Turkish Airlines logs 13% surge in May traffic to 7.4m

Turkish Airlines has announced passenger and cargo traffic results for May with an increase in passenger capacity by 13% compared to that of 2022, and total load factor of 81.8% carrying 7.4m passengers. According to May 2023 traffic results, the number of carried passengers increased by 16% compared to the same period of 2022 and reached 7.4m. International load factor was 82% while domestic load factor was 80.7%. The number of international to international passengers carried increased by 22.2% from 1.9m in 2022 to 2.3m in this period. Available seat kilometres increased by 13% to 19.9b during the period of May 2023 from 17.6b for the same period of 2022. Cargo/Mail carried during the period of May 2023 decreased by 6.6% to 134.5 thousand tons from 144 thousand tons in the same period of 2022.<br/>