Traffic results for the period of January-July 2016 are as follows:
• During the period of January-July 2016 passenger carried increased by 4.4%, reaching to 35.9 million passengers from 34.4 million passengers for the same period of 2015. Increases in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 5.9% and 3.2%, respectively.
• International Business Class passengers increased by 2.7% for the same period, while international-to-international transfer passengers increased by 16.9%.
• L/F decreased by 4.3 point to 73.7%.
• ASK with 14.1% increase reached to 97.6 billion during the period of January-July 2016 from 85.6 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in ASK in domestic and international lines are 6.7% and 15.2%, respectively.
• RPK with 7.8% increase reached to 71.9 billion during the period of January-July 2016 from 66.7 billion for the same period of 2015. Increases in RPK in domestic and international lines are 6.0% and 8.1%, respectively.
• Number of landings (passenger aircraft) of 255,241 for the period of January-July 2015 increased by 5.7% to 269,699 in 2016.
• Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January-July 2016 increased by 9.2% to 447,240 tons from 409,634 tons in 2015.
• By the end of July 2016, number of destinations went up to 290 from 276 of July 2015. Number of domestic destinations increased from 48 to 49 and international destinations increased from 228 to 241.
• By the end of July 2016, number of aircraft went up to 333 from 289 of July 2015. Number of wide body aircraft increased from 69 to 86, narrow body aircraft from 211 to 236 and cargo aircraft from 9 to 11.