Turkish Airlines reaches 80% load factor in May

Turkish Airlines said it reached 80% load factor, carrying 6.3m passengers during May 2022, releasing its passenger and cargo traffic results for the month. The flag carrier increased its seat capacity offered to passengers by 12.6% compared to same period of 2019 due to the increasing demand despite several countries still continuing travel restrictions. Turkish Airlines GM Bilal Ekşi said: “Although our sector was almost brought to halt during pandemic, we as Turkish Airlines never stopped. We worked towards today as we knew we would be returning to our route to success even stronger. May 2022 numbers show that our goals and dreams are starting to materialize. We believe we will be meeting again above the clouds with the 6.3m passengers who chose the privileged travel experience of Turkish Airlines during May and extend our thanks for choosing us. Now is the time to talk about good things again.” Turkish Airlines was successful not just with passenger transportation but also with steps taken in air cargo sector. The volume of cargo and mail carried during May increased by 11.3% compared to the same period of 2019, reaching 144,000 tons.<br/>