Traffic results for the period of January-September 2016 are as follows:
• During the period of January-September 2016 passenger carried increased by 3.9%, reaching to 48.3 million passengers from 46.5 million passengers for the same period of 2015. Increases in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 4.4% and 3.5%, respectively.
• International Business Class passengers remained the same for the same period, while international-to-international transfer passengers increased by 17.9%.
• L/F decreased by 4.2 point to 74.5%.
• ASK with 14.3% increase reached to 130.1 billion during the period of January-September 2016 from 113.9 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in ASK in domestic and international lines are 6.0% and 15.5%, respectively.
• RPK with 8.2% increase reached to 97.0 billion during the period of January-September 2016 from 89.6 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in RPK in domestic and international lines are 4.8% and 8.7%, respectively.
• Number of landings (passenger aircraft) of 340,860 for the period of January-September 2015 increased by 4.8% to 357,136 in 2016.
• Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January-September 2016 increased by 19.5% to 635,755 tons from 531,906 tons in 2015.
• By the end of September 2016, number of destinations went up to 291 from 277 of September 2015. Number of domestic destinations increased from 48 to 49 and international destinations increased from 229 to 242.
• By the end of September 2016, number of aircraft went up to 333 from 298 of September 2015. Number of wide body aircraft increased from 71 to 86, narrow body aircraft from 217 to 237, while cargo aircraft remained the same, as 10.