Turkish Airlines carried 56 million passengers from January - August

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's flag carrier served 56 million passengers during the first eight months of 2023 -- up 20% compared to the same period last year, according to a statement by Turkish Airlines.

The number of international-to-international passengers increased 34% to 19.7 million from 14.7 million during the January - August period.

The total load factor was up by four percentage points to 82.9%. It was 82.6% for international and 84.6% for domestic lines.

Cargo or mail traffic was down 6.9% to 1 million tons from 1.11 million tons.

Turkish Airlines carried 8.7 million passengers and 146,900 tons of cargo or mail in August.

The number of aircraft of the carrier was 428 as of August.