 15.7%, 15%, 13.8% and 10.2% respectively.

According to the January-June 2018 Traffic Results;

During the period of January- June 2018 passengers carried increased by 17.8%, to 35.6 million passengers from 30.3 million passengers for the same period of 2017. Increase in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 20.3% and 15.8%, respectively.

International-to-international transfer passengers increased by 11%, compared to the same period of 2017.

International Non-transit passengers increased by 22.3% compared to the period of January – June 2017.

L/F increased by 4.3 point to 80.4%.

ASK increased by 9.2% to 88.1 billion during the period of January- June 2018 from 80.6 billion for the same period of 2017. ASK in domestic lines increased by 16.6%, while ASK in international lines increased by 8.2%.

RPK increased by 15.5% to 70.8 billion during the period of January- June 2018 from 61.3 billion for the same period of 2017. Increase in RPK in domestic and international lines are 19.6% and 14.8%, respectively.