ISTANBUL
Türkiye’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines served for 65.1 million air passengers during the first nine months of 2024, it announced on Wednesday.
The number of air passengers increased by 1.8% year-on-year in the January-September period, the carrier stated.
The firm carried 23.9 million international passengers, up 6.7%, in the nine-month period.
The load factor was 82.3%, down 0.8 percentage points, over the same period.
The firm also carried 1.5 million tons of post and cargo from January to September, up by 26.5% from the same period last year.
In September alone, the carrier served for 7.7 million air passengers, down 3.4% year-on-year, and carried 168,100 tons of cargo and post, up 11.9%.
As of the end of September, the air carrier operates 467-aircraft fleet.
