Türkiye’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) said Monday that it carried 60.7 million passengers in the first eight months of the year with an 82.7% load factor.
The total number of passengers rose 5.8% year-over-year during the period, the airline said in a statement posted on the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP). The number of international-to-international passengers climbed 10.3% to 23.1 million in the January-August period. The load factor was up 0.6 percentage points compared to the same period of 2024. The international passenger load factor was 82.3% and the domestic passenger load factor was 86.7%.
The company’s available seat kilometers rose 6.4% to 179.2 billion in the eight months from 168.5 billion in the same period of 2024. Cargo and mail volume rose 5.4% to 1.4 million tons in the same period of 2025 compared to 1.3 million tons in January-August 2024. The company’s fleet reached 501 aircraft at the end of August.
In August alone, Turkish Airlines’ total passenger numbers climbed 11.9% year-over-year to 9.4 million.
International-to-international transfer passengers in August jumped 17.3% compared to the same month last year, reaching 3.49 million, while the passenger load factor was up by 0.9 percentage points to 86.7%. The international load factor in August was 86% and the domestic load factor was 92.6%. The company’s available seat kilometers leaped 8.2% to 25.3 billion in August 2025. Cargo and mail volume transported exceeded 191,100 tons in August, up 10.5% from the same month in 2024.
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