Traffic results for the period of January-August 2016 are as follows:
• During the period of January-August 2016 passenger carried increased by 3.8%, reaching to 42.3 million passengers from 40.7 million passengers for the same period of 2015. Increases in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 4.8% and 3.0%, respectively.
• International Business Class passengers remained the same for the same period, while international-to-international transfer passengers increased by 17.7%.
• L/F decreased by 4.4 point to 74.4%.
• ASK with 14.1% increase reached to 114.2 billion during the period of January-August 2016 from 100.1 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in ASK in domestic and international lines are 6.1% and 15.3%, respectively.
• RPK with 7.8% increase reached to 84.9 billion during the period of January-August 2016 from 78.8 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in RPK in domestic and international lines are 5.0% and 8.2%, respectively.
• Number of landings (passenger aircraft) of 299,281 for the period of January-August 2015 increased by 5.0% to 314,373 in 2016.
• Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January-August 2016 increased by 18.4% to 558,832 tons from 472,178 tons in 2015.
• By the end of August 2016, number of destinations went up to 290 from 277 of August 2015. Number of domestic destinations increased from 48 to 49 and international destinations increased from 229 to 241.
• By the end of August 2016, number of aircraft went up to 335 from 294 of August 2015. Number of wide body aircraft increased from 69 to 86, narrow body aircraft from 215 to 239, while cargo aircraft remained the same, as 10.