Turkish Airlines carried 9 million passengers in September as cargo volume rose 13%

Turkish Airlines carried 9 million passengers in September, with international load factor at 86.6% and domestic load factor at 88.2%. The company carried 73 million passengers in the first nine months of the year, when its overall load factor was recorded at 85%.

Scraper SystemOctober 09, 2026, 12:38 PM

Turkish Airlines carried 9 million passengers in September as cargo volume rose 13%

Turkish Airlines (THY) announced its passenger and cargo traffic results for September. The company carried 9 million passengers during the month.

In September, the international load factor was 86.6%, while the domestic load factor stood at 88.2%. Total available seat kilometers (ASK) increased by 2.5% to 24.6 billion in 2026, up from 24 billion in the same period of 2025.

Türk Hava Yollarına ait bir Airbus A350, İstanbul Havalimanı (arşiv)

Turkish Airlines' cargo and mail volume also rose 13% year on year to 205.7 thousand tons in September.

73 million passengers carried in nine months

Turkish Airlines carried 73 million passengers from January through September, an increase of 5.2% compared with the same period of 2025. The total passenger load factor during this period was recorded at 85%.

Turkish Cargo kargo uçağı (arşiv)

Total ASK increased by 4.4% to 212.2 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up from 203.3 billion in 2025. During the same period, cargo and mail volume rose 10.6%, from 1.6 million tons to 1.8 million tons.

The number of aircraft in the Turkish Airlines fleet stood at 567 in September.