Istanbul, 12 June 2026:
Turkish Airlines has announced its passenger and cargo traffic results for May with 2.5% higher passenger capacity in terms of available seat kilometers compared to that of 2025. In May, number of passengers reached 7.9 million and total load factor realized as 84.0%, marking the highest May record in its history.
According to May 2026 Traffic Results:
- The number of carried passengers recorded as 7.9 million. International load factor was 84.0% while domestic load factor was 84.4%.
- Available seat kilometers (ASK), increased by 2.5% to 23.2 billion during the period of May 2026 from 22.6 billion for the same period of 2025.
- Cargo/Mail carried during the period of May 2026 increased by 8.6% from May 2025, totaling 203.1 thousand tons.
According to the January-May 2026 Traffic Results:
- The total number of passengers increased by 7.3% to 36.4 million compared to the same period of 2025.
- Total load factor was recorded 83.6%. International load factor was 83.5% while domestic load factor was 84.3%.
- Available seat kilometers (ASK) increased by 6.5% to 112.1 billion from 105.3 billion for the same period of 2025.
- Cargo/Mail carried during this period increased by 13.5% to 954.6 thousand tons from 840.7thousand tons in the same period of 2025.
- By the end of May 2026, the number of aircraft in the fleet was 542.
Traffic results are consolidated and include Turkish Airlines main brand and AJet data.
