Turkish Airlines passenger numbers up 9.3% in 2017
Turkish Airlines said Tuesday that its passenger numbers rose 9.3% compared to figures recorded in 2016, reaching 68.6m passengers for the year. According to the carrier, the 2017 load factor reached 79.1% compared to the previous year, an increase of 4.7 points. The airline also reached its highest December load factor rate with 79.5% in the last month of 2017 in its history. Dec 2017 traffic indicated that total load factor improved by 5.1 points to 79.7% with an increase of 8.9% in Available Seat Kilometre, while international load factor increased by 5 points to 79.2%. Domestic and International flights have reached the highest load factor of Turkish Airlines history. Double-digit growth in demand (revenue per kilometers) that commenced in July, kept on with 16.3% demand growth. <br/>
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Turkish Airlines passenger numbers up 9.3% in 2017
Turkish Airlines said Tuesday that its passenger numbers rose 9.3% compared to figures recorded in 2016, reaching 68.6m passengers for the year. According to the carrier, the 2017 load factor reached 79.1% compared to the previous year, an increase of 4.7 points. The airline also reached its highest December load factor rate with 79.5% in the last month of 2017 in its history. Dec 2017 traffic indicated that total load factor improved by 5.1 points to 79.7% with an increase of 8.9% in Available Seat Kilometre, while international load factor increased by 5 points to 79.2%. Domestic and International flights have reached the highest load factor of Turkish Airlines history. Double-digit growth in demand (revenue per kilometers) that commenced in July, kept on with 16.3% demand growth. <br/>
