Turkish Airlines announces its 2018 January passenger, cargo traffic results

KUWAIT: The national flag carrier of Turkey reached the highest Load Factor in January with 79.8 percent in its history. Total number of passengers carried went up by 37 percent reaching 5.7 million passengers. Thus, 5 million passenger level is exceeded first time in Turkish Airlines history for the month of January. Making the whole world more accessible for its passengers by flying to 300 international destinations than any other airline in the world, Turkish Airlines consistently continues to increase its total passenger number.

According to the recently announced ‘January 2018 Traffic Results’; Turkish Airlines reached the highest Load Factor in January with 79.8 percent. Total Load Factor improved by 7.3 points to 79.8 percent with an increase of 17 percent in Available Seat Kilometer, while international LF increased by 7.5 points to 78.6 percent. Domestic and International flights have reached the highest January LF of Turkish Airlines history.

Double digit growth in demand (revenue per kilometer) that commenced in July 2017, kept on with 29 percent demand growth in January 2018. Excluding international-to-international transfer passengers (transit passengers), number of international passengers went up by 45 percent. In January, cargo/mail volume increased by 34 percent, compared to January 2017. Main contributors to the growth in cargo/mail volume, are Middle East with 45 percent increase, Domestic Lines with 44 percent increase and and Europe with 39 percent increase. In January, Load Factor increased for all regions. North America, Middle East, Central America, South America and Africa showed visible growth among other regions with 13 points, 1 points, 9 points and 8 points increase, respectively.