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Turkish Airlines carried 7.6M passengers in January

Number of passengers last month was up 12.4% year-on-year, with 84% load factor, says flag carrier

Mucahithan Avcioglu  | 09.02.2026 - Update : 09.02.2026
Turkish Airlines carried 7.6M passengers in January

ISTANBUL

Türkiye's flag carrier Turkish Airlines reported Monday that it carried 7.6 million passengers this January with an 84% load factor.

The total number of passengers last month climbed 12.4% year-on-year, the airline said in a statement posted on Türkiye’s Public Disclosure Platform.

The load factor was up 1.6 percentage points compared to January 2025, according to the statement.

The number of international-to-international passengers this January was up 10.8% to 3.1 million.

The international passenger load factor was 83.7% and domestic passenger load factor was 87.5%.

The company's available seat kilometers rose 6.4% to 23.7 billion in January from 21.5 billion in January 2025.

Cargo and mail volume jumped 18.8% to 178,303 tons in the same period.

The company's fleet reached 522 aircraft at the end of January.


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