State carrier Turkish Airlines said on Tuesday that its passenger numbers for the month of June rose 10.6 per cent compared to the same period in 2017, reaching 6.3 million passengers.

According to a statement released by the carrier, the total load factor for the month improved by 2.6 points reaching 79 per cent, while international load factor increased by 2.7 points.

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPK) increased 8.2 per cent to 12.4 billion. Increase in RPK in domestic and international lines are 14.6 per cent and 7.2 per cent, respectively.

International-to-international transfer passengers increased by 0.7 per cent while international non-transit passengers increased by 16.9 per cent compared to June 2017.
 
Cargo/Mail carried during the month increased by 18.6 per cent to 115,989 tons from 97,828 tons in 2017.

Evaluation of January-June 2018 traffic results:

During January-June, passengers carried increased by 17.8 per cent to 35.6 million passengers passengers from 30.3 million passengers for the same period of 2017. Increase in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 20.3 per cent and 15.8 per cent, respectively.

Load factor for the period increased by 4.3 point to 80.4 per cent, the highest rate of Load Factor (LF) in the first six months of its history.

International-to-international transfer passengers increased by 11 per cent and international non-transit passengers increased by 22.3 per cent compared to the period of January-June 2017.

The double-digit growth that the flag carrier has recorded in the number of international non-transit passengers marks an increasing interest in Turkey.

RPK increased by 15.5 per cent to 70.8 billion during January-June from 61.3 billion for the same period of 2017. Increase in RPK in domestic and international lines are 19.6 per cent and 14.8 per cent, respectively.

Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January-June increased by 27.7 per cent to 661,234 tons from 517,884 tons in 2017. - TradeArabia News Service