Traffic results for the period of March 2019 are as follows:

• During the period of March 2019, passengers carried decreased by 1.1%, to 5.89 million passengers from 5.96 million passengers for the same period of 2018. The number of passengers carried in domestic lines decreased by 5.7%, while the number of passengers carried in international lines increased by 2.6%.

• Total L/F decreased by 1.1 points to 80.9%, while domestic L/F increased by 0.6 points.

• RPK decreased by 0.1% to 11.991 billion during the period of March 2019 from 11.998 billion for the same period of 2018. Decrease in RPK in domestic lines is 5.4%, while increase in RPK in international lines is 0.8%.

• International-to-international transfer passengers increased by 1.2%.

• International Non-transit passengers increased by 4.5% compared to the same period of March 2018.

• Cargo/Mail carried during the period of March 2019 increased by 17.1% to 137,531 tons from 117,451 tons in 2018.

• During the period of March 2019, the regional traffic results are as follows:

o Increase in RPK in Middle East, Europe, N. America and Far East are 2.8%, 4.4%, 0.1%,

o Increase in L/F in domestic market by 0.4 pt.,

o Increase in passengers carried in Middle East, Europe and Far East are 6.2%, 4.5%, and 2.2% respectively.

Traffic results for the period of January-March 2019 are as follows:

• During the period of January-March 2019, passengers carried decreased by 0.1%, to 16.75 million passengers from 16.76 million passengers for the same period of 2018. The number of passengers carried in domestic lines decreased by 4.7% and the number of international lines increased by 3.9%.

• International-to-international transfer passengers increased by 4.3%, compared to the same period of 2018.

• International Non-transit passengers increased by 3.2% compared to the period of January – March 2018.

• L/F decreased by 0.4 points to 80.1%. 

• ASK increased by 2.2% to 42.65 billion during the period of January- March 2019 from 41.72 billion for the same period of 2018. ASK in domestic lines decreased by 4.7%, while ASK in international lines increased by 3.3%.

• RPK increased by 1.7% to 34.15 billion during the period of January- March 2019 from 33.6 billion for the same period of 2018. Decrease in RPK in domestic lines is 4.1% while increase in RPK in international lines is 2.6%.

• Number of landings (passenger aircraft) of 113,157 for the period of January-March 2018 decreased by 0.3% to 112,846 in 2019.

• Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January- March 2019 increased by 15.6% to 363,297 tons from 314,372 tons in 2018.

• By the end of March 2019, number of aircraft went up to 336 from 327 of March 2018. While the number of wide body aircraft went down to 89 from 90, the number of narrow body aircraft increased to 224 from 219 and cargo aircraft went up to 23 from 18.