07.09.2023 - August 2023 Traffic Results

Traffic results for the period of August 2023 are as follows:

•  During the period of August 2023, total number of passengers carried increased by 10.7% to 8.7 million, compared to 7.9 million passengers in August 2022. 

•  During the period of August 2023, international to international passenger carried increased by 20.5% to 2.9 million from 2.4 million for the same period of 2022.

•  L/F increased by 0.1 point to 86.2% compared to same period of 2022. In the period of August 2023, L/F in international flights was 85.4% while L/F in domestic flights was 92.7%.

•  ASK increased by 8.6% to 22.2 billion during the period of August 2023 from 20.5 billion for the same period of 2022. 

•  Cargo/Mail carried during the period of August 2023 decreased by 1% to 146.9 thousand tons from 148.3 thousand tons in the same period of 2022.

Traffic results for the period of January – August 2023 are as follows:

•  During the period of January – August 2023, total number of passengers carried increased by 20% to 56 million, compared to 46.6 million passengers in the same period of 2022.

•  During the period of January – August 2023, international to international passenger carried increased by 33.8% to 19.7 million from 14.7 million in the same period of 2022.

•  L/F increased by 4 points to 82.9% compared to the period of January – August 2023. L/F in international flights was 82.6% while L/F in domestic flights was 84.6%.

•  ASK increased by 17.7% to 154.9 billion during the period of January – August 2023 from 131.6 billion for the same period of 2022.

•  Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January – August 2023 decreased by 6.9% to 1,037 thousand tons from 1,114 thousand tons in the same period of 2022.

•  By the end of August 2023, the number of aircraft in the fleet was 428.

Please note that above data do not include free of charge flights operated between February 6 and May 31 within the scope of relief efforts related to the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş. During this period, our Incorporation carried 433 thousand search&rescue teams and citizens to the region, evacuated 430 thousand citizens from the region and transported 36 thousand tons of aid materials to the affected area.