TURKISH Airlines, which has recently announced the passenger and cargo traffic results for November 2019, recorded 82.3 per cent load factor in that month.
According to the November 2019 traffic results total number of passengers carried increased by 3.7 per cent to 5.7 million. While domestic load factor increased from 84 per cent to over 85 per cent and international load factor increased from 81 per cent to around 82 per cent, compared to the same month of the last year. International-to-international transfer passengers (transit passengers) increased by 6.3 per cent and international passengers excluding international to international transit passengers increased by 11.5 per cent compared to the same period of last year. The total number of international passengers increased by 8.5 per cent in November compared to same month of last year. According to the January to November 2019 Traffic Results, during January to November 2019 the total number of passengers carried was around 68.8 million. During January to November 2019, total load factor reached 81.7 per cent. International load factor reached 81.0 per cent, domestic load factor reached 86.3 per cent. Turkish Airlines chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee, İlker Aycı, stated; “We emphasised several times that we had the capacity and capability of managing the inevitable adaptation process after our transfer to our new home with the understanding of our passengers. The sizeable increase on November along with our continuously increasing numbers during the past six months are testament to that claim. We will continue this trend of increasing numbers in the following months as we will experience the joy of hosting our passengers with Turkish Airlines privilege.”