Turkish Airlines has announced its 2017 November Passenger and Cargo Traffic Results

Turkish Airlines has announced today its 2017 November passenger and cargo traffic results. The global carrier reached the highest Load Factor in November with 79.5% LF.

The Evaluation of November 2017 Traffic Results;

ü Total Load Factor improved significantly by 5.4 points to 79.5% with an increase of 9% in available seat kilometre, while international LF increased by 5.6 points to 78.6% ( November 2015 LF: 74.3%)

ü Double digit growth in demand (revenue per kilometer) that commenced in July, kept on with 17.1% demand growth.

ü Total number of passengers carried went up by 18.4% reaching 5.3 million passengers. Compared to November 2015, number of passengers carried increased by 13.4% and demand increased by 12.4%.

ü Excluding international-to-international transfer passengers (transit passengers), number of international passengers went up by 20.2%.

ü In November, cargo/mail volume increased by 26.9%, compared to November 2016. Main contributors to the growth in cargo/mail volume, are Europe with 33.8% increase and Far East with 31.8% increase.

ü In November, Load Factor increased for all regions. North America, Middle East, Far East and Africa showed visible growth among other regions with 8 points, 6.4 points, 5.8 points and 5.7 points increase, respectively.

The evaluation of January-November 2017 Traffic Results;

ü During January-November, increase in demand and total number of passengers was 7.2% and 8.3%, respectively, over the same period of last year. Total number of passengers reached to 63.1 million.

ü During January-November, total Load Factor improved by 4.6 points up to 79.1%, while international Load Factor increased by 5 points, up to 78.3%.

ü Cargo/mail carried increased by 26.3% and reached to 1 million tonnes, thanks to the strong pick up in cargo/mail volume in January-November period.