Turkish Airlines Reaches Record High Load Factor in August With 84.3 Percent LF

Press release

Published September 25th, 2017 - 09:10 GMT

Turkish Airlines

Total Load Factor improved significantly by 5.7 points to 84.3%, while international LF increased by 6.3 points to 84.1% ( August 2015 LF: %83.3, August 2016 LF: %78.6)

Double digit growth in demand (revenue per kilometer) that commenced in July, kept on with 10.1% demand growth.

While Capacity (Available Seat Kilometre) increased by 2.6% compared to August 2016, total number of passengers carried went up by 14% reaching 7.4 million passengers. Compared to August 2015, capacity increased by 18%, number of passengers carried by 16% and demand by 20%.

Excluding international-to-international transfer passengers (transit passengers), number of international passengers went up by 40%.

In August, cargo/mail volume increased by 18%, compared to August 2016.

Evaluation of January-August 2017 Traffic Results:

During January-August, increase in demand and total number of passengers was 5.5% and 6.1%, respectively, over the same period of last year.

During January-August, total Load Factor improved by 4.3 points up to 79%, while international Load Factor increased almost by 5 points, up to 78%.

Background Information

Turkish Airlines

Turkey's "rising star", Turkish Airlines, began its’ journey back in 1933 with 5 planes. Today, Turkish Airlines boasts a fleet of 335 aircrafts (passenger and cargo) and continues that journey with the same excitement. With its growth figures placing the company among the leading airlines in the world, Turkish Airlines, with a momentous decision in 2013, made the biggest airplane purchase in the history of Turkish Civil Aviation.