Turkish Airlines: Traffic results January-September 2015

Traffic results for the period of January-September 2015 are as follows:

• During the period of January-September 2015 passenger carried increased by 12.2%, reaching to 46.5 million passengers from 41.4 million passengers for the same period of 2014. Increases in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 16.5% and 9.1%, respectively.
• International Business/Comfort Class passengers increased by 6.2% for the same period, while international-to-international transfer passengers increased by 16.8%. 
• L/F decreased by 0.8 point to 79.0%. 
• ASK with 12.6% increase reached to 113.0 billion during the period of January-September 2015 from 100.4 billion for the same period of 2014. Increases in ASK in domestic and international lines are 12.9% and 12.6%, respectively.
• RPK with 11.5% increase reached to 89.3 billion during the period of January-September 2015 from 80.1 billion for the same period of 2014. Increases in RPK in domestic and international lines are 15.8% and 10.8%, respectively.
• Number of landings (passenger aircraft) of 311,889 for the period of January-September 2014 increased by 9.3% to 340,993 in 2015. 
• Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January-September 2015 increased by 9.5% to 531,933 tons from 485,845 tons in 2014. 
• By the end of September 2015, number of destinations went up to 277 from 260 of September 2014. Number of domestic destinations increased from 43 to 48 and international destinations increased from 217 to 229.
• By the end of September 2015, number of aircraft went up to 298 from 265 of September 2014. Number of wide body aircraft increased from 56 to 71, narrow body aircraft from 200 to 217 and cargo aircraft from 9 to 10.