The Turkish Airlines (THY) Media Relations office shared the company's passenger and cargo traffic results for September and the January-September period of 2026 with the public. According to the data released, THY served a total of 9 million passengers in September.
In September, the company's international load factor was recorded at 86.6 percent, while the domestic load factor was 88.2 percent. Total Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) increased by 2.5 percent compared to the same period last year, rising to 24.6 billion. In the same month, the volume of cargo and mail carried also increased by 13 percent, reaching 205 thousand 700 tons.
9-MONTH BALANCE SHEET: 73 MILLION PASSENGERS
In the first 9 months (January-September) of the year, the total number of passengers carried by THY reached 73 million, an increase of 5.2 percent compared to the same period in 2025. During this nine-month period, the total passenger load factor remained at the 85 percent level.
In the January-September period, Available Seat Kilometers increased by 4.4 percent to 212.2 billion, while the volume of cargo and mail carried increased by 10.6 percent to be recorded at 1.8 million tons. Meanwhile, the number of active aircraft in THY's fleet as of the end of September was announced as 567.
News Source: 12punto
