Traffic results for the period of January-May 2016 are as follows:
• During the period of January-May 2016 passenger carried increased by 7.8%, reaching to 25.0 million passengers from 23.2 million passengers for the same period of 2015. Increases in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 10.5% and 5.8%, respectively.
• International Business Class passengers decreased by 2.2% for the same period, while international-to-international transfer passengers increased by 20.4%.
• L/F decreased by 3.6 point to 73.8%.
• ASK with 16.1% increase reached to 67.8 billion during the period of January-May 2016 from 58.4 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in ASK in domestic and international lines are 9.3% and 17.1%, respectively.
• RPK with 10.7% increase reached to 50.0 billion during the period of January-May 2016 from 45.2 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in RPK in domestic and international lines are 10.5% and 10.7%, respectively.
• Number of landings (passenger aircraft) of 173,837 for the period of January-May 2015 increased by 7.8% to 187,482 in 2016.
• Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January-May 2016 increased by 10.4% to 313,772 tons from 284,128 tons in 2015.
• By the end of May 2016, number of destinations went up to 289 from 274 of May 2015. Number of domestic destinations increased from 48 to 49 and international destinations increased from 226 to 240.
• By the end of May 2016, number of aircraft went up to 322 from 277 of May 2015. Number of wide body aircraft increased from 64 to 82, narrow body aircraft from 203 to 229 and cargo aircraft from 10 to 11.