Turkish Airlines Shares Traffic Results for December 2023: Rapid Growth and Impressive Increases
Turkish Airlines has revealed its traffic results for December 2023, showcasing significant achievements. Here are the key highlights for the period:
December 2023 Period:
- The total number of passengers reached 6.1 million, marking a 10.1% increase compared to December 2022.
- External transfer passenger numbers rose by 19%, reaching 2.6 million in December 2023.
- The passenger load factor for December 2023 stood at 79.8%.
- Total Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) recorded a 19.4% increase, reaching 19.8 billion.
- The volume of transported cargo and mail increased by 15.8%, reaching 159.7 thousand tons.
January – December 2023 Period:
- The total number of passengers for the entire year increased by 16.1% compared to the previous year, reaching 83.4 million.
- External transfer passenger numbers experienced a 27.1% increase, totaling 29.8 million.
- The passenger load factor for the January – December 2023 period was 82.6%.
- Total Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) recorded a 16.4% increase, reaching 234.8 billion.
- The volume of transported cargo and mail experienced a slight 1.2% decrease, reaching 1.66 million tons.
Additional Information:
- As of the end of December 2023, the fleet size reached 440 aircraft.
- Data related to the free transportation provided due to the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş was not included in these results.
Turkish Airlines’ impressive performance during this period underscores its continued rapid ascent in global market share.
Turkish Airlines carried 6.1 million passengers with an increase of 10.1% in December 2023.
Turkish Airlines announced passenger and cargo traffic results for December with 19.4% higher passenger capacity in terms of available seat kilometers compared to that of 2022. In December, number of passengers recorded as 6.1 million and total load factor realized as 79.8%.
According to December 2023 Traffic Results;
- The number of carried passengers increased by 10.1% compared to the same period of 2022 and reached 6.1 million. International load factor was 80% while domestic load factor was 78.5%.
- Number of international to international passengers carried increased by 19% from 2.2 million in 2022 to 2.6 million in this period.
- Available seat kilometers (ASK), increased by 19.4% to 19.8 billion during the period of December 2023 from 16.6 billion for the same period of 2022.
- Cargo/Mail carried during the period of December 2023 increased by 15.8% to 159.7 thousand tons from 137.9 thousand tons in the same period of 2022.
According to the January-December 2023 Traffic Results;
- The total number of passengers increased by 16.1% to 83.4 million compared to the same period of 2022.
- The number of international to international passengers carried increased by 27.1% to 29.8 million from 23.4 million in the same period of 2022.
- Total load factor increased by 1.9 points to 82.6% compared to the same period of 2022. International load factor was 82.4% while domestic load factor was 84.3%.
- Available seat kilometers (ASK) increased by 16.4% to 234.8 billion from 201.8 billion for the same period of 2022.
- Cargo/Mail carried during this period decreased by 1.2% to 1.66 million tons from 1.68 million tons in the same period of 2022.
- By the end of December 2023, the number of aircraft in the fleet was 440.